Despite achieving the accolade multiple times, Seth Rollins still believes that he hasn’t truly main evented a WrestleMania.
The multi-time WWE Champion has been prominently featured at the biggest show of the year numerous times, with some of his biggest wins being at Mania. However, with other matches feeling bigger than his, Rollins is still chasing that goal.
Rollins and his wife Becky Lynch appeared on George Kittle’s The Kittle Things podcast. Rollins first spoke about his 2015 main event, and how he was more of an addition as opposed to a featured competitor:
“Most people consider it the main event, like part of the main event,” Rollins said about his cash-in at WrestleMania 31. “If you look at it on the lineup, it would be because it’s technically the Triple Threat match because I changed the match to a Triple Threat. But I was not on the marquee. I wasn’t advertised as the main event. So, at this point, there’s many, many arguments to be had. I feel like I have never been in a main event of WrestleMania.”
Continuing, Rollins added that as he has not been in the night two main event, he hasn’t felt like the top star. The Raw admitted that it also subjective:
“I’ve had night one main events, and I’ve helped in the night two main event at WrestleMania 40 with Cody (Rhodes) and Roman (Reigns), and I had the cash-in, but I’ve never been the person on the marquee to finish the show, night two.” He added, “It’s a tough sell. It’s a tough sell. Maybe. I got a few years left. We’ll see if I can get there. But everybody has a different perspective on that, especially now that it’s gone to two nights, you know? (Becky Lynch is) like, ‘Oh yeah, you’ve main evented.’ The WrestleMania 40 because the poster material is me, Cody, Roman, and Rock. I’m there, you know what I mean? I was World Heavyweight Champion.”
Seth Rollins Has Main Evented WrestleMania Three Times
Although Rollins claims he has never headlined WrestleMania, he has been in the main event 3 times. Rollins’ three headline matches are as follows:
- WrestleMania 31 – While the match was originally Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Championship, Seth Rollins was the big winner. Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract in the main event to turn the match into a triple threat. Rollins pinned Reigns to win his first WWE Championship. This is still regarded as the greatest Money in the Bank cash-in of all time
- WrestleMania 40 – With WrestleMania now a two-night event, Rollins was in the marquee match on night one. Teaming with Cody Rhodes, the duo faced Roman Reigns and The Rock in the main event. Rock and Reigns won the match, turning the night two main event into Bloodline Rules.
- WrestleMania 41 – One year later, Rollins was once again in the main event of night one. Following the events that took place at the Royal Rumble, Rollins faced Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the headlining match. For Punk, this was also his first Mania main event. Rollins won the match when Paul Heyman betrayed Reigns and Punk.
In a previous interview, Seth Rollins admitted he wouldn’t rule out another match with Roman Reigns.
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