Rollins - "We're Roc-A-Fella, we're Cash Money, we No Limit"

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We've had all this wild negative Rollins news lately, let's see how this one turns out. I'm loving all this Rollins stuff lol.

sports.yahoo.com/seth-rollins-qa-were-the-new-york-yankees-its-easy-to-hate-us-194625313.html

Here's some notable parts.

YS: With Raw Reunion coming up this Monday, who are you most excited to see backstage?

Seth Rollins: Kelly Kelly. No, I’m just kidding. Kelly Kelly is great, don’t get me wrong.

I grew up watching Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold. It’s always good to have those guys around because they really add a good bit of energy to the locker room, backstage area and with the boys. It eases the tension a little bit. I’m looking forward to having a fun afternoon.

YS: What is it like to have those legends backstage on what would normally be just your standard episode of Raw?

SR: It just lightens the mood and feel fun for a day. Not that work’s not fun, but we do this year-round and you end up in a situation where you get caught up in the rat race. Everybody’s trying to focus on working hard and you forget to have fun sometimes. Having them backstage always seems to make everybody a little lighter on their feet. I’m looking forward to engaging with those guys, picking their brain and having a good time.

YS: Is that why you think there’s become somewhat of a sentiment online where it’s “cool” to hate WWE?

SR: We’re the New York Yankees. It’s easy to hate the New England Patriots. We’re those teams, we’re the dynasty. It’s easy to hate us, but we’re still the most popular company in the world at what we do. We’re so far beyond being a wrestling company that it’s very easy to point the finger and hate on us. That’s the cool thing to do, it makes perfect sense to me, it’s how it’s always been in sports and entertainment, you always hate the big guy. It’s fine, I’m not upset about it at all.

I just want people to understand and appreciate the things we go through and the fact that we’re always trying to do our best. Nobody is taking it easy, nobody is just getting by. Everybody from top to bottom, every department in the entire company is putting in as much work as they possibly can to make this the best.

YS: What was the discussion leading up to the match, particularly with Becky Lynch taking the finisher from Corbin? Is that evidence of creative changes in WWE with Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff coming back into the fold?

SR: I’ll tell you what that’s evidence of for me, the way I see it anyway. It’s the power that the Women’s Evolution has had on our industry and our sport. The fact that they have been able to push the company so far that they believe in the women to stand toe-to-toe with the men like that. That it’s OK, that Becky Lynch is so cool and so tough that she can take Baron Corbin’s finish and be at Raw the next night.

The fact that we’ve gotten there is proof of how hard these women have worked to show that they’re not just eye-candy, not just wrestling in bra-and-panties matches, that they’re not Divas, that they are real athletes who put in as much work as the men do and they deserve the same opportunities. The fact that they worked so hard and they’ve knocked it out of the park every single time. Kudos to the women for that and putting themselves in the position that we now see them as peers. That’s a really awesome thing for them and another step forward in the Women’s Evolution for them.

I don’t give the credit to creative, I don’t give the credit to anybody, not Vince [McMahon], not Paul, not Eric. I give all of the credit to the girls, they did that for themselves and I’m proud of them for it.

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I'm disappointed that he didn't say anything that stupid here.

[häšhtå.gdālėÿ]

Seth Rollins says a thing; let’s mercilessly bash it!!!

[eJm]

The stranger things about the sports dynasty analogy is when you realize that the biggest game in town wants to be the only game in town.

The Yankees have the Red Socks and the Patriots have the Giants, for two examples. If you could only watch one team in a sport, the sport would f***ing die.

So in that sense...you should be happy for AEW or anywhere else being a thing. Weird, huh.

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But the New England Patriots are objectively good at what they do. You're more like the Jets.

[Mozenrath]

Jul 18, 2019 17:46:50 GMT -5 eJm said:

The stranger things about the sports dynasty analogy is when you realize that the biggest game in town wants to be the only game in town.

The Yankees have the Red Socks and the Patriots have the Giants, for two examples. If you could only watch one team in a sport, the sport would f***ing die.

So in that sense...you should be happy for AEW or anywhere else being a thing. Weird, huh.

I guess it's less a team thing and more a league. Like, NFL wasn't exactly heartbroken to see XFL fizzle out, for instance.

[One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel]

This is such a standard interview that the "time for everyone to get angry" tone of this thread makes no sense whatsoever.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Jul 18, 2019 18:05:10 GMT -5 One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel said:

This is such a standard interview that the "time for everyone to get angry" tone of this thread makes no sense whatsoever.

Yeah, but you're missing the snide "I'm too cool get mad about it, bruh" undertone to it.

[eJm]

Jul 18, 2019 18:02:31 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Jul 18, 2019 17:46:50 GMT -5 eJm said:

The stranger things about the sports dynasty analogy is when you realize that the biggest game in town wants to be the only game in town.

The Yankees have the Red Socks and the Patriots have the Giants, for two examples. If you could only watch one team in a sport, the sport would f***ing die.

So in that sense...you should be happy for AEW or anywhere else being a thing. Weird, huh.

I guess it's less a team thing and more a league. Like, NFL wasn't exactly heartbroken to see XFL fizzle out, for instance.

Then, like, say you’re the NFL. I mean, don’t because your boss is setting up the XFL again but it fits better in the metaphor then comparing yourself to teams that compete with other teams.

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Dude either:

- Just doesn't get it with this "ya'll are haters" handwaving of legit criticisms.

Or:

- He's playing the game and making sure he keeps his spot by saying what the guy who writes his checks wants to hear.

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Jul 18, 2019 18:05:10 GMT -5 One-Armed Drummer of Defrebel said:

This is such a standard interview that the "time for everyone to get angry" tone of this thread makes no sense whatsoever.

That's exactly the reason why I made this thread. We've had so many negative comments from wrestlers lately (Rollins included) that I decided to make a new one with something that's a good interview. If I put this in that other negative Rollins thread it would have been buried under the negativity. Even that Strowman thread had someone getting upset.

It's interesting seeing how some people are responding to this Rollins one.

[IgnahtaSempria]

Most of the stuff he said is pretty reasonable, but I still get hung up on the whole "they hate us because it's cool to hate us" thing. To me, it ties back to the idea of "hater culture"; if everyone who talks negatively about your work is a "hater", you never have to acknowledge legitimate criticism.

Don't get me wrong; there are definitely parts of the fanbase out there who do dislike WWE just because it's the popular thing to do. But to paint the whole fanbase with one large brush stroke like that can come across like trying to invalidate someone else's opinion because you don't agree with it.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

I don't follow baseball, do the Yankees work with murderous regimes for millions of dollars in blood money or openly celebrate and reward racists, convicted rapists and accused murderers?

[Mozenrath]

Jul 18, 2019 18:08:48 GMT -5 @rebelliousworkhorse said:

Dude either:

- Just doesn't get it with this "ya'll are haters" handwaving of legit criticisms.

Or:

- He's playing the game and making sure he keeps his spot by saying what the guy who writes his checks wants to hear.

Thinking a lot of it is the latter, but some of the former, too.

I mean, I get it. From a wrestler standpoint, most if not all of them are doing what they can, and they just do not have the kind of authority to change their lot too much, so there's got to be a "what do you want from me?" feeling there. And, it isn't like voicing a lot of the complaints viewers have that he may not is going to do much good, either, when it isn't like his employer isn't aware of it. They have Owens putting voice to it, after all, they have to know. Doesn't mean anything's going to come of it, but there's that aspect of it.

[Dub H]

Kelly Kelly is great

Of all dumb insulting things he ever said ,this is the biggest

We’re so far beyond being a wrestling company

Vince is probably crying from happiness as Rollins says this

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

and if we're comparing, WWE is Bad Boy and Rollins is Ma$e

[Mozenrath]

Jul 18, 2019 18:07:53 GMT -5 eJm said:

Jul 18, 2019 18:02:31 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I guess it's less a team thing and more a league. Like, NFL wasn't exactly heartbroken to see XFL fizzle out, for instance.

Then, like, say you’re the NFL. I mean, don’t because your boss is setting up the XFL again but it fits better in the metaphor then comparing yourself to teams that compete with other teams.

That kind of puts him in a no-win proposition, though. If they say they're the only game in town, they either look arrogant or are painting themselves in an oppressive light, which, granted, is going to happen anyway. Wilt Chamberlain used to say, "No one roots for Goliath", and that's kind of apt in this scenario. AEW's the new, shiny thing, and is hitting when WWE has pushed fans to a new level of fatigue and contempt, so it's a hard thing for him to talk his way out of.

So, teams works to an extent, but given they want a monopoly, and direct competition is a nebulous thing and not like teams competing on pure skill grounds, no metaphor's going to be a good 1 to 1 comparison here.

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Jul 18, 2019 18:11:23 GMT -5 IgnahtaSempria said:

Most of the stuff he said is pretty reasonable, but I still get hung up on the whole "they hate us because it's cool to hate us" thing. To me, it ties back to the idea of "hater culture"; if everyone who talks negatively about your work is a "hater", you never have to acknowledge legitimate criticism.

It's the worst, man.

Guy I made up #1: Maybe don't smoke pot with your kids in the room.

Guy I made up #2: HATER!!!!

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Jul 18, 2019 18:16:19 GMT -5 Dub H said:

Kelly Kelly is great

Of all dumb insulting things he ever said ,this is the biggest

Just a mistake on the writer's part. Seth actually said "Killer Kelly is great."

[arrogantmodel]

Jul 18, 2019 18:14:51 GMT -5 DrBackflipsHoffman said:

I don't follow baseball, do the Yankees work with murderous regimes for millions of dollars in blood money or openly celebrate and reward racists, convicted rapists and accused murderers?

Well, the Patriots did have Aaron Hernandez.