Seth Rollins Discussed Dropping The “Freakin” From His Name With Vince McMahon Prior To Vince’s Retirement

Seth Rollins had discussions with the boss around his nickname, which became part of his official name in WWE and remains so to this day.

In terms of his nickname, Seth Rollins tells Ariel Helwani, in a new interview for BT Sport, that he’d had discussions with Vince McMahon prior to McMahon’s retirement about potentially dropping his nickname due to announcers overutilizing the name.

“I’m not sure. As of this interview, I’m not exactly sure,” Rollins said about the use of the nickname moving forward. “So even before Triple H took over, this was weeks before, I think, maybe months even. I had gone to Vince specifically because I had watched something back on Raw and maybe it was like a highlight on Twitter, and they just they said ‘Seth Freaking Rollins’, it had been a dozen times in 30 seconds because Vince was also very big on not using pronouns. So, constantly, he wanted the whole brand [said] every single time I was referenced and I’m like, ‘You gotta stop that. You’re gonna turn people off. That’s not what we want, you know?’ So he was like, ‘Okay. On the commentary, they can refer to you as Seth Rollins.’ I was like, ‘Alright, thank you.’

“So I don’t know,” he continued. “I don’t know if ‘Freakin” is staying or going. I’ve had many, many names and it’s all fine with me. It’s different. No one’s really working with a strong middle name right now. There aren’t any Bret ‘The Hitman’ Harts, you know?”

Seth Rollins to BT Sport

Seth Rollins is gearing up to face Matt Riddle in the first-ever WWE Fight Pit at Extreme Rules.

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