Seth Rollins has opened up on his shoulder injury suffered during his match with Cody Rhodes at WWE Crown Jewel.
Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins bout took place at WWE Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia in October, Rollins would end up scoring his first singles victory over Cody, but he unfortunately suffered a shoulder injury during the match which required surgery. Seth Rollins suffered the injury performing a Coast to Coast Headbutt on Cody.
Speaking to Julian Edelman on the “Games with Names” podcast, Rollins detailed the exact moment things went wrong. He explained that a botched landing on a high-risk coast-to-coast headbutt caused his shoulder to jolt. He said: “I did what we call a coast-to-coast headbutt. In the landing, I didn’t stick it. I did not stick the landing. I rotated a bit to my left, landing hard on my left elbow, and jolted it up into my shoulder. Felt it go right away. I was like, ‘Oh, we got a lot left to do in this match. How much can I do? Can I do it? Should I go in a different direction with the finish? What should we do?’ There was a lot going on in my head. Luckily, I didn’t have to pick him [Cody Rhodes] up for anything, and fortunately, I was able to get through everything. I took his finisher off the top rope, which was pretty scary at that point. I knew I was going to land partially on my shoulder, so I kept it tucked real tight. I don’t know that I did any more damage than the rotator. Two weeks out of surgery now; it’s about six-month recovery. We’ll see how it goes.”
“I landed, and I immediately felt it go. I pinned him, he kicks out, [and] I’m talking to the ref, ‘Oh, that wasn’t smart. That wasn’t good.’ ‘Are you hurt?’ ‘Yeah!’ ‘How bad?’ ‘I’m not sure.’ ‘Do you need to change something?’ ‘Let me think about it… Nah, we’re good!’ At that point, we were 20 minutes deep, so the adrenaline [is going], but I could feel it. It was hard for me to raise him. If you watch it back, [my arm] is dangling at my side. I can’t throw punches or forearms correctly. It was hard to do what I needed to get done. It was really tender, and it was starting to get worse as the match was going on. Is it stupidity or is it courageousness? I don’t know. Where is the line? My mindset is to finish.”
Rollins has since undergone surgery for a rotator cuff injury and expects to be out of action for around six months.
