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By Andrew Ravens
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Seth Rollins recently sat down for a conversation on Club Shay Shay, where he detailed the frustrating period following his historic WWE Championship win at WrestleMania 31. While that night is remembered for the "Heist of the Century," the following day brought an unexpected change to his presentation.
Rollins revealed that despite the momentum of his victory, former Chairman Vince McMahon decided to ban his signature finishing move, the Curb Stomp, almost immediately. According to Rollins, the decision came after he had completed a media tour.
After flying to New York for an appearance on The Today Show, he returned to San Jose for Monday Night Raw, only to be asked into McMahon's office. He was told that the company wanted to move in a different direction with a new finishing move that was equally as "devastating," despite the fact that Rollins had successfully used the Stomp for years.
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“He banned it. Literally the day after I won my first world title at WrestleMania. We’re here in San Francisco, at Levi’s Stadium. I win it, I win the title, fly to New York, I do The Today Show, get back on the jet, fly back over here to San Jose for Raw – this is all on the same day,” Rollins said.
He believes the ban occurred because someone in McMahon's inner circle suggested the move carried a negative connotation or was too dangerous after seeing it featured on mainstream news.
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“I’m like, ‘Brother, we’ve been doing it for years. It’s pro-wrestling. You can call it something else if you want, I didn’t come up with the name, you came up with the name. Call it the Stomp, call it whatever.’
So yeah, he took it away with no explanation at the time, just, ‘We’re not gonna do it.’ And left me with no finish as world champion, with no finishing move for… it took me a couple of months before I decided to steal Triple H’s Pedigree,” Rollins added.
Rollins admitted that he was initially hesitant to ask Triple H for permission to use the iconic move. Instead, he strategically asked McMahon first, suspecting that the Chairman might say yes just to spite his son-in-law.
The move made sense for the character at the time, as Rollins was portrayed as the hand-picked protege of The Authority. McMahon approved the request, allowing Rollins to carry on the legacy of the Pedigree while his original finisher remained on the shelf for several years.
In the present day, the Curb Stomp has returned to the spotlight in a mysterious way. A masked individual has been seen using the move to target members of the heel faction known as The Vision. This storyline has developed as Rollins recovers from emergency surgery for a "serious hernia" he suffered earlier this month.
While Rollins is sidelined indefinitely, his stablemates Logan Paul and Paul Heyman have been left to deal with the fallout of these attacks. Many fans have speculated that the masked man could be a returning Seth Rollins himself or perhaps a new rival looking to dismantle the group before WrestleMania 42.
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