Seth Rollins Talks Recent Knee Injury, Says His Biggest Fear Was Repeating His Injury From 2015

Seth Rollins talks his injury.

In a match with Jinder Mahal on a January 2023 episode of Monday Night Raw, Seth Rollins suffered a MCL injury. Luckily, the injury turned out to not be that serious, as Rollins revealed that he has been cleared for action on the March 4 episode of Raw.

While speaking to Sports Illustrated for a new interview, Rollins talked about the injury and noted that he was initially worried about repeating the same injury that he suffered back in 2015.

“It was not as serious as it could have been,” said Rollins. “My biggest fear when I felt my knee go in the direction it wasn’t supposed to go was that it was going to be a repeat of 2015 [when he tore the ACL, MCL, and medial meniscus in his knee during a match]. I’d have had to vacate the title, miss WrestleMania, all the hard work from the past few years was going up in smoke, and I’d have to start all over. That wasn’t the case. I was able to continue to work on the injury, continue to tell stories and continue to build rivalries. I always looked at it from a glass half full situation.”

Rollins also went on to say that everything ended up working out, despite the fact that he had to miss a few matches on Raw.

“The fact that we missed out on a few Seth Rollins matches on Raw breaks my heart as much as it does yours, but in the grand scheme of things, it’s all working out in the way it was intended to. I’m happy at full strength and ready to go for not one but two nights of WrestleMania.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Rollins confirmed that he was originally set to face CM Punk at WrestleMania 40. Learn more here.

Fans can check out the lineup for both nights of WrestleMania 40 by clicking here.

Special thanks to Sports Illustrated for the quote(s).