Seth Rollins Believes Wild Card Rule “Muddled Things Up”

Seth Rollins isn’t a fan of the Wild Card rule.

Vince McMahon established the Wild Card Rule on May 6 to allow SmackDown superstars to appear on Raw and vice versa. Initially, only four superstars were allowed to cross brands per week. But that number soon inflated to six or seven depending on the week. Former WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins has had a front-row seat to Wild Card madness and isn’t a fan of what he’s seen.

“The Wild Card really muddled things up, to be honest with you,” Rollins told Newsweek. “Now you’re seeing those guys every single week. It used to feel special when I see the New Day but now they’re eating pancakes backstage every chance they get on Monday and I’m not a fan of that. But no, it’s great that there’s so much talent across both brands. I think once you see the move to Fox it’s really going to tighten down as far as best Wild Card options and stuff like. It’s really cool to see things come together now and get these cool match ups you might not get in October or November.”

When asked why he has never taken advantage of the Wild Card rule and appeared on SmackDown, Rollins said, “RAW is my gig, man. SmackDown is fine, they have two hours. There are people on that show that need TV time. They have so many guys backstage that are starving to get the opportunity right now or they’re just sliding in on backstage vignettes or what have you. I’m not going to go over on their and take over segments every single week. They don’t need it they have a wealth of talent over there. Besides, I don’t want to deal with Shane McMahon more than I have to.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Rollins gave his thoughts on Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff joining Raw and SmackDown as Executive Directors.

“It’s nice to have people like [Heyman] and Eric Bischoff in creative roles, guys that are super influential. I think it’s one of those things, that, if you want to look to the future you’ll want to look at the past and find good examples. We have done a great job of collecting a lot of great minds over the last several years. Especially this past year, we have Bruce Prichard back there, Jeff Jarrett back there as well. We’re adding Paul and Eric to the mix. There’s a lot of information and brain power in the creative department so it’ll be cool to see where things go from here.”

Rollins continued, “One thing about Paul, and it’s still true to this day, is that he’s not afraid to take risks. He’s good at taking a lot of things about the talent that people may see as weakness and turn them into strengths. The way he sees talent is different than other people in the creative side. So you combine that with the ability, and willingness, to take risks that other people aren’t it adds for an exciting and unpredictable three hours of RAW. And so I’m looking to see the crazy left and right turns that he’ll take us moving forward.”

Rollins is set to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Title at SummerSlam.