Seth Rollins Comments On Returning To NXT After 6/20 WWE NXT Goes Off The Air

Seth Rollins comments on his return to WWE NXT.

Seth Rollins comments on his return to WWE NXT.

On the June 20 episode of WWE NXT, Seth Rollins returned to NXT and successfully defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Bron Breakker. Finn Balor attacked him after the match, but Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams made the save.

Rollins addressed the crowd after NXT went off the air, and his comments were filmed in a Digital Exclusive.

“I’ll tell you what, the reason I come down here to NXT and defend the World Heavyweight Championship is because I love this, and this title deserves that respect because there are champions like Harley Race, like Ric Flair, like Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, like Mr. Five-Time Booker T who took pride in taking the heavyweight title to every city and every town in every single country that they could, and putting on a fight to raise the prestige of a world heavyweight champion. If I can even lace those boots for two seconds, if I can be a part of that lineage, then I’m doing something right, so thank you guys for giving me the opportunity. Booker T, Shawn Michaels, everybody who’s held a title like this before me, thank you guys for giving me the opportunity to fill your shoes,” Rollins said.

Rollins continued by noting that, ahead of the match, he was often asked whether returning to NXT was making him emotional. He described that he wasn’t feeling too nostalgic due to his successful career since leaving NXT. However, he noted that he got emotional when he came out in front of the crowd, as the NXT fans helped turn him into who he is.

“Now I want to tell you guys just a little story. So when I was asked by Bron Breakker to come down here and defend my title on NXT and I accepted, I had a lot of people asking me, ‘Seth, does it feel nostalgic? Are you getting emotional?’ To be honest with you, it had been so long since I’d stepped foot in an NXT ring, and I’ve been fortunate enough to do so much all across the world that my honest answer was no, it wasn’t hitting me like I thought it would. Until I got out here. [Fans chant ‘Welcome back] That right there, all of you, you guys embody the same energy that I left NXT with a decade ago. You guys are still the proving ground for every single person back there in the back, you guys and your vitality, your love, your energy is what has made me a visionary, it is what has made me a revolutionary, it is what has made me [fans chant his name],” Rollins said.

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