Before sold-out arenas and stadiums belted out his catchy theme song, Seth “Freakin'” Rollins went by one other moniker. Up until he signed his developmental take care of WWE, Rollins was known to wrestling fans as Tyler Black.
Rollins went continue to exist the radio waves on “WFAN,” and discussed the origins of his former ring name, noting he took inspiration from a few his favorite movies.
“I combined two of my favorite characters from filmdom, well I suppose literature as well – Tyler Durden from Fight Club and Sirius Black from Harry Potter. Yeah, so bang bang, two different worlds, but you understand, I’m in all places,” Rollins said. “It’s all me, it is usually type of existed in there. I mean, I feel back to my teenage years and my childhood, there was at all times form of a flamboyance, there was at all times this type of arrogance, there was at all times this type of attitude that I had.”
The conversation then caused Rollins to reminisce on his pre-WWE days, stating that his performative abilities have evolved a lot that he cannot even recognize who he was before WWE. While he completed a ton in promotions like Ring of Honor, Rollins says it’s apples and oranges when comparing his current gimmick to the Tyler Black persona.
“You return to my pre-WWE days and also you have a look at any promos I cut as Tyler Black, I mean you are like, that is not the identical guy, that cannot be the identical guy.”
Rollins now finds himself in a simmering program along with his old faction-mate Roman Reigns, and his long-time bitter rival CM Punk in what could lead on to a possible Night 1 WrestleMania 41 predominant event.
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