At WWE Saturday Night’s Essential Event, Seth Rollins seemingly tweaked his knee while attempting to land a moonsault on LA Knight, who delivered a BFT to capture the win over him shortly thereafter. Initial reports suggested that Rollins’ knee injury was legitimate, leading to an audible being called for Knight to emerge victorious as an alternative of Rollins, the intended winner. Subsequent reports, nevertheless, indicated the alternative, stating that WWE had pre-planned the injury angle at SNME so as to keep him off television within the lead-up to WWE SummerSlam, where he’d return in triumphant fashion. Others have even suggested that it can have been done to cover up an injury sustained prior to SNME on July 12.
Given the conflicting information, wrestling fans and pundits themselves have also felt conflicted concerning the status of current Money within the Bank holder. Such is the case with WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray.
“There is a weird feeling within the air. Something’s odd about this injury,” Ray said on “Busted Open Radio.” “Something isn’t jiving. I can not put my finger on it. Here’s what I do know: I’ve never felt this fashion about an injury before.”
In line with Rollins, the precise diagnosis of his knee injury continues to be unknown attributable to lingering swelling, though he feels he will likely be out of motion for an “prolonged time period.” Nevertheless, Rollins’ business partner Paul Heyman has reiterated that Rollins still has nearly a 12 months to money in his Money within the Bank briefcase, indicating that this setback likely would not prevent him cashing it in sooner or later.
“Why would you remind me concerning the briefcase when the guy that is holding the briefcase is gone for not less than six months?” Ray questioned.
Bully Ray Sees Rollins Getting Revenge On A Long-Time Foe At SummerSlam
Should the knee injury surrounding Rollins indeed be legitimate, Ray wishes him the very best of luck in his recovery, nevertheless long it might be. Based on the recent series of events, though, the previous WWE Tag Team Champion is inclined to imagine it’s all an element of a WWE storyline.
“Whenever you’re really good at this and you may get really creative, you understand what the fans are going to think. Thus, you do not give them what they thought was going to occur. You stretch it out to the purpose of unbelievably,” Ray said. “Seth’s hurt. He went to Birmingham. He’s got the brace on. His wife [Becky Lynch] videotaped him with the brace. He’s doing the interview saying I felt my knee pop … I imagine we’re getting arrange for a tremendous knife being stuck in our back, possibly. I can not wait, and I hope it happens because I can just picture it in my head.”
Within the moments following Rollins’ awkward landing, Ray initially envisioned Rollins faking the injury so as to shock fans with a MITB cash-in on Goldberg, who challenged GUNTHER for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship within the SNME fundamental event. That quickly turned out to not be the case as “The Ring General” retained with a sleeper hold. As such, Ray has now pivoted to a different idea, which centers on CM Punk, Rollins’ long-time rival, defeating GUNTHER for a similar title at SummerSlam.
“The last ditch Go To Sleep is sufficient to knock out GUNTHER, but it surely knocks out Punk as well since it took all of the energy on the earth simply to get it,” Ray said. “Each guys go down, flops one arm over, one, two, three. [Punk] cannot stand up, cannot even stand up to get the championship. They should help him to his feet just at hand him the championship that he never gets his hands on because Seth Rollins’ music hits and he cashes in.”
Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer previously reported that original SummerSlam plans called for Rollins to money in his MITB contract against GUNTHER. As of now, it’s unknown if that order continues to be intact.
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