5 WWE backstage secrets that Seth Rollins revealed

#4 Vince McMahon forced him to redo a match

Stephanie McMahon often recalls a famous moment from earlier in her career when she was involved in a pre-recorded in-ring promo with Shane McMahon on SmackDown. The two McMahons returned to the backstage area after the segment, only for a furious Vince McMahon to send them back out to perform the entire promo again in front of the same audience.

Well, several years later, Seth Rollins was given exactly the same treatment.

In June 2014, shortly after he turned heel, Rollins defeated Kofi Kingston on SmackDown in what was supposed to be a squash match. However, Vince felt that the Shield member allowed Kingston too much offence, so he sent both men back out to redo the match.

Rollins said on E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness:

“I gave Kofi a little bit, made him look good, and I remember coming to the back thinking, 'Yeah, that was alright,' ... Vince is furious about it, just furious. He's like, 'Get over here,' and he's yelling at me, and he's like, 'If you're gonna be my guy, if you're gonna be my guy, that's not what I want,' and he shooed me out of [the] Gorilla [Position].”

He added that the incident made him feel “so angry and embarrassed” but it was a good learning experience.