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#4 Seth Rollins has creative freedom

Seth Rollins' new gimmick has received polarizing reactions from the WWE Universe. While a section of the fanbase has compared it to CM Punk's Straight Edge Society, the other half consider his new character to be a little too bland.

Seth Rollins, however, is putting in a lot of effort to make his gimmick work. As revealed by Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue on the new Dropkick DiSKussions podcast, Seth Rollins has a considerable amount of creative freedom and he himself decided to turn heel.

Paul Heyman and Bruce Prichard have ensured that the WWE creative team listens to the ideas of the talents. Rollins and Daniel Bryan reportedly have a say in their character and storyline direction in WWE at the moment.

"Seth Rollins has had a lot more say over what he does other than he was told that he would be working with Drew McIntyre as they needed him there. But with Seth, a lot of what he is doing now is under his own direction."

Tom noted that since his Hell in a Cell match against Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins has been working closely with the WWE creative team to push what he envisions for his character.

"That dates back to Hell in a Cell. He made the choice to steer into the fan impression and turn heel. He made the choice to have that sermon where he preached to everyone after Survivor Series because he was taking the p**s out of someone who was telling that he had a rah-rah speech that he apparently did not have, and since then, the creative team has been very openly listening"

Even though the initial idea to have AOP in Rollins' faction was suggested by the WWE, the former WWE Universal Champion was the one who took the plan forward a moulded it according to his vision. He reportedly wanted Murphy in his faction and the same can be speculated in Austin Theory's case as well.

"The initial pairing with the Authors of Pain was suggested to him but since then he has been steering his own path. He has been going under his own direction. He chose Murphy. He has been very open about the fact that he has been very impressed with Murphy and I'm sure over the next few weeks how impressed he is with Austin Theory and how much he wanted to work with him. Seth is out there looking for people to fit what he is trying to do and I don't think anyone is going to be turning him down anytime soon."