Seth Rollins is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
46 Facts About Seth Rollins
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Seth Rollins is credited for his in-ring ability and aptness of reinventing his on-screen character.
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Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling, where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion.
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Seth Rollins won his first main roster championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship with Reigns; he would go on to hold the title a record six times with various tag partners.
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Seth Rollins won the 2014 Money in the Bank ladder match, the 2015 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year, and the 2019 Royal Rumble.
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Seth Rollins rose to superstardom as one of the major elements of The Reality Era and remains a central fixture in The New Era.
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Seth Rollins has headlined numerous major pay-per-view events for WWE.
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Seth Rollins topped Pro Wrestling Illustrateds PWI 500 list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world in both 2015 and 2019, and was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2022.
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Seth Rollins is the only wrestler to cash in a WWE Money in the Bank contract at a WrestleMania event.
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Seth Rollins competed in the inaugural Universal Championship match at SummerSlam 2016 against Finn Balor.
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Seth Rollins holds the record for the single longest televised TV match in WWE history, performing for 65 minutes straight, whilst defeating John Cena and Roman Reigns in the same night.
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Seth Rollins graduated from Davenport West High School in 2004.
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Seth Rollins trained at a wrestling school owned by Danny Daniels on the borders of Chicago and Oak Park.
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Seth Rollins then joined Ian Rotten's Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South under the name Tyler Black, and entered the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament, defeating Sal Thomaselli before being eliminated by Matt Sydal in the quarterfinals in Hammond, Indiana on September 23,2005.
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Seth Rollins soon joined NWA Midwest and won the promotion's tag team championship with Marek Brave.
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Seth Rollins appeared with The Age of the Fall in their match against The Briscoe Brothers during the main event.
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On January 13,2011, Seth Rollins defeated Hunico in the finals to win the tournament and became the inaugural FCW Jack Brisco 15 Champion.
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In July 2011, Seth Rollins began a feud with Dean Ambrose.
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On February 23,2012, Seth Rollins defeated Leo Kruger to become the new FCW Florida Heavyweight Champion.
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On November 18,2012, at the Survivor Series pay-per-view, Seth Rollins made his main roster debut as a heel alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, attacking Ryback during the triple threat main event for the WWE Championship, allowing CM Punk to pin John Cena and retain the title.
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Seth Rollins has appeared on NXT and defend the NXT Championship, until he lost it to Big E Langston on the January 9,2013 episode of NXT.
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Later that night, Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract during Lesnar and Reigns' WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, turning it into a triple threat match and pinned Reigns to win the title for the first time in his career, making him the first man to cash in his Money in the Bank contract at WrestleMania and during a title match.
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At Extreme Rules on May 22,2016, Seth Rollins returned from injury, attacking Roman Reigns with a Pedigree after his WWE World Heavyweight Championship defense against AJ Styles.
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In January 2017, Seth Rollins started a feud with Triple H leading into WrestleMania.
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Later that night, Seth Rollins was ambushed from behind by the debuting Samoa Joe, who choked him out in the Coquina Clutch.
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Seth Rollins wrestled for one hour and five minutes, which is the longest performance in a match by any wrestler in the show's history.
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Six days later, at Elimination Chamber, Seth Rollins was the fifth man eliminated by Braun Strowman in the match.
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The next night on Raw, Seth Rollins reformed The Shield with Ambrose and Roman Reigns, preventing Strowman from cashing in his Money in the Bank contract for the Universal Championship against Reigns.
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Seth Rollins failed to regain the championship from Ambrose on several occasions, including in a Falls Count Anywhere match when Bobby Lashley interfered, and in a triple threat match where Lashley won the championship after pinning Ambrose.
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On January 27,2019, at the Royal Rumble, Seth Rollins won his first Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Braun Strowman.
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Seth Rollins won with assistance of his real-life wife and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch to overcome the biased refereeing from Evans.
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Seth Rollins became the first superstar to defeat Lesnar at both WrestleMania and SummerSlam.
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Later that night, Seth Rollins retained the Universal Championship against Strowman but was attacked by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt after the match.
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Seth Rollins competed in the Royal Rumble on January 26,2020, as the final entrant, but was eliminated by eventual winner Drew McIntyre.
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The next night on Raw, Seth Rollins attacked Rey Mysterio and injured his eye with the steel ring steps.
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At Survivor Series two days later, Seth Rollins was a part of Team SmackDown, but was the first person eliminated by Sheamus after "sacrificing" himself and his team lost the match.
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Seth Rollins then attacked Cesaro, who was the only one that stayed behind, beginning a feud with him.
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At Day 1 on January 1,2022, Seth Rollins failed to win the title as Brock Lesnar was added to the match and won the title.
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However, due to interference from Lashley, Seth Rollins retained the title.
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Seth Rollins then started a feud with Theory, turning face for the first time since 2019.
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For most of his WWE career, Seth Rollins has used the Curb Stomp as a finishing move, often simply referred to as the Stomp.
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Seth Rollins has used the Pedigree and a jumping knee strike called the Ripcord Knee as finishing moves.
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Seth Rollins began recruiting new "disciples" into his group such as Murphy and Austin Theory proclaiming himself to be their leader and savior.
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In 2021, Seth Rollins adopted his "Visionary" persona, which was a boastful, delusional character that had a reputation for eccentricity and wore flamboyant suits.
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Seth Rollins is regularly featured on Xavier Woods' YouTube channel UpUpDownDown, where he goes by the nickname "Texas Steve".
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Seth Rollins is a fan of the Chicago Bears and the St Louis Cardinals.