1. Seth Rollins is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Seth Rollins.
47 Facts About Seth Rollins
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Seth Rollins wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro, where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion.
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Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its then-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 World Tag Team Championship, with Reigns in May 2013; he went on to hold the title a record six times with Ambrose and various partners.
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Seth Rollins has held the Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship twice each, making him WWE's 29th Triple Crown Champion and 19th Grand Slam Champion, as well as the second wrestler to accomplish the latter twice under the revised 2015 format.
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Seth Rollins is the only wrestler to have won the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and NXT Championship, in addition to being the only wrestler to compete in the match to decide the inaugural champion of three WWE championships.
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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 match.
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Seth Rollins topped Pro Wrestling Illustrateds PWI 500 list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2015,2019, and 2023, was voted as the PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2023 and was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2022.
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Seth Rollins was the first wrestler to cash in a Money in the Bank contract at a WrestleMania event and holds the record for the longest televised match in WWE history, performing for 65 minutes whilst defeating Reigns and John Cena in the same night.
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Seth Rollins gained the Lopez surname from his Mexican-American stepfather, whom he considers his true father.
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Seth Rollins has a brother and a sister, but did not know this until their existence was revealed by a DNA test in 2019.
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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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Seth Rollins then accepted Graves' challenge and defeated him in a lumberjack match to end the feud.
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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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On January 26,2014, at the Royal Rumble, Seth Rollins entered his first Royal Rumble match at number 2, gaining three eliminations before he was eliminated by teammate Reigns.
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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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At the Royal Rumble on January 28,2018, Seth Rollins entered at number 18 in the Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Reigns.
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Seth Rollins wrestled for one hour and five minutes, marking 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 Lashley interfered, and in a triple threat match where Lashley won the championship after pinning Ambrose.
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At the Royal Rumble on January 27,2019, 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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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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At the Royal Rumble on January 31,2021, Seth Rollins entered at number 29, but was eliminated by eventual winner Edge.
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Seth Rollins then began a feud with Matt Riddle, setting up a match between the two at SummerSlam.
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Two nights later on Raw, Seth Rollins defeated Bobby Lashley to win his second United States Championship after Brock Lesnar attacked Lashley before the match.
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Seth Rollins then started a feud with Theory, turning face for the first time since 2019.
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Seth Rollins then retained his title against Uso on the December 4 episode of Raw, McIntyre in a rematch at Day 1 on January 1,2024, and Jinder Mahal on the January 15 episode of Raw.
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The next night, Seth Rollins lost the World Heavyweight Championship to McIntyre, ending his reign at 316 days.
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At the Raw premiere on Netflix on January 6,2025, Seth Rollins lost to Punk.
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Seth Rollins then proceeded to attack both Reigns and Punk before storming off.
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Seth Rollins's finisher during his time in FCW was a superkick to a kneeling opponent's head called Avada Kedavra, named after a magic spell that kills people in Harry Potter.
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Seth Rollins began recruiting new "disciples" into his group, such as Murphy and Austin Theory, while proclaiming himself to be their leader and savior.