Interview: Seth Rollins on The Shield’s Final Match, WrestleMania 35, His Wrestling School

The Quad-City Times held a recent interview with Seth Rollins discussing the Shield’s upcoming final match, winning the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35, and his wrestling school called Black and Brave Wrestling Academy.

On the topic of the Shield’s upcoming final match in WWE, Rollins stated he believes it will be an extra special moment for himself due to tonight’s event taking place near his hometown.

“It’s kind of funny, because there are so many familiar faces in the first few rows, it almost takes me out of it for a minute. I forget that I’m there for work. Everybody’s loud; Sunday will be extra special. It’s The Shield’s last match … There will be a lot of energy in the building.

It just kind of just worked out, in an unfortunate way, obviously not something we ever wanted to say the final chapter. I always believed The Shield would live forever.

Now we have this last weekend and it just happens to end up in Moline. It’s very poetic. It will be a cool experience to do in front of friends and family.”

On the topic of winning the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35, Rollins stated facing Brock Lesnar for the title at WrestleMania was a surreal moment that he never dreamed would happen in his career.

“Facing Brock Lesnar never came into my realm of possibility. I dreamed a lot of big dreams as a kid. But there are things that have happened I never would have even thought were possible — like being on the cover of a video game, being an action figure. It’s been pretty surreal.

I try to take everything in as it comes. It’s not very often you get 80,000 people on your side, facing one of the most decorated combat sports athletes, and having my friends and family there. It will definitely go down in history for me, as my legacy.”

On the topic of his Black and Brave Wrestling Academy, Rollins stated he feels very happy to be able to give something back to both his community and the independent wrestling scene.

“I’m happy to get an opportunity to share it with the world … to teach the future of our industry, and way for me to give back to my community and the independent wrestling community.

Wrestling is all I’ve done my entire adult life; it’s given me the ability to talk in front of a large number of people, to network backstage, learn nuances, how to take in information from person to person. I’ve been able to travel the world through my gig. It helps give me worldly understanding. I wouldn’t have done that if I was stuck in Iowa. I’ve grown a lot as a person.”