Seth Rollins explains motivation for The Vision’s formation ahead of WWE Backlash
Seth Rollins detailed his decision to choose Bron Breakker for The Vision and shares his mindset heading into their WWE Backlash match this weekend.
Speaking with Michael Cole, Rollins discussed varied aspects of his relationship with Breakker to promote their match this weekend. He talked about The Vision’s formation stemming from disdain for Roman Reigns and CM Punk, and preventing them from taking the leadership reins at WWE.
“Maybe a little bit of insecurity? I looked at the landscape and I was kind of starting to pile up enemies – CM Punk, Roman Reigns. When you have Roman Reigns you have the entire Bloodline. So, there was a lot of people who were sort of eyeballing what I was doing and what I was saying, they didn’t like it, so I felt like at that stage there were a lot of pardon the pun visions for what the future of the company could or would or should look like.”
“And to be honest with you, I just don’t trust Roman Reigns. I certainly don’t trust CM Punk, I don’t trust either of them to be the figureheads and the leaders, so I felt I was the best person suited for that job. I felt like I was in a unique position where I had to take care of those guys, but then I needed to insulate myself on the backside of that. And also, I wanted to not just do this for me, but to pass it on to the next generation, and for me Bron Breakker was the perfect fit for that.”
In October last year, The Vision led by Rollins crumbled as Breakker and Bronson Reed attacked him. Rollins was written off WWE TV due to a shoulder surgery and made his return shortly before WrestleMania 42. He faced Gunther at the Premium Live Event but Breakker returned from a hernia surgery and cost him the bout.
They confronted each other on the following editions of Raw that eventually led to their upcoming singles match at WWE Backlash on May 9.
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