Seth Rollins targeting WrestleMania season for WWE return
WWE star Seth Rollins is hoping to be back in the ring for WrestleMania season.
Rollins suffered a shoulder injury at Crown Jewel: Perth on October 11 that forced him to undergo surgery. While appearing on a new episode of Something’s Burning with comedian Bert Kreischer, Rollins discussed the injury and how long he expects to be sidelined. The timeline he was given by doctors was six months out of action.
“I mean, there’s nothing good about being hurt. I’m trying to find the silver linings,” Rollins said. “I’ll get to spend more time with my daughter, which is great. More time at home. Once I get this thing [shoulder sling] off, which is in like another month, then it might be, like, full vacation mode for a little while before I lock in and have to start training to get ready to come back.”
Rollins said he thinks it will be a gradual ramp up after he’s able to get his sling off. He’d like to be able to start fully preparing for his return around February so that he could come back approximately one month after that.
“My guess is about 8-12 weeks of, like, ‘Okay, now I have to stop eating like an assh*le.’ Probably 12 weeks. Plus, we’ll be moving right into WrestleMania season. So I’m hoping around February, after all the holiday stuff, I can start to be like, okay, lock in, no more BS,” Rollins said.
“Give myself a month before I come back-ish, maybe? Maybe, don’t even know. They say six months, so this could be April.”
WrestleMania 42 is being held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 18, and Sunday, April 19, 2026, so Rollins could still be back by then even if the six-month timeline proves to be accurate. He was temporarily written off WWE TV in October with an angle where he was betrayed by his former Vision partners Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, and Paul Heyman.
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