For most of 2019 Seth Rollins was the top face on Monday Night Raw, but after a while the fans started to turn on him and he was getting more boos than cheers.
The former Universal Champion has now gone full heel, and he’s embraced a new persona as the Monday Night Messiah.
Rollins recently spoke to the San Antonio Express about why it’s easier to be a heel, and he said that he thinks WWE fans look for things to complain about.
“It is a different era than it was back in the day. Now, it’s easier to be an antagonist because … anybody who consumes entertainment has a voice to be heard. They can get online and say whatever they want, and even if one or two people respond to it, that’s one or two people more than 20 years ago when they were just sitting in their living room talking crap to their friends. … Our audience looks for things to complain about, to dislike and to pick apart. It’s such a short, short lifespan. If you can maintain being in that hero role for a lengthy period of time, you are doing something incredible.”
Last year Seth Rollins won the Royal Rumble match and went on to defeat Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at WrestleMania 35.
It’s been confirmed that Rollins will be competing in the men’s Royal Rumble match once again on Sunday.
