{"id":153701,"date":"2023-02-09T11:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=153701"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T17:14:43","slug":"seth-rollins-talks-political-nature-of-pro-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/09\/seth-rollins-talks-political-nature-of-pro-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"Seth Rollins talks political nature of pro wrestling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2838983792\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Seth Rollins says that as a pro wrestler, you must be able to navigate shark invested waters to survive in the business.<\/p>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/pms-2-0-850-wednesday-from-radio-row-with-ian-rapoport\/id1435183458?i=1000598734766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Pat McAfee<\/a>, Rollins spoke transparently about the politics in professional wrestling and how navigating them correctly helps your career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I could see your perspective because, yeah, from the outside, you think it\u2019s a cutthroat business, and to an extent it is in some capacity because everybody wants that top spot,&#8221; Rollins said on pro wrestling politics. &#8220;You know, everyone wants to grow as a performer and the higher up the card you go, the more money you\u2019re gonna earn and that\u2019s the bottom line. But, there\u2019s still a level of respect. It\u2019s like on a Sunday. It\u2019s game time and you\u2019re going, like, you\u2019re out there to kill someone, right, you\u2019re out there to take someone out, but as soon as it\u2019s not that time anymore. As soon as the game is over or the play is over, you help your brother off the field. And that\u2019s what we were in wrestling. Yeah, everyone wants that top spot, everybody wants to be positioned better than everyone else, but at the end of the day, there\u2019s a level of respect for everybody who plays the game. There is a brotherhood, there is a fraternity to that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still love going to work every single day. I think it\u2019s like a roller coaster, right, because there\u2019s so much push and pull backstage and so you\u2019d go through phases. It\u2019s a different world to navigate, it\u2019s just like anything else, any sort of political landscape, there\u2019s sharks in the water, man, and you got to figure out how to navigate those waters, the shallow, the deep, the big fish, the small fish, all of it. You got to figure out where you fit in and how you could survive, it\u2019s really a game of survival. The longer you can survive, the more opportunity you\u2019re going to have to thrive and that\u2019s the name of the game backstage, man.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/wrestlingheadlines.com\/seth-rollins-talks-to-pat-mcafee-about-navigating-through-pro-wrestling-politics-if-its-a-cutthroat-business\/\">h\/t Wrestling Headlines<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins will compete at the Elimination Chamber event inside the Elimination Chamber with the WWE United States Championship on the line. Elimination Chamber will air live on Peacock on February 18.<\/p>\n<h3>WWE Elimination Chamber 2023 Match Card with Seth Rollins<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Austin Theory vs. Seth Rollins vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Montez Ford \u2013 WWE United States Championship Elimination Chamber Match<\/li>\n<li>Asuka vs. Liv Morgan vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Nikki Cross vs. Carmella vs. Natalya \u2013 WWE Raw Women\u2019s Championship WrestleMania Number One Contender Elimination Chamber Match<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn \u2013 WWE Undisputed Universal Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/02\/09\/wwe-money-in-the-bank-go-home-edition-of-smackdown-to-air-live-from-uk\/\">WWE Money in the Bank go-home edition of Smackdown to air live from UK<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2913430748\"><div id=\"pwtor-3501230564\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Seth Rollins says that as a pro wrestler, you must be able to navigate shark invested waters to survive in the business. 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