{"id":28267,"date":"2016-08-05T13:52:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T18:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28267"},"modified":"2016-08-23T00:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T05:22:20","slug":"wwe-video-seth-rollins-talks-first-ever-match-vs-finn-balor-summerslam-concerned-demon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/05\/wwe-video-seth-rollins-talks-first-ever-match-vs-finn-balor-summerslam-concerned-demon\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Video &#8211; Seth Rollins talks first-ever match vs. Finn Balor at Summerslam, concerned about &#8220;The Demon?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2118001482\" 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><strong>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins was interviewed by Michael Cole <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9-ZdiaLpuZI\" target=\"_blank\">in this week&#8217;s interview on WWE&#8217;s website<\/a> (now moved to Fridays).<\/p>\n<p>It was a toned-down Rollins talking calmly and confidently about his WWE Universal Title match against Finn Balor at Summerslam on August 21.<\/p>\n<p>Rollins said he respects Balor and will take him seriously when they face off for the first time ever at Summerslam, but he doesn&#8217;t fear Balor and he&#8217;s not concerned about his &#8220;Demon&#8221; alter-ego potentially appearing at\u00a0Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>Rollins vowed to become the first Universal champion in what he called the main event of Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>Playing up the fiction leading into the match, Rollins shot down the notion that he was shown favoritism by Stephanie McMahon getting a bye to the title match. 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