Seth Rollins speaks on Bray Wyatt’s passing.
The wrestling world is still reeling from the loss of Bray Wyatt, as the beloved superstar passed away on August 24, 2023. The death, which was sudden and unexpected, has seemingly brought together many fans and performers in the world of wrestling during a very tough time.
Throughout his career, Wyatt worked with Seth Rollins on many occasions, both in singles and multi-man/tag matches.
Speaking to Mythical Kitchen, Rollins said that Wyatt was somebody that he loved and that he was very close with.
“It really does feel like a family, and Windham was somebody that I loved and worked with very closely for many years. We came up in the business together and I was very close with him, so it was a huge shock that he had passed and left, it still doesn’t feel real sometimes."
At a live event on August 26, Rollins paid tribute to Wyatt in his match against Finn Balor, as he was unable to appear on the August 25 episode of SmackDown, which was a tribute show for 'The Eater Of Worlds' himself.
"Most of the crew had gotten together on Friday for our SmackDown show and they were kind of able to grieve together and sort of breathe that collective sigh, talking about him, but I wasn’t there. I was home with my family and I didn’t have a chance to see everybody until the following day, it was a live event on a Saturday. I was a step behind, I felt like I had grieved and everybody else kind of already started that process and I was behind. I thought about doing something of his in the ring, and I was in there with Finn Balor, who is another good friend of mine. I didn’t tell him anything, I didn’t tell him about anything I was thinking or what I was going to do, I didn’t know what I was going to do. It kind of got to the point where if I was going to do something, it was going to be now or never and it sort of just came over me like this feeling, like his spirit was there, it just grabbed me and then I did way more than I expected to. I popped up and did his little spider thing that he used to do, I end up in the corner kind of upside down, I did his mandible claw, which he used to shove down my throat all the time. It was a very cathartic experience for me, kind of the beginning of the grieving process for me to let all of that out. I had a talk with the crowd afterwards and cried a lot, as you would. It was crazy man. Like I said, it still doesn’t feel entirely real to me. I expected us to go into the Hall Of Fame together, have our kids play together, those types of things and just to know that you’re not going to get that experience, it doesn’t feel real I suppose.”
Fightful continues to send condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Wyatt, a.k.a Windham Rotunda
Elsewhere in the interview, Rollins said that he is unable to watch his own matches back. Fans can learn more by clicking here.
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