Seth Rollins Was ‘Shocked’ To Learn That Nick Aldis Is Younger Than Him

Nick Aldis is stepping back into the squared circle.

For the first time since 2023, Nick Aldis will be in action and will be making his WWE in-ring debut. Aldis agreed to put his status as SmackDown General Manager on the shelf as he is set to go one-on-one with GUNTHER at SummerSlam.

That match was discussed by Seth Rollins during his appearance on Busted Open, and Rollins shared that he was shocked to learn Aldis is younger than he is.

“You know, I think anytime anybody’s coming off of a long hiatus, and has never really laced up the boots inside a WWE ring, there’s a ton of intrigue, and so actually, the GUNTHER/Aldis match is one that kind of has my attention. The other ones, you kinda know what you’re gonna get. I don’t mean that in a bad way. You know that Hell in a Cell’s probably gonna be a war, you know what you’re gonna get with (CM) Punk and Cody (Rhodes). You’ve seen them at their peak. I think there’s the mystery of what does Nick Aldis have in the tank… Now we see Aldis in the shirt every week on Friday. He looks fantastic, he looks full, the chest, he looks great, and he’s not even 40 years old. He’s still younger than I am actually which shocked me. I didn’t know that. Let’s see what he’s got. It’s really his WWE debut and it’s on a massive stage so, I’m really looking forward to seeing that…”

Aldis is 39 years of age, and Rollins is 40 years of age. Rollins will be headlining night two of SummerSlam as he’ll be challenging Roman Reigns for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

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