WWE: CM Punk is right – Seth Rollins needs to step away from Twitter
WWE Superstar Seth Rollins has a Twitter problem. Now is the time to have an intervention. A Twittervention? That’s a thing, right? It is now.
One of the more memorable moments from CM Punk’s first long form appearance on WWE Backstage was when he tried to pontificate why Seth Rollins seriously needs to rethink his approach on Twitter. This moment was not done in jest or to sell a potential match or angle (Punk already made sure to nix any dreams for a future in-ring return). To echo a classic Punk promo, this seemed like it was merely just Phil Brooks trying to deliver sage advice to Colby Lopez.
The question originally came about in response to Rollins’ retweet challenging CM Punk to a fight after Punk “returned” to WWE (Punk’s signed to FOX as an analyst, not to WWE as a wrestler, but whatevs; semantics). This is not the first time Rollins got some unwarranted attention following a tweet. Certainly not this year, as he got in a social media kerfuffle with NJPW’s Will Ospreay over the size of his bank account.
Truth be told, most of the kerfuffles Rollins have found himself in this year have been either about words he said over social media or responding to something someone else said on the internet or social media. Coincidentally, in the months since the most scathing of controversies concerning Seth Rollins were started over social media, he started to get booed on WWE TV. This cannot be a coincidence.
It’s clear that his social media presence has, in some way, at least contributed to the negative reactions he is slowly continuing to receive from crowds. So, if that is to be believed, then Punk’s advice could help save Rollins career, in some way.
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No one is telling Rollins to delete his Twitter altogether. Just take a break. Delete the app from his phone. Block the site from his browser history. Keep it out of sight out of mind. Just refrain from tweeting for a bit, give it time, and then when people forget his Twitter controversies, they’ll remember just how great he is in the ring. Then, maybe, just maybe, it’ll be okay for him to get his Twitter fingers stirring all over again.