After his WWE Championship loss to Drew McIntyre at Money in the Bank 2020, wrestling fans were wondering how Seth Rollins would react the next night on Raw. Nobody expected this.
It seemed like Seth Rollins had turned the corner. He and Drew McIntyre put together an instant classic at WWE Money in the Bank 2020, but, in the end, Seth unsurprisingly came up short. McIntyre asked his opponent to shake his hand as a sign of respect after the grueling match, and Rollins, to the surprise of many, obliged without any sneering or surprise attack.
But on the following episode of Raw, Rollins was anything but good-natured. Rey Mysterio offered Rollins his congratulations after the WWE Universe heard Becky Lynch’s announcement to kick off the show; she and Rollins will be expecting a child, so Becky is taking time off.
Instead of graciously accepting Mysterio’s kind words and advice about fatherhood, Rollins snubbed him.
It got weirder.
Rollins and his disciple, Murphy, were scheduled to face Aleister Black and Mysterio in a tag team match. Seth walked to the ring disheveled with non-wet hair, and he refused to communicate with Murphy. He wouldn’t tag in. He wouldn’t react. He was unresponsive, staring forward with dead eyes.
That is, until Mysterio was knocked into him, causing Rollins to snap. He went insane, beating up Mysterio and screaming at Murphy to stay “the hell” away from him.
Rollins was already scaring everyone with his dead eyes and listless look, but he became more sadistic than even Randy Orton after springing back into life. The Beastslayer took Mysterio’s eye and smashed it into the point of the steel steps for a good 30 seconds, reveling in the pure agony felt by Mysterio.
Disgusting. What on earth is wrong with Seth Rollins?
That’s the question on everyone’s mind.
seth rollins standing on the apron like when i was trying to figure out how to tell mom and dad i threw up in the sink at 3am when i was 7 years old
— emil (@TheEmilJay) May 12, 2020
broken rollins???
— Lee⚡️ (@LeeOnWrestling) May 12, 2020
This might be welllll beyond Matt Hardy territory now!
"Dejected guy who just found he's gonna be a dad" is best thing Seth Rollins has ever done.
— Meng's Mullet (@MengsMullet) May 12, 2020
This man Rollins looks like someone stole his soul #WWERaw
— Kier Johnson (@Kier_Johnson97) May 12, 2020
Maybe…maybe they did…because right after he stabbed Mysterio’s eye with the steel steps, he went backstage asking to talk to Rey in an attempt to apologize.
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! OH GOD! OH NO! Seth Rollins just shoved Rey Mysterio's EYE into the CORNER of the ring steps! That sick bastard! What's wrong with him?! #WWE #WWERaw
— ⚡️Wrestling News Source (@WNSource) May 12, 2020
Either Seth Rollins can't believe he's having a baby, or just really had a rough night on animal crossings.....
— Exposed Turnbuckle Media (@ExposedTMedia) May 12, 2020
Seth Rollins comes to check on Rey, "I don't know what happened out there." lol! #RAW
— WrestlingINC.com (@WrestlingInc) May 12, 2020
How could Rollins NOT know what he did to Mysterio? Is he possessed? Rollins’ behavior will be the biggest story on Raw leading into Backlash, that’s for sure.