Seth Rollins is one of the most important performers on the WWE roster. In fact, along with Roman Reigns and Jon Moxley, he and his Shield brethren have become the most important performers in professional wrestling today across the two biggest promotions in the business. That is why any reference to their contracts becomes headlines, because the speculation about what is next ramps up. Rollins gave an update on his status and future in the business which has people talking.
“I don’t know if I want to do it into my 50s,” Rollins said while speaking with Shannon Shape and Chad Ochocinco on Nightcap. “I have a couple of years left on my contract in WWE. My daughter is four-and-a-half, almost five. I wouldn’t mind spending some extra time with her in a few years. We’ll see what happens.”
This isn’t the first news that’s popped up about Rollins’ contract this year. Back in May, he stated that he had four or five years left on his current WWE contract. Rollins turns 40 in 2026, and if he has four or five years left as originally reported, that will put his current contract up in either 2030 or 2031 when he’d be either 44 or 45 years of age. From his own mouth, it looks like his time in the business is winding down.
Roman Reigns recently made similar comments about how much longer he’ll be in the business. In April 2025, Reigns predicted he’d wrap up his full-time wrestling career by 2029.
Looking ahead, that means WWE may be without its two biggest male stars in five years. This comes at a time in which WWE is struggling to build up new young performers in the men’s division. Other than Bron Breakker, the main event scene on both WWE Monday Night Raw and SmackDown is getting much older, and faster than the women’s division. It will be interesting to see how stars like Reigns and Rollins are used in the future to help build the generation that comes after them.
Seth Rollins has a lot left in the tank. He’s carried much of WWE for years and will continue to be a featured piece of the roster for years to come. But he realizes that he will not be around forever, as he’s talking about his time winding down, and that may be here sooner than some will want to see.