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Earlier this week, Seth Rollins spoke with CBS Sports Radio’s Maggie Gray and Andrew Perloff about the sexual abuse allegations against Vince McMahon in the Janel Grant lawsuit.
He Maggie and Perloff Initially, the show only shared one line of its response to a question about the claims in Grant’s lawsuit, which was also filed against former WWE executive John Laurinaitis, and WWE itself, alleging a company-wide culture that allowed McMahon’s behavior. The complete question and answer, aware Later, it was largely about separating the wrestling roster from the scandal.
Gray asked Rollins if things would change for the talent without McMahon (he resigned from all of his roles in WWE and parent company TKO, although he denied the allegations and vowed to fight them). Set responded:
“You know what, on a day-to-day basis for us it doesn’t (change). We are very far away as talent from those things. It is awful. It’s terrible, I hate it. It’s a disgusting situation. But we are very far from it. When we get to work, it’s simply about how to make the program the best it can be. Who are we out there with? What will your promotion be? What will this match be? And how do we entertain the fans? That’s really our job.
“Those things are personal things, they are business things and they are far above what we are thinking. We’re not going to say anything that could affect any of that. It is a terrible situation, we are focused on what we do every day. It’s like any other business structure. It’s horrible and you wish you could have done something. But at the end of the day, your job is your job. That’s what we do. We show up and try to give the people who pay for tickets the best show possible. That’s kind of like our department.”
The WWE World Heavyweight Champion was also asked about McMahon and the allegations last night (February 8) ahead of the WrestleMania XL kickoff event. He pointed out his previous comments in his response. to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful and again sought to draw a line between talent and the executive branch of WWE:
“It’s a shitty situation. I said it in that interview on radio fila. Stinks. It is awful. It’s disgusting. I don’t like hearing about it, reading about it, it’s abhorrent. I hope that if the allegations are accurate, I hope that anyone involved in this gets what’s coming to them. Stinks. It’s very difficult for me because I didn’t see that side of him. I didn’t experience that. When you see things like that, it’s jarring and painful. It stinks everywhere. There’s just no other way to say it. Stinks. “It really sucks.”
The federal investigation into McMahon stemming from the Grant case and the hush money scandal that preceded it, and the stories about Ashley Massaro that have resurfaced in its wake, indicate that some members of the roster were targeted by McMahon or were complicit in his alleged attacks. misdeeds The information available has also led many to question the extent to which anyone in the organization could be unaware of what Vince and others were said to be doing.
For now, Rollins is the most high-profile member of the current roster to speak publicly about the matter.