• Seth Rollins Reveals Why WWE Didn’t Tell The Shield About Their Breakup In Advance
On the Club Shay Shay podcast, Seth Rollins explained why WWE officials didn’t tell The Shield about their breakup in advance:
“They pitched the story to break up the Shield a few months earlier. We were like, ‘No man, we are not ready for that.’ Like, we’d been the bad guys. The crowd was really starting to get behind us. We wanted to be good guys. We wanted a longer run. Like, we felt we had a lot more in the tank.
And so, we have a match with The Wyatt Family in the Elimination Chamber in February, then we go to WrestleMania. We’re full good guys that point. We do two six-man tags with Evolution right after that. Like we’re awesome. We’re on cloud nine.
The three of us, we show up to the RAW the day after and they knew that if they gave us heads up, we would say no and we would find a way to try to fight out of the breakup.
So, they brought us into the office, and they are like, ‘this is what we’re going to do, and Seth is going to be the one to pull the trigger.’ And I remember like in the room, just the silence, and when we walked out of the room, it was like, what do we do, can we stop this? Are we doing the right thing?
There was a lot of tensions there, and it was mostly we had found our comfort zone as a trio and we were relying on each other, we enjoyed the process, we enjoyed together, but at the end of day, it was one of the most shocking betrayals and most shocking moments in our company.”
• Randy Orton Pitched Released WWE Star As His Surprise WrestleMania 41 Opponent
Former WWE Superstar Matt Riddle revealed that he was in discussions for a potential return at WrestleMania 41 as a surprise opponent for Randy Orton.
Speaking on the Rewind Recap Relive podcast, Riddle shared that the last time he communicated with WWE was before WrestleMania in 2025. According to Riddle, Orton personally reached out to inform him that he had pitched his name internally as a possible opponent for the event.
Riddle said he then contacted Triple H and made it clear he was open to returning if needed. He indicated he was willing to meet any requirements in order to make the appearance happen, including passing a drug test.
Ultimately, WWE chose to go in a different direction for Orton’s WrestleMania 41 match, and the proposed match did not materialize. Orton ended up facing then-TNA World Champion Joe Hendry.
Riddle and Orton previously teamed together as RK-Bro, becoming one of WWE’s most popular tag teams in recent years. The duo captured the RAW Tag Team Championship and were featured prominently on television before Orton’s injury hiatus led to the team’s dissolution.
