Seth Rollins Recalls Working With The Rock for WrestleMania 40, Considers The Rock a Mentor Now

During a recent conversation with Nick Turturro on the Delivering Happiness with Nick Turturro, WWE Superstar Seth Rollins discussed working with The Rock for WrestleMania 40. On Night 1 of the premium live event, Seth Rollins teamed up with Cody Rhodes against The Rock and Roman Reigns in the main event.

Rollins had high praise for The Rock, calling him a mentor, praising The Rock for coming back to wrestle in WWE when it’s of little benefit to him, and he doesn’t need to do it. Below are some highlights:

Seth Rollins on What It Was Like To Work With The Rock

“You know, the wrestling The Rock in one of the main events of WrestleMania is pretty wild. I think it was one of those things where, you know, when you get into the business, I think, or any sort of industry like that, you kind of like, oh, what are my dreams? What are my goals? What are the things I would love to do? And there’s like a list of people that you might want to get in the ring with. But The Rock was long retired before I got to WWE. You know, he’d been out of the game. Hadn’t wrestled a match in 10 years, at least by the time I got to WWE. I think he retired in 2002ish. Kind of did a little bit after that, but I came in 2012, you know. So, it was like uh that was not even in my realm of possibility. So, when he came back for us leading into WrestleMania 40 a couple years ago and kind of got involved in our story, and it became apparent that we were going to have this tag match, it was pretty shocking and in a good way.”

On Learning The Rock’s Process

“I was just so I was you know what I was interested in the most was his process cuz I’m like here’s a guy who’s done it all. He’s done everything not just in our business but in Hollywood. is the biggest movie star in the world, and he’s coming back to do a WrestleMania match with us. Like, why, you know, what’s your process? Why do you want to do this? What are you thinking about as we’re putting the story together? And like, how does what you’ve done now translate to what we’re doing here? It was really fascinating. I got to know him on a on a bit of a personal level as well. And that was extremely beneficial for me. He’s just such a good guy. I consider him a bit of a mentor now. He was kind enough to have my family and I to his Moana 2 premiere out in Hawaii. Brought us to the resort there, and we were able to hang out and see the thing on the lawn. My daughter, she’s five, she loved it. She was four at the time. Thought it was the coolest thing in the world.”

On How The Rock Is a Good Person

“So, you know, when you meet somebody like that who doesn’t have to do any of these things, he doesn’t have to come back to WWE and wrestle. He doesn’t have to offer these types of things to you and your family, but he does. Doesn’t do anything for him. It literally, you know what I mean? It’s not nothing. There’s no like return investment. There’s no reason for that. No, he just does it because he’s a good person, and I think he, you know, people in his position get a bad rap sometimes, and he himself gets a bad rap. It’s all bull****. He’s a good dude. He’s a good guy, and I’m probably blowing off some heat here between me and him. But he’s a really good guy and uh like he’s someone I’d like to have a Yuengling with or in his situation some tequila. He’s a Teremana guy.”

Seth Rollins defeated Bron Breakker in a rematch on last Monday’s WWE Raw. He will now go on to compete in the King of the Ring tournament. He’s scheduled to face Je’Von Evans, Ricky Saints, and Talla Tonga in a Fatal 4-Way first-round matchup in the tournament on the June 8 edition of Monday Night Raw.

As for The Rock, he will be reprising his role of Maui in the live-action remake of Moana. It arrives in theaters on July 10. He’ll also be back as Dr. Xander “Smolder” Bravestone in Jumanji: Open World, arriving in theaters on December 25.