WrestleMania season was a stressful time for fans of Seth Rollins (and for him too) as his long rumoured match against Triple H was put in serious doubt after he suffered a knee injury during Samoa Joe's main roster debut. While he was ultimately able to make it to the Showcase of the Immortal to vanquish his longtime enemy, he did so with a very divisive nickname.
That was "The Kingslayer," a term many fans loved at first before it was soured a little by the announce team constantly using it during Rollins' appearances on RAW. However, if you're wondering what inspired that and assumed it was the former WWE Champion's love of Game of Thrones that may have been the source, you'd be bang on the money.
"Yeah, 100%. It came from me and Cesaro riding down the road coming up with ideas for me moving into WrestleMania and me working with The King of Kings, Triple H. The Kingslayer was something we discussed and it just so happened it was available for me to use so I figured, ‘Why not?’ It was a cool correlation, we got it all figured out and now it’s on a t-shirt with my logo, so that’s pretty sweet."
While Rollins is still referred to as both The Architect and The Kingslayer on WWE programming, his new catchphrase is "Burn it Down," so that's adorning the majority of his t-shirts right now. It's cool to know that this is something Rollins came up with, though, rather than WWE's marketing department! You have to give Cesaro some well-deserved credit too.
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