Seth Rollins: Damian Priest Has Done Well As Champion, But That Title Is Really Mine

Seth Rollins thinks Damian Priest is doing well as world champion, but that all ends at Money in the Bank.

The Judgement Day member started his first World Heavyweight Championship reign at WrestleMania 40. After Drew McIntyre pinned Seth Rollins for the title, Priest cashed in the Money in the Bank contract for an all-time great WrestleMania moment.

This mirrored Seth Rollins’ first title reign, which he won by cashing in on Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns a decade prior at WrestleMania 30. The two men now clash at Money in the Bank, the same PLE where they earned their respective briefcases.

Seth Rollins was very confident talking to Matt Aguilar for ComicBook Nation about the match. He complimented Priest’s title reign, saying he was doing well in his maiden voyage as champion.

However, Rollins added that title is “really mine”, and that he will be winning it back “sooner, rather than later”.

“Money In The Bank’s kind of my thing, you know.” Seth Rollins said. “He’s [Damian Priest] been doing well. He’s been doing well. I understand what it’s like, the pressure of a first title reign. I know when I had my first title reign way back in 2015, I wasn’t ready, man. You know, I was a different cat back then. I thought I was ready; I wasn’t ready. It’s tough. You put a lot of pressure on yourself. But he’s done very, very well, had some really incredible title defenses between McIntyre and Jey Uso, and he’s growing, you know, and that’s all you can really ask for.

“I’m not going to go as far as to say I feel like he’s just keeping it warm for me, but it is what it is. If it wasn’t him, it’d be McIntyre. It doesn’t matter. That title’s really mine, and we’re going to get it back sooner rather than later. I actually had every intention to just win the ladder match at Money In The Bank and cash in, but he feels like he’s got to prove something. Maybe to himself, maybe to me, maybe to the audience. And he’s actually the one that laid the challenge out to me. A little surprising, but I’ll take it.”