Rocky Romero recently spoke with Pro Wrestling Sheet. During the interview, he discussed Seth Rollins proudly touting the WWE, Will Ospreay’s response and the competing shows between WWE NXT UK, Evolve and AEW. Here are the highlights:
On Rollins Standing Up For The WWE:
I did see that Tweet. Good for him. I think good for him because he’s one of their main stars, right? He’s a flag bearer for them, and it’s important to—with what’s going on with all these new companies popping up and for wrestlers there’s so many options, fans have so many options—I think now we’re in a time of people trying to have pride in what they’re doing. I haven’t seen the show yet, but what I’ve heard is they tried to make a statement with this last event, to be like ‘hey, we’re trying to give fans what they really want. It’s not just this one way.
On Competition Between The Brands:
I think that’s good. I think that it’s a healthy way for competition and business. It’s good for the professional wrestling business, it’s good for the fans, it’s good for the wrestlers. It’s like, what’s wrong with a little healthy competition when you say ‘you know we are still the best’ or we’re this or we’re that. I do it for New Japan all of the time because this is where I eat. They feed me, I eat the food. I take that and I’m able to have a house in Los Angeles, you know? I support the product because I believe in the product. I fully, with all of my heart, I believe in New Japan Pro-Wrestling as a product and I’ve been there for a long time. That’s one of the reasons I haven’t left because I truly believe in the product and what we’re doing is great. Kudos to him, I think it’s cool. If you don’t feel that way, then you should probably get out of there, wherever you’re at.
On The Back & Forth Between Will Ospreay & Rollins:
Speaking of Seth Rollins and what he said to Will—I completely dispute that. Nothing against Ricochet, he is one of my very good friends, but if you’re going to say something like that because you want to wave the banner around, it’s like ‘are you sure about that?’ Because I’m pretty sure we have the better version of whatever you’re talking about. I think that Ospreay is, like you said, from [the time of their match against each other at Best Of Super Juniors 2016] —they both have had completely different trajectories from that point. I think Will has really grown so much more than any other wrestler in that short amount of time. I think that’s he’s on the top five list at this moment without a shadow of a doubt.
On NXT UK, Evolve & AEW Having Competing Shows:
AEW, I don’t think it really… different time zones, different countries, we’re not really stepping on anybody’s toes. I thought the NXT one was a bit interesting because then you’re right in the same country, or same backyard I should say. I wonder—and who’s to say, we can all just speculate if it was intentional or not to possibly hurt our business—it’s business. We’re all competing for the same fans, so why not I guess? They’re also maybe trying to prove a point like, ‘We have this brand, don’t forget about this brand. This is your brand in the UK, by the UK.’
You can listen to the interview below:
Credit: Pro Wrestling Sheet. H/T Wrestlezone.
