"Dean Ambrose took his ball and went home" - Seth Rollins

[Superkick Party]

In an interview Monday with Jimmy Traina on the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, Rollins discussed the comments Moxley made during the former WWE star's appearance on Talk Is Jericho after signing with All Elite Wrestling:

"Ambrose can do what he wants. He's a big boy, he's got his big boy pants on. He can go out there and say whatever he wants, but the bottom line is not everybody's equipped to handle the rigors of WWE and the schedule and how it affects you mentally and emotionally.
And Ambrose gave everything he had to the company for the entire time he was here. He put his heart and soul into the travel, into the schedule, into the injuries, into the work in the ring and all that stuff. But at the end of the day, he took his ball and he went home, or he went elsewhere at least. And I think it's a little presumptuous of him to get on a podcast and talk down about the company that gave him such an opportunity."

Rollins acknowledged that Moxley did mention some of his good experiences in WWE, such as meeting his wife, Renee Young. The Beast Slayer also professed his love for his former Shield brother even though he took issue with the way Moxley expressed himself:

"And like I said, I love the guy. I love him, I'll always love him, but at the end of the day, we just share different perspectives about what we want out of life and about where we're at in our own lives. I hope that he does well. I've kept enough tabs on him to know that he's doing super well for himself right now and I'm happy for that, but I just don't think there's any reason to hop on a soapbox and complain after the fact.

You need to take the first step, and that's looking in the mirror and asking yourself did you do every single thing you possibly could to make yourself and your situation what you want it to be, and if the answer is yes you did, then you can go elsewhere and complain. If that's where he's at mentally then go right ahead, but if he hasn't done that, he hasn't looked in the mirror and made that decision, then maybe he should think about that. That goes for any other disgruntled talent past or present."

Rollins offered a counterpoint Monday and suggested that it is on the talent to make their voice heard and to also make the most of things even if they aren't in complete agreement:

"Absolutely I'm satisfied with it because I make a point to be satisfied with it. I make a point to contribute my ideas and my thoughts, and if I feel strongly about something the way it should be or the way it should be portrayed, then I will make my voice heard. And look, not everybody gets that leeway. And also, not everybody should get that leeway. That's not how it works. You have to build equity with your audience, with your boss, with your co-workers. You have to build equity over time and then you can get the leeway to have that kind of say in your story if that's your complaint. Or you can just stand up for yourself and do it instead of going on somewhere else and b---hing about it. I'm very satisfied with the amount of input I have. Do I do things that I don't always want to do? Yes, but you know what, sometimes that stuff works because I can't see things perfectly every single time. I don't have the perspective that other people around me have. Vince McMahon has been doing this 20 years longer than I've been alive. So he's got some ideas and he knows things that I just don't know that I have to learn."

Seth Rollins Responds to Jon Moxley Bashing WWE; Defends Vince McMahon, Creative​

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Seth officially in that Jericho stooge lane

Burned it down 100 times, never drew a dime

 

[The Great One]

Loving this new Seth

 

[prophecypro]

This plus the twitter rants he went on after Stomping Grounds make him a certified bytch

Im no Ambrose fan but to say he cant handle the rigors of WWE when he had logged in the most matches and travel for anyone in the company in 2015 and 2016 is wack

Colby Lopez is the new Jeristooge

 

[MightyHealthy]

Couple this with comparing his bank account to Will Ospreay's, and this guy exposed himself as an insecure stooge in a day.

Yeesh.

 

[jwinfield]

 

[RammerJammer]

This plus the twitter rants he went on after Stomping Grounds make him a certified bytch

Im no Ambrose fan but to say he cant handle the rigors of WWE when he had logged in the most matches and travel for anyone in the company in 2015 and 2016 is wack

Colby Lopez is the new Jeristooge

Seth’s knees couldn’t handle the rigors of WWE.

You wanna big up your company and try to rally the troops to put on a good show? Fine do that but going after your boy for leaving cause he wanted to be happy? That’s some fukk nikka shyt.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

He's wack for this

"You need to take the first step, and that's looking in the mirror and asking yourself did you do every single thing you possibly could to make yourself and your situation what you want it to be, and if the answer is yes you did, then you can go elsewhere and complain. If that's where he's at mentally then go right ahead, but if he hasn't done that, he hasn't looked in the mirror and made that decision, then maybe he should think about that."

The bolded completely unnecessary considering his gripes was he was trying to make all of those shytty ideas work and it was making him miserable.

Willing to bet if Rollins wasn't in the main event spot this wouldn't be his sentiment

 

[Cartier Murphy]

No wonder he’s been a whiny hoe on Twitter, he sounds like a scorned ex.

 

[Superkick Party]

Seth’s knees couldn’t handle the rigors of WWE.

You wanna big up your company and try to rally the troops to put on a good show? Fine do that but going after your boy for leaving cause he wanted to be happy? That’s some fukk nikka shyt.

Seth a real life hoe for talking about his boy like that

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Rollins didn’t like the way Dean left, even though Rollins 100% knew what was going on??? I’ll chalk this up to the WWE making Rollins go on this defend-everything WWE kick due to all the bad news that’s been coming out. There’s no way Rollins can legit feel like that based on how much time him and Dean (and Roman) spent together.

 

[El Guapo]

Pressure of being the top guy and flopping is getting to him. Need to hot shot that title to the Big Dog

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

fukk Colby for this

 

[Grifter]

Was it an eight ball?

 

[MenacingMonk]

Seth Stoogins just at Moxbrose being able to be escape while he’s stuck on the sinking ship.