WWE Hall of Famer Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat was recently in conversation with Bill Apter for an exclusive interview with WrestleBinge, where he touched on his time coaching Seth Rollins in FCW.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Ricky Steamboat on coaching Seth Rollins in FCW: “I had my hand in helping Seth Rollins and think he’s a pretty good worker. The [WWE] protocol is they don’t care how good of a worker you are, you have to go through the school. You might be here a month, you might be here a year, but you still have to go through the school.”
On what set Rollins apart from his peers: “He was one of the guys that you could tell [was invested] when you were talking to him about psychology. Basically, all of the guys knew how to do moves. […] But I found my role was to talk to them and tell them the psychology of the reasons why we do things in the match that helps tell the story of the match. And I could tell when I was talking to Seth that lightbulbs were clicking on around his head, [unlike] other guys who give you the deer in the headlights look.”
Seth Rollins has certainly proven Ricky Steamboat right and then some over the years, establishing himself as a surefire future WWE Hall of Famer.