Seth Rollins admits that landing the Phoenix Splash is a rare feat for him — and he’s not sure if he’ll ever hit it again. Though the high-risk move is part of his arsenal, Rollins often misses it in matches. During a conversation with Robert Griffin III on the “Outta Pocket” podcast, he opened up about the elusive maneuver.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On rarely hitting the move: “The last time I hit it was WrestleMania 33 in Orlando. I was wrestling Triple H. That was the last time I hit it. I don’t know that I’ll ever hit it again. That was eight years ago. I bet in my life I’ve hit it less than ten times. I hit it twice in WWE. Once was Triple H, the other was a triple threat match against John Cena and Brock Lesnar at Royal Rumble 2015. I’ve hit twice in WWE. On the independents, pre-WWE, I may have hit it, legitimately less than ten times, maybe less than five times.”
On why he misses the move: “I like to bat at a high percentage. It’s a very low percentage move. High risk, semi-low reward for me. I do this great move and I hit it perfect, great, how much does that add to what we’re doing? Say I go for the move and I screw the whole thing up, the risk is so high that if I land on somebody’s face or land short or overshoot or I don’t make the rotation, that I don’t use it as a way to hit so much. What it does do is, because it’s such a cool visual, it adds a level of excitement and tension. You see me roll through on it a lot, I can do that fairly easily. The risk is low, the reward is high, because you get people up and then you can pay it off with something behind it. That’s the reasoning. Sorry if I’ve let you all down for so many years. That’s the reasoning behind it. I don’t have the confidence to hit it effectively enough to do it.”
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