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Seth Rollins Recalls Randy Orton’s Epic RKO At WM 41, Karl Anderson Targets Singles Title

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During a recent appearance on the “Insight” podcast, Seth Rollins reflected on his WrestleMania 31 match against Randy Orton and the epic finish, with The Viper delivering an RKO mid-air while The Beastslayer was attempting a curb stomp.

You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On Joey Mercury helping him with the finish: “Well, Randy is not a practice guy. Randy is not a guy that wants to fall down when he’s not getting paid in front of people. Joey Mercury is the reason that I felt we could do it. Joey was a mentor for me a long time in Florida Championship Wrestling and on the main roster. He was a perfect little mechanic and could figure out how to do anything work. Joey is much smaller than Randy could eat a snack the size of Joey.”

On how they planned out the finish: “That made it easier for me to step on Joey’s head when we were practicing it. I could do it with Joey. Randy is much stronger, but he didn’t want to fall down and do the RKO. Even if you slide a crash mat under, it just wasn’t working. We had a backup plan in case it didn’t work. Randy was like, ‘screw it, I always take the easy way so I can beat 1,000, let’s just do it and give it a shot. If it screws up, whatever. I’ve had plenty of Mania moments, I don’t care.’”

On how he was physically at the time: “At that time, there was nothing I couldn’t do physically, if I had my mind set on it, we’d figure it out. ‘Ah, the adrenaline will carry it through.’ I did have some reservations about it in the match. When we got out there, it was very hot. In the middle of the day. Very hot and dry. I was more winded than I expected to be. When we got to it, my legs were a bit heavier. All the different ways you don’t want to feel when you’re about to do the grand finale. When I started running towards him, ‘I was like, oh, here we go. Let’s hope for the best.’”

You can watch the jaw-dropping RKO below:

During a recent edition of their “Talk N’ Shop” podcast, The OC’s Karl Anderson expressed his idea to pursue a singles WWE title with Luke Gallows as his heater.

Anderson said, “When am I gonna add a WWE singles title to my collection? Listen, I’m trying here, I want one. I’ve been trying for one for a long time. I think a run with a singles title with the Big LG as my heater is something that, trust me, something that we’ve been pushing for a long time.”

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