Seth Rollins addresses the “off script” segment between Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton from WWE Smackdown

As seen during the April 4th 2025 edition of WWE Smackdown, there was an in-ring promo battle between women’s champion Tiffany Statton and Charlotte Flair. According to Twitter/X account @WrestleVotes, the women said “very little of what was in the rundown for them” and they allegedly went “off script quite a bit.”

During an interview with the Outta Pocket podcast, Seth Rollins addressed the segment…

“Gosh, that’s a tough one cause I do have some opinions about it but there’s sort of…how do I say this? I think no matter what, it’s a collaboration in my opinion. It should always be a collaboration. Look I’ve been out there in the ring with people who I didn’t like. You’ve worked with I’m sure plenty of people that you did not like. But there is a certain respect that you share and a communication that should happen and an understanding. One of my favorite people in the world is John Cena. John always told me whenever we would cut a promo together ‘You say whatever you want out there. We’re on TV. It’s fair game. Anything you want. My skin is thick.’ In our industry, you have to be able to do that. You have to be able to have a thick skin because, we are in the conflict business, and the best conflict that we can sell is real-life conflict. Because our audience is so smart, they can sniff things out from a mile away.”

“So in my opinion what happened on, what it [was] last Friday, I guess it would be, was the best thing that could have happened for their story. Because we’re on this podcast talking about it right now. Had it not happened, we wouldn’t even be thinking about it at all. So in my opinion, the direction it went it’s going to help bolster their match leading into WrestleMania. Now, can we get both of them to come together and work together? TBD. We’ll see. I don’t know. They’ve got a show. We’ll see what happens. Like I said, I’ve been in the ring with people and I’ve been in promos with people that I didn’t like but there’s always an understanding of what lines to cross. Look if you’re gonna break that agreement, then you need to be prepared for what comes back at you. I’ll just leave it at that.” (quotes courtesy of SEScoops.com)