What WWE reportedly had planned for Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2025
As seen during WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on July 12th 2025, LA Knight defeated Seth Rollins with a BFT after Rollins hurt his knee. Since the match, there have been conflicting reports about the legitimacy of Rollins’ injury.
Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted the following about what was planned for Rollins at SummerSlam 2025…
“We do know now from multiple people that the plan was to do an injury angle on this show and have Rollins leave and then he would shockingly return at SummerSlam in the Gunther vs. CM Punk match and cash the briefcase in and win the title with the idea that he and Paul Heyman outsmarted everyone. The problem is that by working so many people in the company, the scenario that I would have expected they’d have been able to keep under wraps ended up getting out, since people soon figured out they had been worked and started to investigate.”
Meltzer’s current impression is that WWE will stick to the original plan but could see it being second-guessed since the information has become public.