Seth Rollins is a famous American professional wrestler who has also become an actor. He is engaged in professional wrestling at WWE under the RAW brand. His real name is Colby Daniel Lopez.
In wrestling, Seth Rollins achieved significant success. His professional career began in 2003, in December 2012 he moved to WWE. The wrestler is 6 feet 1 inch (182.8 cm) tall and weighs about 216 pounds (98 kg). He was WWE Heavyweight Champion twice. In addition, he won many competitions in WWE RAW. Wrestler is known for his beautiful appearance and long hair, so in the photo Seth Rollins always looks very impressive.
It is believed that his career changed dramatically when he received the Money in the Bank contract at WWE in 2014. In 2016, he made his film debut and is expected to appear in films again soon. He also appeared in a video game in WWE 2K14, which has already survived three updates.
Childhood and early years
Seth Rollins was born in Buffalo, Iowa, on May 28, 1986. He has American, German and Irish roots. His real name Lopez belongs to his stepfather, a Mexican by birth. Part of the wrestler's name is a tribute to Henry Rollins, a famous singer, member of the Black Flag and Rollins Band. Colby is his big fan.
Career
Wrestler's dizzying career began in 2005 under the direction of Danny Daniels with the release of Seth Rollins at the Ted Petty Invitational Tournament in Scott County Wrestling (SCW). Despite the fact that he did not pass the qualification round, he later won the champion title.
After a while, he joined the NWA Midwest group and teamed up with Marek Brown. He also performed briefly in TNA Wrestling, Full Impact Pro and Pro Wrestling Guerilla.
Then he took the name Tyler Black and soon became part of the ROH (“Ring of Honor”) along with teammates Jimmy Jacobs and Necro the Butcher. In 2007, they collectively won the ROH Tag Team Championship. Having lost the then popular fighter McGinie, Jacobs broke off a partnership with Colby (Tyler). However, in June 2008, Tyler defeated Jimmy Jacobs in the Steel Cage Match.
In September 2009, he defeated several wrestlers, such as Chris Hiro, Colt Boar and Austin Aris, which allowed him to win the world title “Ring of Honor”. He defended his title seven times in a row before losing to Roderick Strong in 2010.
New league
In 2010, Colby joined WWE under the name Seth Rollins. In his debut match, he defeated Trent Barrett. On January 13, 2011, he won the FCW 15 inaugural championship. After he began a standoff with Dean Ambrose, Rollins fought him three times in a row with a tie. The last time he beat Dean. He later lost the title, losing to Damien Sandow.
He was shown in a John Cena video when Seth Rollins won the FCW Heavyweight Championship. Later, when FCW transformed into NXT, he won the Gold Rush Tournament, defeating Ginder Mahal in the final.
Rollins made his debut with Dean Ambrose and Roman Raines, where they attacked Rebekah to let Cm Punk defeat John Cena. The trio began to call themselves "Shield." Shield successfully performed for some time, defeating many superstars in six team matches. However, their journey ended in 2014 when Triple H persuaded Rollins to betray his teammates and attack them.
Later, in 2014, Rollins won Money in the Bank after Kane helped him defeat Ambrose in one of the matches. At WrestleMania 31, he was able to win the final match with Roman Raines and Brock Lesnar and received the world heavyweight title.
In August 2014, after several successful battles, Seth Rollins won the U.S. Championship by defeating John Cena. He was the first person to win both titles at the same time.
In early November 2014, he had a knee injury, due to which Set was forced to go on vacation for more than six months. After returning to the ring, Seth won the heavyweight title. Nevertheless, he quickly lost it, losing in a fight with Dean Ambrose.
In 2017, he twice became a team champion: once with Ambrose, the second in a team with Jason Jordan, who replaced the injured Dean.
Cinema and television
The first film in which Set appeared, was "Shark Tornado 4: Awakening", filmed in 2016 (Sharknado: The 4th Awakens). He also took part in the American sci-fi animated sitcom The Jetsons and the cartoon Jetsons and Wrestling: Robo Wrestling. He also starred in the movie Armed Response (2017).
In 2015, he took part in television shows such as the satirical program The Daily Show and Extreme Makeover.
Awards and Achievements
Rollins has won the Slammy Prize nine times at WWE. He has also received awards such as “The Best Brief Reviewed Story Line,” “The Most Painful Injury of the Year,” “The Most Puzzling New Finisher,” “The Most Shameful Potential Inside the Ring,” and “The Race Runner” at Rolling Stone.
Rollins won the ROH World Championship, the ROH World Tag Team Championship Championship, the ROH World Tag Team Championship Championship Tournament and the Survival of the Strongest in ROH. He won the FCW light heavyweight championship, the FCW 15 Championship, the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship and became the first FCW Grand Slam champion in the Florida volleyball championship.
He won the titles “Food of the Year”, “Most Hated Wrestler of the Year”, “Team of the Year”, “Wrestler of the Year” and won first place in the list of 500 best singles in PWI 500 in 2015. At WWE, he was WWE's Team Champion, WWE US Champion, WWE World Heavyweight Champion, and won the Money in the Bank Championship. He also won the WWE NXT Championship and the Gold Rush Tournament.
Personal life
Seth currently lives in Iowa. His favorite sport is football, he is a big fan of the Chicago Bears.
He co-founded The Black & the Brave Wrestling Academy, a professional wrestling school based in Moline, Illinois, along with Marek Brave, his former teammate.
He was in a relationship with Leila Schultz, but rumors of indecent photos in Rollins' account on social networks led to a breakup.
His favorite movie is Fight Club.