– In an interview with Talk is Jericho, Seth Rollins revealed why Vince McMahon ended up banning the curb stomp from WWE, as well as what led to Rollins adopting the Pedigree. Here are highlights:

On the banning of the curb stomp: “It was right after I won the [WWE World Heavyweight] title at WrestleMania [31] and I think it was the first time Vince had thought about it and he just decided that because they’re sending footage down to the Today Show to show because I’m there. I took the flight that night and they’re showing me and they have the footage to back up when we’re talking and stuff like that and a lot of it is me doing the Stomp. Aside from it having a fairly violent name and connotation, right, but just the visional of it, he was watching it and he thought to himself that it is easily [imitable] by young children, which a lot of our stuff is, but, for whatever reason, he had it stuck in his head, as his champion, as a top guy, he just didn’t want that to be the lasting image. He didn’t want to put any [bullets] in the [guns], so to speak. He didn’t want to have any reason for people to be like, ‘oh, what the hell?’, so he just removed it from the equation.”

On switching to the Pedigree: “The Pedigree was something that I feel very fortunate to have it as a finisher. A) because it has a built in response. Everybody knows that’s the end of the match for the most part because Hunter had done it for years and years and years. And there [are] only two guys in the history of the company who’ve done it: myself and Triple H. So that’s good company and it fit with what we were doing storyline-wise. So funny story, I texted Hunter about it when I had the idea and I was like, ‘hey, what would you think about me using The Pedigree?’ and he made some sort of like Hunter joke that I took as him, like, skirting around it, not wanting to say anything. And I was like, ‘hmmm, I’ve got an idea.’ So I went directly to Vince when we were looking for new finishers. I said, ‘Vince, what would you think about me using The Pedigree?’ and he did his Vince thing where he just sits and thinks about it for a minute and stares off and then he looked at me and he was like, ‘I love it. It’s great. It’s perfect. Fits right in with the story. That’s it.’ And I was like, ‘alright, I win! Excellent!’ So I kind of went around Hunter to get to him, but I don’t think he cares. At the end of the day, he’s going to retire and I did it as a tribute, as a way for his legacy to kind of live on in another generation.”

On pop-up RKO spot at Wrestlemania 31: “Randy and I kept missing it and missing it. And neither of us were interested in [taking] the bump itself on a Thursday afternoon or whatever, because it kind of sucked, in a practice ring in front of nobody, so we never got it one time practicing that day. We got the popup, but we never actually did the full thing. We come back to ‘Mania [on] Sunday and we’re talking and we had come up with a Plan B, like he was going to get me out of a springboard or something like that, which we’ve done and everyone [has] seen it. And Randy’s one of these guys who likes to play it safe sometimes. He likes to bat 1000, he said, and I have no problem with that. I have no problem with that. I was like, ‘screw it, dude. I get it. You want to bat 1000.’ And he was like, ‘yeah, you know what? I always play it safe.’ He was like, ‘I always play it safe. Every time! And that’s great, but lets just try it. To hell with it.’ And I’m like, ‘are you sure?’ And he’s like, ‘yeah! You know what? I play it safe. I have plenty of WrestleMania matches that are fine, but lets just try it. If we can hit it, it’ll be awesome. It’ll be the greatest thing. Lets just do it.’ So we get out there, we’re doing the match.” Rollins continued, “I ran and I hit. It was just one of those things. I hit it and I knew it. I got up in the air. I got super flat. We made eye contact. He hits the thing and he forgets to cover me. If you watch it back, he hits it, he stands up immediately, starts Randy firing up however he does, which was a complete shoot, and I think [John] Cone was our referee or maybe [Mike] Chioda and he’s like, ‘cover him, cover him!’. He was so excited that it worked.”

That's awesome about the RKO reversal. I'm glad it actually worked well, because that spot was fucking crazy to watch when it happened.

I can actually understand Vince's standing on the Curb Stomp. I don't, personally, agree with it, because there's a lot of shit kids can intimidate and WWE does tell them not try it at home, but if they're gonna, they're gonna. Kids trying the Curbstomp at home would be dangerous, but trying the Styles Clash would be way more dangerous, because most kids wouldn't know to tuck the head. There are many other moves that'd be more dangerous for kids to try than the Curbstomp, but I do understand it, coming from Vince's perspective. It's a shame we live in a world where kids are dumb enough to try to do shit that professionals often-times get hurt doing, but that's the world we live in.

Orton marking out after hitting the move tho

I'm glad they gave him the Pedigree and never made him use...whatever the fuck that was that he beat Ziggler with before