Seth Rollins walked away from the biggest party of the summer feeling disappointed. Rollins, who lost his WWE universal title match against Finn Balor, took to Twitter shortly after Sunday night’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event to express displeasure with the crowd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Since he’s a bad guy, Rollins going after the crowd could be just another way for him to garner heat and build his character. WWE superstars frequently use social media for reasons beyond advancing storylines, though, and it’s likely Rollins really was upset, as the crowd at SummerSlam wasn’t too enthusiastic about his match with Balor, which actually e... NESN.com
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Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali, Kristi Castlin Help USA Sweep 100M Hurdles
How sweep it is. Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin finished first, second and third, respectively, as the United States swept the women’s 100m hurdles event Wednesday night at the blue oval in Rio. Rollins’ victory was the first gold medal in track for the United States in this year’s Olympics. She completed the race by clearing all 10 hurdles and crossing the finish line in 12.48 seconds. Ali took home the silver with a time of 12.59. Meanwhile, Castlin barely edged out Great Britain’s Cindy Ofili by 0.02 seconds in a photo finish to take the bronze medal and complete the first single-nation sweep of the 100m hurdles race in th... NESN.com
Eat Sleep Podcast Repeat: How Seth Rollins’ Return Changes WWE Landscape
Welcome back to Eat Sleep Podcast Repeat, NESN.com’s wrestling podcast. In this episode, Doug Kyed and Jeff Hancock break down WWE Extreme Rules. The biggest news out of the pay-per-view came at the very end, as former WWE World Heavyweight champion Seth Rollins returned to deliver a pedigree to his former Shield teammate and current champion, Roman Reigns. In an interesting twist, Rollins’ return came after Reigns retained the title by defeating AJ Styles in a brutal extreme rules match. Because of the format, Rollins interfering would have been completely legal, but the ex-champ decided to wait until his opponent was weakest to hand out the cr...