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Seth Rollins Speaks About Monday's WWE Talent Meeting

Added 2019-11-05 20:47:52 +0000 UTC

Meeting-gate?

After the travel woes coming out of Saudi Arabia that annoyed much of the WWE roster, WWE held a talent meeting on Monday before WWE Raw. Reports emerged that Seth Rollins had given a "rah-rah speech" at the meeting. Rollins called the reporter a "purveyor of misinformation or at worst an outright, vindictive liar," saying he hoped it was the former.

We can't speak to those reports specifically, but had heard of the meeting. A WWE talent had reached out to Fightful in the morning and said "Seth did not make a peep during that meeting, didn’t say a word. People are going after him for no reason." Looking to clarify that statement, Fightful Select reached out to Rollins in the afternoon, and heard back from him.

"Vince (McMahon) and Triple H held an all talent meeting to explain the travel situation returning from Crown Jewel. They commended the talent for their conduct in a tough spot and fielded questions and allowed anyone to voice their feelings on the matter. Some talent spoke up and overall it was a productive forum. I said zero words. I made no speech. Pretty simple," Rollins told Fightful

Last week, Rollins lost the WWE Universal Championship to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, and was subject to the same travel woes as the majority of the WWE roster. Several members of the roster had reached out to Fightful to air their greivances over that period, with some skeptical of the reasons they were being given in regards to the travel delays, and others just simply waiting it out until the travel arrangements were eventually settled.

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