Seth Rollins reveals why Matt Riddle SummerSlam match was postponed

Seth Rollins has revealed the real reason behind the decision to why his SummerSlam match with Matt Riddle was postponed at WWE’s July event. 

At Clash at the Castle on Saturday night Seth Rollins defeated Matt Riddle in one of the highlights on an incredible evening in Cardiff. However, it was a match that was supposed to take place on the SummerSlam card, until a late call to remove the bout from the event.

In storyline terms it was pulled to a Riddle injury, however the real reason behind it being left off the card was down to a sponsorship agreement with the Mysterios. Meaning that Rey and Dominic had to appear on the show, resulting in Rollins and Riddle’s match being bumped.

Speaking in an interview with Ariel Helwai, Seth spoke about the reasoning behind why there was match was chosen to be the one that was removed and his feelings on the situation at the time. 

“It was one of those situations where we had a regime change in the midst of the build to SummerSlam, I believe a week out, we had the biggest change in the history of our industry. When Triple H took over the creative process, he was looking at the hand that was dealt to him.

They ended up having to add what I believe was the Mysterios match based on a sponsorship agreement, I believe Rey and Dom have some sort of deal with an alcohol company, a beer company, there was some money involved and they had to add the match on. To do that, you either have to take out a whole match or you have to cut time from other matches to keep the show at a reasonable time. I think the runtime ended up being almost four hours anyway. Anything beyond that is a little ridiculous in my opinion.

You were looking at the card and you look at the title matches, which we weren’t.