Seth Rollins spills the tea about his finishing move, the curb stomp.
Like many others, Seth Rollins’ signature Stomp is a move passed down from wrestlers in previous generations. In Rollins’ case, he found inspiration to use the stomp from Alex Shelley, a 23-year veteran of the business. Before that, Shelley saw Naomichi Marufuji hit the move.
“The Stomp, I stole it. Straight up yoinked it,” Rollins told Games With Names, recalling the origins of his finisher. “I stole it from Alex Shelley, who wrestles in WWE now. He stole it from a Japanese wrestler named [Naomichi] Marufuji. Marufuji is like a God when it comes to innovating wrestling moves. Neither of them ever did it as a finishing move though. I think I was the first person to ever do it as ‘bam, finish’.
“I was on a live event in 2010 or 11, and at the time I was doing a different finisher but using the Stomp as a signature move, and it just looked so nasty that the guy producing the show TJ Wilson, who is still a producer for WWE now, he was like ‘you should really think about using that as your finish finish,'” Rollins continued. “The next night, had another non-televised event, I did it as the finish and then that was my finish from then on.” (H/T to WrestleTalk)
Naomichi Marufuji himself has since responded to Rollins’ story, expressing interest in wresting “The Visionary” now. “I’m glad [folded hands emoji],” Marufuji wrote. “Someday, I want to have a match with Seth…”
Currently, Marufuji is signed to Pro-Wrestling NOAH, which has a working partnership with WWE. Marufuji most recently wrestled at a NOAH event on December 14. Meanwhile, Rollins remained sidelined with a shoulder injury while under contract with WWE.
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