Seth Rollins says the man whose belly he used for a moonsault as Tyler Black was a friend, not a random fan.
Speaking with George Kittle on The Kittle Things podcast, Rollins explained how the spot came together.
“He’s large. He’s a friend of mine, I’ve known him for years. His name is Timothy Regal. For some reason, I was like, ‘I think I can do a moonsault off of your belly. But I need you to be stationary.’ And if you fight near the fans, they usually scurry from their chairs, so I was like, ‘Let’s fight near you, position yourself flat, flush against the ring post so when I jump off of you, you don’t move.’ Because I’m like, ‘You ain’t got no balance, I’m gonna fall over in a second,'” Rollins said.
“I practiced it a little bit during the day, in the sense that I was like, ‘Okay, stand here,’ and I kinda box-jumped onto his belly and I was like, okay, I can do this.”
Rollins said he was not worried about getting hurt at the time.
“I was 19; I didn’t care. If I land on my head, who cares? I was impervious to pain. And here we are. He was like, ‘Oh when the DVD goes out, I’m gonna be famous.’ You know? He was so excited to be a part of it,” Rollins said.
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