Seth Rollins recently returned to WWE television at Elimination Chamber, but the former world champion has now confirmed that he has not yet been medically cleared to compete in the ring.

Speaking during an appearance on the television program Good Morning Football, Rollins addressed the segment that aired on WWE RAW involving several masked men and explained that the situation was designed to protect him while he continues recovering from a shoulder injury.

During the interview, Rollins compared the execution of the WWE segment to a play used by the Kansas City Chiefs, joking about how the football team handled their strategy more smoothly.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ll give the (Kansas City) Chiefs credit on this. They were a little more synchronized than my masked men were. The masked men were all over the place. There was a lot of jumble, a lot of two left feet going on in there. The Chiefs were more synchronized. However, I gotta say, one of these plays worked! And the other one didn’t!” Rollins said.

Rollins then confirmed that the main reason for the segment was to shield him from physical contact while he continues his recovery. According to Rollins, his shoulder still needs time to heal before he can return to full in-ring action.

“Alright, we executed to perfection. We got in there, we protected Seth Rollins, we confused everybody and we got out of there, and that is what we had to do because Seth Rollins, that’s me, I’m not cleared yet. I can’t get into any real physicality. I gotta protect this shoulder for maybe another couple weeks or so and then we’ll see if we need these masked men, if we need all this trickeration or not.”

The segment on WWE RAW featured multiple masked individuals entering the ring as part of a plan meant to confuse Logan Paul and Austin Theory. Rollins also commented on the chaotic nature of the moment and joked about the risks involved when so many people are moving around the ring at the same time.

“You know what? I was just hoping nobody lost a shoe,” Rollins said while laughing. “I was like, hopefully nobody falls over or nobody lost a shoe… When you’re dealing with a lot of bodies like that and a lot of moving parts in the ring, I was just hoping nobody blew out an ACL. I was hoping nobody lost a ligament in the knee there.”

Rollins’ comments suggest that his full return to in-ring competition could still be a few weeks away as he continues focusing on his shoulder recovery. His status for WrestleMania 42 is still unkown.

Seth Rollins Says He’s Not Medically Cleared

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