Rollins says he tried out some different finishers, but “none of them really took.” That’s when he had the idea to adopt the finisher of his on-screen boss — and to go to his real boss for permission.

“I was afraid — not afraid, but I was like, ‘If I ask Triple H if I can use the Pedigree, I feel like he’s gonna say no,'” Rollins admitted. “He was the only person who had ever used it. So I was like, ‘here’s what I’ll do: I’ll ask Vince about it. And then I know Vince will say yes just to spite Triple H! And Triple H can’t say nothing about it!’ It was a good idea though, anyway — I was a bad guy, Hunter was my mentor, I was his protege, he wasn’t wrestling, I was like, ‘It’s a good way to carry on the legacy of the move.’ So yeah, Vince okayed it. Whether he did it because he liked it or just to take a shot at his son-in-law, I don’t know, but either way, it worked.”

Rollins got the Curb Stomp back in 2018, though it was renamed to simply “The Stomp.” While he’s currently on the shelf with an injury, he uses the move to this day when able to perform. Recently, The Stomp has been used by a mysterious masked man who has been plaguing Rollins’ former stable, The Vision — an angle that’s widely suspected to be leading to Rollins’ in-ring return.