Seth Rollins

Seth Rollins
Rollins in 2019
Birth nameColby Daniel Lopez
Born (1986-05-28) May 28, 1986
Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 2021)
Children1
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Gixx
Seth Rollins
Seth "Freakin" Rollins
Taj the Destroyer
Tyler Black
Billed height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Billed weight225 lb (102 kg)
Billed fromDavenport, Iowa
Trained byDanny Daniels
DebutAugust 21, 2004
Signature

Colby Daniel Lopez (born May 28, 1986), better known by the ring name Seth Rollins, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand and is the current holder of the Men’s Money in the Bank contract and is his second time holding the contract. Known for his nicknames "The Visionary", "The Revolutionary", and "The Architect", he is characterized by his over-the-top, eccentric persona and is revered as one the most versatile characters and in-ring professional wrestlers of all time.

Prior to signing with WWE, he wrestled under the ring name Tyler Black for Ring of Honor (ROH) and was part of the Age of the Fall stable. During his time in ROH, he held the ROH World Championship once and the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice (with Jimmy Jacobs) and won the 2009 Survival of the Fittest tournament. He also wrestled for various independent promotions including Full Impact Pro, where he was a one-time FIP World Heavyweight Champion, as well as Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he was a one-time PWG World Tag Team Champion (also with Jimmy Jacobs).

Lopez signed with WWE in 2010 and was sent to its then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where he was renamed Seth Rollins and became the inaugural FCW Grand Slam Champion. After WWE rebranded its developmental brand from FCW to NXT, he became the inaugural NXT Champion. In November 2012, he debuted on the main roster as a member of The Shield alongside Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns. He won his first main roster championship, the WWE Tag Team Championship, with Roman Reigns in May 2013; he went on to hold the title a record six times with Dean Ambrose and various partners. After leaving The Shield in 2014, he joined The Authority, establishing his on-screen character as a leading villain. Since then, he has headlined numerous major pay-per-view and livestreaming events for WWE, including their flagship annual event, WrestleMania, three times (31, 40 – Night 1, and 41 – Night 1).

Rollins is a five-time world champion in WWE, having won the WWE Championship twice, WWE Universal Championship twice, and World Heavyweight Championship once, being the inaugural champion. He has also held the Intercontinental Championship and the United States Championship twice each, making him WWE's 29th Triple Crown Champion and 19th Grand Slam Champion, as well as the second wrestler to accomplish the latter twice under the revised 2015 format. He is also the only wrestler to have won the WWE Championship, Universal Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, and NXT Championship, in addition to being the only wrestler to compete in the match to decide the inaugural champion of three WWE championships (NXT, Universal, and World Heavyweight). Rollins also won the 2014 and 2025 Money in the Bank ladder match, the 2015 Slammy Award for Superstar of the Year, and the 2019 Royal Rumble match. He is an overall ten-time Slammy Award winner. All totaled, he has won 16 championships in WWE (with all but one on the main roster).

Praised for his in-ring skills and ability to reinvent his on-screen character, Rollins is regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers active today and of his generation. Rollins topped Pro Wrestling Illustrated's PWI 500 list of the top 500 wrestlers in the world in 2015, 2019, and 2023, was voted as the PWI Wrestler of the Year in 2015 and 2023 and was named Wrestler of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2022. He was the first wrestler to cash in a Money in the Bank contract at a WrestleMania event and holds the record for the longest televised match in WWE history, performing for 65 minutes whilst defeating Roman Reigns and John Cena in a gauntlet match in the same night.