Peter Rosenberg didnt hold back on the latest episode of Cheap Heat, where he clashed with wrestling journalists Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez over the legitimacyand brillianceof Seth Rollins Unreal injury angle leading up to WWE SummerSlam.
The debate ignited after Meltzer and Alvarez mocked WWEs Unreal Season 2 trailer for suggesting the Rollins injury storyline had fooled everyone. Rosenberg fired back hard, calling out the Observer duo for being too deep in the weeds to understand what really hit for fans and talent alike. Rosenberg played the clip where Meltzer dismissed the idea that anyone truly believed the injury was real. But Rosenberg came back swinging.
He even revealed that he had dinner with Rollins the night before SummerSlam and still didnt know what was real and what wasnt. The angle fooled him and even Big E, who debated it with Rosenberg right before the big reveal.
Stat Guy Greg had Rosenbergs back and said Meltzers take wasnt about superior wrestling knowledgeit was just lucky rumor mill chatter.
SGG argued that this kind of blurred reality is exactly why wrestling works so well when done right:
The debate lays bare a real fracture between wrestlings media insiders and the audience experience. Did Unreal nail one of the greatest swerves in recent memoryor are insiders right to downplay it?
Did WWEs Seth Rollins injury angle work you, or did you see it coming a mile away? Please share your thoughts and feedback in the comment section below.
