At WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view in 2015, Seth Rollins hit one of his signature moves, the Buckle Bomb on Sting. The move contributed to Sting needing surgery and his retirement. Many fans called for the move to no longer be used, considering it also injured Finn Balor when Rollins used a version of move outside the ring at SummerSlam 2016. The final straw came when Nia Jax botched the move on Kairi Sane during their match on the April 20th episode of Raw and WWE banned the move.
The issue with the Buckle Bomb is the person given the move can’t see where they are dropping their opponent, and the person receiving the move can’t protect themself. Now though, for reasons that haven’t been revealed, WWE has unbanned the move, and Rollins has added it back to his moveset, using it against Murphy on Friday’s SmackDown. For many years, WWE has been concerned with neck injuries and banned the piledriver for that very reason, so it is surprising to see the Buckle Bomb return given the high chance of injury.
This is the second time a move in Seth Rollins’ repertoire was unbanned, as previously WWE banned the Curb Stomp after Vince McMahon saw it in a video package on the Today Show. Vince McMahon would deem the move not appropriate to represent the WWE and made the call to change Rollins’ finisher. Obviously, at some point, Vince changed his mind, and the Curb Stomp was suddenly revived.
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