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Rollins noted, "Physically, my knee doesn’t hurt. Like, one thing people don’t understand, a common question is, “How much pain are you in?†The ligaments don’t have nerve endings, so, that’s a good thing and a bad thing, but I don’t feel any pain, it’s just a lot of instability in the knee capsule."
That would explain why initially, the belief among some we spoke with was that the injury might be something Rollins would be able to work through before he underwent further testing and learned otherwise.
While the video of the injury looks pretty graphic, Rollins noted he landed wrong doing a sunset flip off the ropes leading to it feeling like his knee dislocated and then popped back in, so he thought he was OK until going for a powerbomb on Kane, at which point it was obvious his knee wasn't stable.
Rollins made it clear his goal was to return to the same position and prominence he had as the WWE World Heavyweight champion, commenting, "You know, for me, over the last seven months I really put my stamp on that title as mine. I’ve defended it against literally everyone that has come at me and done it successfully, so for me to have to vacate the title like that, I’m not afraid of whatever happens at Survivor Series. Whoever happens to come out with the championship, as far as I’m concerned, they’re an interim champion and kind of just holding on to my title until I get back. They can look at it however they want, but for me, I’m the best and I’ve never lost my title. So, when I get back, I plan on picking up where I left off."
WWE has estimated Rollins' time out of the ring to be 6-9 months, which puts him in a May-August 2016 timetable for a return to action.
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