According to Bryan Alvarez, multiple sources have stated the knee injury Seth Rollins appeared to suffer on this past weekend’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event was a work, and that both talent and production people were worked into thinking it was legitimate.

Dave Meltzer corroborated the story, also saying the injury was a work. The news also lines up with what Post Wrestling’s John Pollock said he was told on Thursday of last week.

Alvarez noted that according to one source, Rollins did have a very minor knee injury going into Saturday so the claim he was hurt is somewhat true, but was nothing that would keep him out of action much time at all.

Rollins appeared to tweak his knee during his SNME match against LA Knight and conferred with the referee, ringside doctor, and Paul Heyman. He was pinned by Knight shortly afterward, but some thought the injury might be a cover for him to cash in his Money in the Bank contract later that night on either World Heavyweight Champion Gunther or Goldberg.

Alvarez said the idea is to convince fans Rollins is out for a long time so he can return “early” with a surprise cash-in.

Rollins was a guest host on The Rich Eisen Show Wednesday, saying there was no diagnosis on the injury due to the amount of swelling but that he expected to miss significant time. He said he was expecting to get evaluated in a week or two in Los Angeles.