NXT Champion Finn Balor underwent surgery on Tuesday night to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He’ll now begin the recovery process, which is expected to keep him out of action for 4-6 months.
Finn Balor gave a candid interview to WWE prior to the surgery and opened up about having to surrender the new Universal Championship just 24 hours after winning it. Balor is shown backstage at Monday’s RAW watching on as Michael Cole explains he’ll be forfeiting the title. With an emotional look in his eyes, Balor was barely able to watch the replay of the injury taking place.
Finn Balor says its quite astonishing how quickly things completely unraveled for him. After reaching the top of the mountain so early into his WWE career, now he must work his way back up from the very bottom. He knew almost immediately that it was a serious injury. He felt his shoulder dislocate, he popped it back in during the match but the pain kept kept him awake all night.
Balor was at Good Morning America the next morning and was still optimistic that a few weeks of rehab on his shoulder would be enough. While he was feeling bad for himself, he walked into somebody backstage who did not have an arm. That put things in perspective and he came to terms with the injury, because he will bounce back. He went to the hospital, his x-rays came back relatively fine but the MRI revealed the labrum tear. That’s when he knew the writing was on the wall and this was a serious injury.
Finn Balor said he was actually very proud to walk to the ring on Monday night as Universal Champion. The situation got real for him when he walked back through the curtain and realized he won’t be stepping foot back in that ring for the next 6 months.
