Fans of Finn Balor have been underwhelmed with how the Superstar has been used in recent months. Balor has not been used as a main event talent for the most part since returning from a shoulder injury which forced him to vacate the Universal Championship in 2016.
According to a recent report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, however, Finn is likely in line for a push. “Finn Balor, after being mired in the middle, is about to get a significant push, at least for a little while,” wrote Dave Meltzer.
Balor was victorious over Drew McIntyre at TLC on Sunday. Outside interference from Dolph Ziggler played a role in the outcome, however. Balor then defeated Ziggler on Raw this Monday. A triple threat match between McIntyre, Ziggler, and Balor has been scheduled (i.e taped) for next week.
Finn Balor in WWE
Balor left New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2014 to sign with NXT. At the time, Balor had been wrestling as Prince Devitt and was a founding member of Bullet Club.
He arrived in NXT in 2014 and spent over 2 years in WWE developmental before cracking the main roster. Balor won the NXT Championship by defeating Kevin Owens on a WWE Network special from Japan. He’d continue to hold the title until 2016 when he dropped it to Samoa Joe.
We reported earlier this month that Finn Balor had been pulled from WWE’s South America tour. The Irish Superstar worked one show of the tour and returned home shortly after. Balor was then subsequently removed from the Mixed Match Challenge series and replaced by Apollo Crews. Balor took to Twitter following his removal from the South American tour, saying that “I am sorry I could not preform in #WWEBuenosAires Lo siento no pude competir en #WWEBuenosAires.”
Finn Balor was reportedly sent home due to illness and his status for tonight’s TLC event was in question. Balor is set to face Drew McIntyre at the TLC event at the SAP Center in San Jose, California. WWE did write off Balor from RAW recently in a backstage segment, having McIntyre assault Balor to play into an injury angle.
Although it is not official there does appear to be some good news regarding the former NXT Champion. Balor appeared in a triple threat match at last night’s RAW Live Event, the show took place in Bakersfield, California. Balor faced Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre in the triple threat match, so it does appear as though he has been cleared for tonight’s WWE Network event.
While Finn Balor was pulled from some recent WWE Shows due to an unspecified illness, his TLC match with Drew McIntyre is still on and so far there is no news of him being pulled from the event.
During his recent appearance on Not Sam Wrestling podcast, the former Universal Champion talked about his TLC opponent and explained why he has the ultimate respect for him.
Balor first discussed how he has never crossed paths with McIntyre and how despite being in the same place at the same time in indies he has never wrestled the Chosen One.
Later he gave credit to Drew for going through what he went through in WWE at an early age and then refocus and regroup to come back as a completely new Drew McIntyre.
Finally, he said that he has the ultimate respect for the former NXT Champion for how he has handled his career and he has definitely proved a lot of people wrong in doing that.
Apart from this Finn Balor also talked about how Jinder Mahal is another example of the same and if guys can get refocused then there is always a way back.
As noted, Finn Balor is still scheduled to face Drew McIntyre at the upcoming PPV. You can check out his full interview at this link.
One of the things that has made Finn Balor so popular in WWE is his portrayal of two characters. The first being his normal Finn Balor character, and the other being his “Demon King” alter ego. However, it’s not a coincidence that, around the time Balor stopped utilizing the Demon King regularly, his stock in the company has taken a bit of a hit.
Balor isn’t as prominently featured on RAW as much as he used to be, and the former Universal Champion rarely uses the Demon King persona anymore. The last time WWE fans saw The Demon King was at SummerSlam this past August against Baron Corbin. Prior to that, he hadn’t used the gimmick since the 2017 TLC pay-per-view (PPV) in which he faced AJ Styles on short-notice.
Speaking to Sam Roberts on the “NotSam Wrestling” podcast recently, Balor said he struggles when bringing the character back due to him not portraying it very often:
“I do it so infrequently now that I forget how I move as the Demon,” said Balor. “I forget the subtle differences in the entrance and the mannerisms of how the Demon works. Now, when I go out there, I’m Finn Balor, but that’s just Fergal.
“It’s just me, the human. But when the Demon goes out there, I need to transform into a different person. That mindset, because I’m not tapping into it so often, that’s a huge challenge for me. I gotta figure out how to do that every time, again.
“I’m very comfortable being Finn, but when it comes to the Demon, I have to rere-educate myself. That’s an added challenge because of how infrequent we are doing it.”
What do you make of Balor’s comments suggesting he’s forgetting how to portray The Demon King?
It has been previously reported that Finn Balor suffered an injury during the WWE’s recent Latin America tour. He would fly home from Chile, Santiago last week after the very first day of the tour, which sparked the initial injury speculation.
Thankfully, it turns out that Balor isn’t actually injured.
Instead, according to PWInsider, he has fallen ill and is currently resting in order to get back to 100%. WWE believe he will be healthy for his match against Drew McIntyre at WWE’s December event, Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
This illness forced Finn to be replaced by Apollo Crews for the Mixed Match Challenge; Crews will be teaming with Bayley in order to face Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox.
Balor took to Twitter after being pulled from the Latin America tour, saying:
“I am sorry I could not preform in #WWEBuenosAires
Lo siento no pude competir en #WWEBuenosAires”
WWE has presented the illness as an injury storyline in an attempt to justify why the former Universal Champion wasn’t present at this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw in San Diego.
In order to further build towards their clash at TLC, WWE showcased Drew McIntyre assaulting Finn Balor last week, providing them ample reason to write him off temporarily as he gets better.
WWE has announced that former Universal Champion Finn Balor has suffered an injury. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on what kind of injury Balor is suffering from. WWE is currently doing a storyline on television that explains why he wasn’t featured on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center on the USA Network which is that he was attacked last week by Drew McIntyre.
It should be noted that WWE has confirmed that he will still be taking on Drew McIntyre at the TLC pay-per-view event on Sunday, December 16th, 2018 in San Jose, California at the SAP Center.
Regarding his replacement on Mixed Match Challenge, Apollo Crews will take that spot to team up with Bayley as they will face Jinder Mahal and Alicia Fox on Tuesday’s episode to determine the finals at TLC.
Balor’s last match came when competed at last Wednesday’s WWE live event in Santiago, Chile where he participated in a Triple Threat with McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler, which McIntyre won. This is when WWE sent him home from the tour the following day. The RAW star tweeted out the following about taking off from the tour:
It looks like Finn Balor is dealing with something that forced him to miss the rest of WWE’s Latin American tour. Balor only worked one night of the tour before being sent back home. That one show was in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday. There are no credible reports suggesting Balor is injured and no further information has been given on the issue.
Fans can only hope the reason Balor was sent home early was not injury-related. Balor missed six months from 2016 to 2017 when he tore his shoulder labrum after winning the Universal Championship. He was forced to vacate the title and hasn’t won a championship on the main roster since.
Currently, Balor is scheduled to face Drew McIntyre at the Tables Ladders and Chairs (TLC) pay-per-view (PPV) this weekend (Sun. December 16, 2018). He defeated Jinder Mahal on last week’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Check out the current TLC PPV card below:
WWE Championship: (C) Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
WWE Intercontinental Championship: (C) Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose
TLC Triple Threat match for the SmackDown Live Women’s Championship: (C) Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka
Raw Women’s Title match: (C) Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax
Triple Threat SmackDown Live Tag Team Championship match:(C) The Bar vs. The New Day vs. The Usos
TLC Match: Braun Strowman vs. Baron Corbin
Tables Match: Natalya vs. Ruby Riott
Mixed Match Challenge Finale: TBD vs. TBD
Finn Balor vs. Drew McIntyre
Elias vs. Bobby Lashley
What do you think about Balor being sent home from the Latin American tour?
Given how they now both work for the same company, it’s easy to forget that it was Finn Balor who helped to train Becky Lynch when she was first getting started in pro wrestling.
That was in 2002. Before Bullet Club, before ‘The Demon,’ and before Becky Lynch became ‘The Man’ in WWE.
Speaking with Sam Roberts on his podcast, Notsam Wrestling Podcast, Finn Balor recalls training a young Lynch as well as a number of other topics, including his forthcoming match against Drew McIntyre at WWE’s TLC event, his time at NXT, and the potential of moving to SmackDown.
A key takeaway from their conversation revolved around Becky’s belief in herself and her abilities. Reflecting on her recent rise to superstardom, Balor commented that everybody believed in her when she first started out. Everyone except herself.
“Can I believe that this is happening? Yes,” Balor said with resolute confidence. “I’ve always believed that Becky had that in her, I just don’t know that she believed it. Maybe in the last couple months, she’s started to get that self-confidence. I think everybody believed in her except herself. Finally, she got that self-confidence, and she’s been rockin’, man. It’s unbelievable to watch, and I think it’s only going to get bigger.”
“She is on fire right now,” he continued, “and she’s been around almost as long as me. She’s been around 15-16 years or something, so she knows exactly what she’s doing in the ring. She’s comfortable, her promos are on fire, and she’s killing. Long may it continue.”
Becky Lynch is arguably WWE’s hottest star at the moment. Her rise began back at SummerSlam when she turned heel on Charlotte Flair following their SmackDown Live Women’s Title match. Despite attempting to turn heel, the WWE Universe has thrown a tremendous amount of support behind “The Irish Lass Kicker.”
Lynch won the SDL Women’s Title from “The Queen” at Hell In A Cell (HIAC), and has reigned ever since. Now, she’s preparing for yet another historic title defense. After successfully defending her title in the first-ever Last Woman Standing match at Evolution, she’ll attempt another historic defense. Lynch will defend her title against Flair and Asuka in the first-ever Women’s Tables Ladders and Chairs (TLC) match.
The bout goes down at the TLC PPV on December 16th from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Recently, Lynch did a Q&A with the Asbury Park Press to promote the match. One of the questions she was asked was about being trained by fellow WWE star Finn Balor early on in her career.
Here’s what Lynch had to say about being trained by her fellow countryman:
“You know what he taught me a long time ago? He said, “If anybody tells you it’s raining, go out and check.” And I always think that’s perfect. It’s a little bit like the whole (idea that) you can’t trust anybody, right? And not everybody’s got your back, right?
“And so I think I’ve learned that, and you’ve seen that in me coming out on TV recently, that I don’t trust anybody, that I’m going to go out and check for myself and take things for myself. I think that’s what he meant by that. Also, what was so great about Finn is that he was so passionate, right?
“I think that extended down to everybody he taught because we all absorbed that passion and we wanted to be the best. And he just has such a great work ethic and such a discipline and such a drive and such a belief in himself.
“So I think that extended to me and that was something that I looked at and idolized and hoped that one day I could bring out in myself. And look, here we are.”
What do you think about Lynch’s comments regarding being trained by Balor?
In the interview with Roberts, Balor reveals how he found out he would be facing the Scottish Pyscopath at TLC, and what that means to him.
“I’m still trying to process the fact that I have a match with Drew McIntyre at TLC,” Balor said. “I found out about it the same way you did, through social media.”
While Balor and McIntyre may have come from a similar part of the world to WWE, the two had never wrestled before they found themselves on the Raw roster this year.
“It’s crazy. We come from kind of the same general place on planet earth, we kind of have very similar career paths, but we’ve never had a singles match on TV,” Balor said.
“We never really crossed paths on the indies, we were kind of in the same place at the same time, but it never worked out there.”
Balor went on to say that he feels that their match at TLC will be something of a proving ground for the two superstars.
“I’m sure he has a lot of stuff he wants to prove to me. I have a lot of stuff I want to prove to him,” Balor said.
“Really, I have a lot of stuff I want to prove to everyone that’s watching. I’m looking forward to it. It’s good to be in the mix.”
Balor also says that fans can expect a memorable performance from him at the pay-per-view.
“It’s good to be in that spot. I don’t take it for granted. At TLC, I’m going to pull out all the stops.”
Finn Balor was added to Team RAW on last night’s go-home episode before Survivor Series this weekend. Now Balor joins Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, and Dolph Ziggler on Team RAW. Initially, WWE Hall Of Famer Kurt Angle was penciled in for Balor’s spot on Team RAW, per PWInsider.
However, Angle was instead destroyed by McIntyre on last week’s episode of RAW. Mike Johnson of PWInsider Audio reports that Angle was, in fact, planned to be on Team RAW instead of Balor. Johnson noted that “for whatever reason,” WWE decided to write Angle off storylines for now. After Angle was destroyed by McIntyre on TV, announcers noted the possibility of Angle’s in-ring career being over.
There are currently no indications that is the case and could stricly be storyline-based. Recent reports suggested that Angle was training hard for his return to the squared circle. When that return might take place, however, remains to be seen. “The Olympic Hero” has yet to have a big singles match at WrestleMania since returning to the company in 2017.
Perhaps this year he’ll get the big match-up he and fans have been waiting to see.
What do you think of Team RAW as it currently stands?
Many fans consider Finn Balor vs Brock Lesnar to be a dream match that has yet to happen within the WWE. Turns out the Demon King himself also feels that way.
Speaking with Kenny McIntosh for ‘Inside The Ropes,’ Finn Balor had a lot to say when asked about a possible matchup between himself and ‘The Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar.
“Well, I don’t make that decision. I’m just very low on the totem pole with regards to who makes the matches. But obviously, I would love that Brock Lesnar match more than anyone. I think it’s the classic David vs. Goliath match,” he explained.
“[Lesnar] Destroyed The Reputation Of The Title Belt”
Balor’s words became more critical towards Lesnar at this point, as he reflected on his time in New Japan Pro Wrestling – a time that saw the two in the same company, albeit for a short amount of time.
“I don’t think it’s very much like a match I’ve had before…or he has had before, maybe? You know, someone who had a very brief crossing of the paths within New Japan. When I was in Japan as a young boy, he was in Japan as a Champion. He was the New Japan Champion. And do you know what he did? He walked out on the company and destroyed the reputation of the title belt.”
Finn relates this experience with Lesnar’s recent Universal Championship run, observing that “He’s kinda doing the same thing again now [in the WWE].”
Big Fight Feel
Despite this, however, he can’t deny the big fight feel that Lesnar exudes every time his music hits and the Beast stalks towards the ring.
“Despite all this talk about ‘he’s not there every week,’ ‘he’s not the best.’ I know that when his music hits and he walks out, I’m invested and I’m intrigued to see what is gonna happen. There is certainly an aura that Brock carries that nobody else carries. That’s the title aura that I want to be in the ring with and I wanna feel and experience it.”
He explains that it’s the atmosphere, the electricity of the moment that he wants – something he has experienced before with Roman Reigns at Extreme Rules and wants to feel in a match against Lesnar.
“[…] That feeling that Brock gives you when he walks to the ring, and that aura that Roman has when he walks to the ring. They are the type of moments that this business is built on.”
What do you think? Is this a dream match you would want to see? If not, who would you prefer Finn wrestle against?
During their conversation, “KO” was asked about potential opponents for WrestleMania 35 next year in New Jersey. Owens would like to share the ring with Finn Balor if the opportunity presents itself:
“There’s so many guys I wish I could wrestle, but if it was up to me, whatever I would do would lead to me and Finn Bálor at WrestleMania next year, because he and I came to WWE the exact same time,” Owens said.
“We didn’t know each other before we got there. We became pretty close pretty quickly when we did get to the NXT Performance Center. He’s been my best friend ever since, so I’d love to share the ring with him on that stage in WrestleMania.”
Owens noted that he and Balor have shared the ring before. At WWE’s Best In The East event in Japan back in 2015, Balor defeated Owens for the NXT Championship. It’s still one of his favorite matches:
“I love wrestling him and as far as I know he feels the same way,” Owens continued. “I think we put on really entertaining matches that are very good.
“We had a match in Japan a few years ago that I still think was one of my best ones in WWE. So, I think we mesh pretty well.”
Owens is currently in a very interesting storyline in WWE. He failed to capture the Intercontinental Championship from Seth Rollins on RAW this week. After the match, Owens declared that he “quit” WWE.
It remains unclear what will become of Owens in regards to the storyline.
Discussion: What do you think of a potential Owens vs. Balor match at WrestleMania 35? Let us know in the comments!
Jim Ross is not a fan of how Finn Balor has been used in WWE as of late. The popular Irish Superstar has been involved in a rivalry with Baron Corbin as of late.
“This Baron Corbin thing with Balor is wearing me out,” Ross said. “I’m done with it.”
Balor squashed Corbin in under 2 minutes at Summerslam but then dropped a Universal title match to Roman Reigns the next night. Constable Corbin defeated Balor this week on Raw after initially being DQ’ed and then restarting the match.
“Finn Balor needs to be restarted,” Ross said. “Gotta regroup here, hit the reset button. Too good of a talent, too young, too talented. He should be the head of a faction, in my view. I think he’d be a bitter, pissed off, contrary, under-sized guy who thinks he’s 300 pounds.”
Ross continued to say there are several members of the WWE roster who would benefit from being put in such a stable. Ross said being in a faction with Balor would give their characters purpose and direction.
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Finn Balor is a founding member of Bullet Club. Earlier this year he was aligned with Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows as he was during his time in NJPW as well. Anderson and Gallows were then drafted to Smackdown, however, once again breaking up the faction.
Anderson recently commented that he and Gallows are now on their own.
WWE Superstar Finn Balor recently did an interview with Sky Sports. During the interview, Balor defended Roman Reigns against the recent criticism he has been under from the professional wrestling community.
Balor noted that Reigns is one of the hardest working athletes in the company. He also said Reigns is extremely polite and is willing to help out anybody:
“I don’t get it, He’s probably one of the hardest working people in WWE, he looks great, he’s professional, a great talker and behind everything, a great person.”
“He’s great behind the scenes, he will help you with anything you want and he’s always polite. He was great to me when I first came into WWE and he continues to help me today. I can’t speak of anything but greatness for Roman Reigns, he’s one of the all-time greats.
“I think it’s monkey do as monkey see and people are easily led. They might read what one person has written in a newsletter, decide that person’s right, and then jump on the bandwagon.
“That’s what’s happened with Roman. People are very fickle – I remember when The Shield were doing their thing and everyone was behind Roman; he was the coolest guy in The Shield. Opinions change in this business and they forget the past but Roman ain’t sweating it.”
Reigns vs. Balor
Last night Reigns and Balor actually main evented Monday Night RAW. Reigns won the Universal Championship at SummerSlam over the weekend. He defeated Brock Lesnar in the show’s main event.
The following night, Reigns opened the show and declared he wanted to give Finn Balor the Universal Title rematch he never received. Balor and Reigns put on a great match, but when it was all said and done, “The Big Dog” left Brooklyn with the title.
Discussion: What do you make of Balor defending Reigns? Let us know in the comments!
Finn Balor hopes Brock Lesnar stays in WWE after SummerSlam last night.
“The Demon King” returned to squash Baron Corbin in a Singles match at “The Biggest Party Of The Summer.” Prior to the event, Balor spoke to The Gorilla Position to talk about several professional wrestling topics.
Balor offered his thoughts on now-former WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. Although Lesnar dropped the Universal Title to Roman Reigns, Balor doesn’t want to see “The Beast” walk away from WWE. In fact, he hopes Brock Lesnar stays in WWE:
“When [Lesnar] comes out, it’s a different feel,” Balor said. “Everyone’s like, ‘oh no, what’s gonna happen? We don’t know what’s gonna happen.’ I love it, I love watching Brock. I’d love to get in the ring with Brock.
“He is an attraction and he’s been an attraction since day one. People tend to forget that, they’re like ‘oh he comes and goes,’ but Brock’s the real deal. He was New Japan champion, people forget that, you know he’s been doing it [in WWE] for years, NCAA — he’s the real deal man… UFC, duh how’d I forget that one?
“When Brock walks to the ring there’s something special there happening that night. Regardless of if it’s good or bad, people like it or don’t like it they’re all paying attention and that’s what we need — we need more of that in pro wrestling.”
With Lesnar’s loss at SummerSlam, he’s likely to return to the UFC and challenge Daniel Cormier for the heavyweight title. That could mean a long WWE layoff for “The Beast.” When asked if he wants Lesnar to return to WWE, here’s what Balor had to say:
“I hope so,” Balor said. “You never know. You know everyone said he’s out the door after WrestleMania, last SummerSlam he was going. This SummerSlam he’s going. People just make up stories in their head because it sells newspapers or clickbait or whatever.
“They just like to talk to hear themselves talk or make themselves feel like they have an opinion, but we’re all just guessing. Because it’s all media hype. Nobody knows until it actually happens… I don’t think [WWE] even knows.”
Discussion: What do you think about Balor hoping Lesnar stays in WWE? Let us know in the comments!
Former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor surprised fans in his match against Baron Corbin that ended up being a squash match once he made his entrance dressed as his “Demon” character that saw him hit all of his signature moves to pick up the win in quick fashion at SummerSlam. On Monday morning, Balor took to his official Twitter account where he would only use one word to describe the return of his alter ego by writing, “Freedom.”
Sunday’s (August 19, 2018) WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center on the WWE Network featured several title changes including the SmackDown Women’s Title as Carmella lost it to Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match that also had Becky Lynch compete in the match. Lynch would later turn heel by attacking Flair after the match.
This leads us to Carmella taking to Twitter to comment on the title loss by writing, “With friends like that… looks like @BeckyLynchWWE lost her best friend AND MY TITLE! #Unfair #SummerSlam.”
Finn Balor once again wore the Demon face and body paint last night at Summerslam. He then defeated Constable Corbin in just 1 minute and 35 seconds.
The last time the WWE Universe had seen the Demon was at the 2017 TLC pay-per-view. The October 22nd, 2017 show was changed last-minute due to several Superstars falling ill. Balor’s poorly-reviewed rivalry with Bray Wyatt centering on each character’s alter-ego was scrapped when Wyatt was pulled from the show.
Instead, Balor’s Demon defeated AJ Styles that night. Last night at Summerslam, the Demon made a surprise return:
Finn Balor’s Demon
Balor discussed why the Demon character is used so rarely in an interview last year.
“The Demon character is something I draw on occasion,” Balor told the Australian media. “It’s something that requires a lot of focus to tap into and really requires the right situation for me to sort of draw on that darker side of my personality.”
“Since I’ve been back on Raw, the opportunity hasn’t really presented itself to tap into that side,” he continued. “I’ve had such a good time being back I haven’t wanted to change. I quite like walking out in my sweet new Balor club jacket. popping my collar and being Mr. Cool.”
Summerslam was the 3rd time Balor and Corbin have faced each other in single’s action on WWE programming. Balor leads the all-time series 2 wins to 1.
– WWE has launched a new line of T-shirts that are specifically designed to enhance a women’s figure.
Calling it the “Curvy Collection,” WWE’s new Curvy Fit Women’s T-shirts are “softly shaped to complement a plus-sized woman’s curves – making it perfect for lounging around the house or wearing out on the town.”
The line features Nia Jax, Ronda Rousey, Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, AJ Styles, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Alexa Bliss and Randy Orton.
Jax reacted to the news with the following:
I’m beyond happy that this is now a thing!! I’m glad we are including all shapes and sizes ??? https://t.co/GpdHyAlji4
— Savelina-Fanene.Com | Fansite (@SavelinaFCom) July 12, 2018
– Former WWE star Chris Nowinski was backstage at Raw on Monday at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. In this Instagram post, he mentions catching up with Natalya.
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– Tucker Knight is now on Instagram @tuckerknightwwe. The official Instagram account of WWE NXT is following Knight, thus confirming its legitimacy.
Finn Balor and Baron Corbin are continuing their feud on Twitter as they have exchanged words on the platform.
It all started once Corbin called Balor a coward, cheat, and problem, which led to Balor stating that Corbin sounds like a famous Meredith Brooks song called “b—h.”
Although they have worked with each other in NXT, they have yet to have a program on the main roster, which appears to be the direction that the WWE is going and could set up a match at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. You can see their exchange here:
I gave you the opportunity to apologize. And you proved everything I knew about you. You’re a coward. You’re a cheat. You’re a problem. I’ll make sure we fix that.@FinnBalor#Raw
Big words from a small man. Just remember that you and your “club” are on MY show now. Remember who you’re talking to tough guy. #TheLawhttps://t.co/VSWj07Uzpj
The Extreme Rules pay-per-view event takes place on Sunday, July 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the PPG Paints Arena and will air on the WWE Network. If WWE does add this match to the Extreme Rules lineup then they will likely announce it on next week’s episode of RAW in Boston, MA at the TD Garden.
What are your thoughts on the WWE potentially adding this match to the PPV card? Sound off in the comment section.
Former WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor decided to show off the nasty bruise that he suffered in his latest match.
As seen on this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center on the USA Network, Braun Strowman & Kevin Owens defeat Baron Corbin & Balor by count out. Balor shared this photo of the bruise on his back on his official Twitter account:
WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, has added more episodes of Mid-Atlantic episodes. Over the past few weeks, the sports entertainment company has added episodes from the territory from the years 1983, 1984, and 1985 as the latest classic content drop.
These episodes feature a number of stars from Magnum TA to Wahoo McDaniel to Manny Fernandez. Here are the episodes that were added:
Mid-Atlantic 08-04-84 – 08/04/1984 (Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium – Spartanburg, SC)
Finn Balor has two NXT stars that he believes fans should keep an eye on.
The former WWE Universal Champion recently spoke to Mike Jones of DC 101 about this Sunday’s Money In The Bank pay-per-view.
Balor is slated to compete in the Men’s Money In The Bank Ladder Match alongside Braun Strowman, The Miz, Rusev, Kevin Owens, Bobby Roode, and Samoa Joe. In this interview, he was asked about preparing for such a dangerous match.
“I’m gonna have to have eyes in the back of my head because you can’t trust Kevin Owens, you can’t trust Miz, Samoa Joe is just gonna come straight for ya. There’s a lot of tricky fellas in that match and anything could rally happen.
“…I’ve been cleaning the gutters at my house, painting the roof, trying to get as much experience on a ladder as I can. (laughs). You know, there is no way of training… practicing for this. This is all potluck in my opinion. It’s seven other guys in the ring to bring ladders. I’m sure someone will introduce a table and a chair. There’s no rules at all. We’ll see what’s gonna happen.”
Balor had a lot of success in the NXT brand including a run as NXT Champion before being called up to the main roster. When asked which stars fans should keep an eye on, Balor named Velveteen Dream and Adam Cole.
“NXT is something that is very close to my heart, I’ve spent my fondest years there, and something I keep an eye on still. Since I’ve left there, Velveteen Dream is doing amazing. Adam Cole is one to watch as well. He is doing some amazing stuff down there.”
WWE fans are always intrigued to see when Finn Balor will bring back his alternative character.
The former WWE Universal Champion made his Demon character popular while on the independent scene but only portrays it when a certain feud or match calls for it.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Balor was asked about not portraying the character for his Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Title at WrestleMania 34 in April against Seth Rollins and The Miz.
If you recall, Balor instead, wore his “for everyone” shirt,” which saw 20% of the sales from each of those shirts is donated to GLAAD during an entrance that showed support for the LGBTQ community. “A lot of people maybe thought going into WrestleMania, ‘Well, if Finn’s not gonna be the Demon, it’s gonna suck. I think what we did at WrestleMania is a lot more important than any Demon could have been.” Balor also noted that he worked on the shirt and idea for about six months. After seeing his Instagram post with a rainbow version of the Balor Club symbol with the text, “BálorClub is for EVERYONE,” Stephanie McMahon contacted him about it. “I feel like—not that they were excluded, but sometimes they felt like they weren’t included. That’s something I felt a responsibility for, to use the platform that I have for good and to help maybe a small amount of people for the right reasons.” “It’s crazy because it was kind of a couple months of me talking, then as soon as the right people heard it, it was almost instantaneously, ‘We gotta have this shirt out next week and we gotta talk to GLAAD ASAP and we’re gonna roll with it.'”
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One former WWE NXT star has reflected on Finn Balor dealing with Enzo Amore.
That star is former NXT Tag Team Champion Simon Gotch, who is now known as Simon Grimm. He talked about a wide range of topics during a recent appearance on Robbie E’s Why It Ended podcast.
During this interview, he brought up how although Amore was fine with his promos and never got any heat as a result of them, it was a bit of a different story when it came to the rest of the superstars.
Gotch stated that Amore tried to give the former Universal Champion some advice about women. “I noticed he would try to buddy up with people when he thought he could get something from them, and that didn’t sit well with people,” said Grimm. “When Fergal, Finn Balor, got there, [Enzo] immediately was just d–k riding him to high heaven. Right away. ‘Oh, bro. you wanna get chicks, you know what you gotta do? You gotta get an apartment downtown, bro. Cuz then you can walk to all the bars and walk right home.'”
Gotch would go onto say that Balor laughed at Amore because he was funny at first but then “lost his patience with him eventually.”
Gotch noted that Amore wanting to get close to Balor was due to the fact that he knew he would be a star in the sports entertainment company.
The former WWE star added that at the end of the day, Balor did not need Amore’s help due to the fact that he has “nine million abs” and could get any girl he wanted.
Balor most notably worked with Amore in NXT during the quarterfinals of the Dusty Rhodes Classic that saw Balor and Samoa Joe take on Amore and Big Cass.
More Information On If “All In” Is Going To Be Broadcasted
Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks’ self-funded “All In” event sold out in under 30 minutes. There’s obviously a huge demand from fans to witness the Chicago-based event, and many have been wondering whether or not it will be broadcasted for fans to watch from home.
A fan recently asked Cody Rhodes on Twitter about this, and he provided a brief update on the situation. Rhodes said that there are currently on plans to broadcast “All In,” but teased some upcoming meetings in which they’re exploring their options:
We have no plans to broadcast at the moment. But we do have fun meetings in LA, Baltimore, and Dallas almost the moment we get back from the UK. Probably cover some of it on #BeingTheElite
In the main event of last night’s episode of Monday Night RAW, Braun Strowman defeated Finn Balor in a solid main event. Despite the size difference, the pair actually showed great chemistry and put on a tremendous bout.
Strowman took to Twitter this morning to offer some praise for the former Universal Champion: