Finn Balor has revealed his scariest injury.
The wrestling veteran recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet for a new interview. He talked about things such as coming close to a Demon vs. The Fiend match, the story behind his famous photo pose, how his approach to wrestling has changed with time and more.
During the talk, the former Universal Champion also opened up about the various injuries he has suffered in his career and how he has been able to wrestle through most of them. The one injury that scared him, however, did not come from a dangerous move.
Finn Balor recalled the time he was wrestling as the Demon during the Super Showdown event from Saudi Arabia back in 2019:
I’m getting painted, this paint doesn’t feel like the normal paint. What’s going on? I asked the girl that was doing it at the time, I said, ‘Is this the normal paint? It doesn’t feel right.’ She goes, ‘Oh no. They told me I couldn’t bring the normal paint because it has alcohol in it. Alcohol is not legal here.’
I said, ‘Did anyone not think of telling me because I’m the one that has to wrestle in this?’ She goes, ‘Oh no, but I have a solution.’ What’s the solution? ‘Well, if we use hairspray all over you, it kind of sets it a little bit more.’
Probably The Scariest Thing That’s Ever Happened To Me: Finn Balor
Finn Balor noted that the humid environment of the Middle East meant that the paint he had applied started coming off during his entrance and was almost completely gone by the end of the match. He was still happy at being able to complete the bout with no injuries until later in the night:
Later on in the show was Undertaker Goldberg, and I’m watching a match backstage, in a hallway. I’m like looking at the screen, and I’m like, did something hit a smoke machine in here, it felt like it was being smoked up on the entrance. But it wasn’t, it was just my eyes, because what had happened was the hairspray had ran into my eyes and burnt my retinas.
I went blind; I was essentially blind where I had to be linked by the guys, brought out of the building, linked by the guys, just carried up the steps onto the charter. I couldn’t see on the flight. I guess all that hairspray had irritated my iris so much that I couldn’t see. That was probably the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me in wrestling.
Thankfully for Finn Balor, the damage to his retina was not permanent. The doctor was able to get some medicine to heal his eyes when they stopped in Germany to refuel the plane during their journey back. Thanks to the treatment, his eyes had started to unblur by the time they landed in San Francisco.
