Finn Balor is bringing back his dark side.
The former Universal Champion was scheduled to face JD McDonagh on this week's Raw. Before the match could begin, Dominik Mysterio attacked Balor. Finn put up a fight, but the numbers game proved too much for him as McDonagh joined the beatdown and the Judgment Day stood tall to end the segment.
This wasn't end of the story for the night, however, as a vignette featuring Finn Balor later aired on the show where he addressed the earlier segment. Balor teased bringing out a side of him at WrestleMania that Dirty Dom has never seen before, and the promo ended on the music notes of the Demon Balor theme:
I hoped we could play nice. But what should I expect from you when I'm the one who showed you how to play dirty? Well, playtime's over. Think you know me, Dominik? Really, you only know one side of me. There's a side of me that I've never shown you before. A side that I buried long time ago. A side that I thought was gone forever. You've awoken it. It's back. At WrestleMania, it's coming for you.
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We've not seen Finn Balor's demon persona since WrestleMania 39, when Edge defeated the former NJPW star in a Hell In A Cell match. Talking about the Demon on Cody Rhodes' podcast earlier this year, Balor mentioned that he did not like WWE's approach to the character. Finn had explained that he liked to surprise fans with it, instead of the Demon's appearance being advertised in advance.
Finn Balor will face Dominik Mysterio in a singles match at WrestleMania 42.
