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Finn Balor has cleared the air on his absence from the 2022 Royal Rumble. Balor’s exclusion from the big event left many confused. Wrestle Votes reported that Balor wasn’t injured but he wasn’t in the United States during the Royal Rumble. The report also noted that he’d make his return well before WrestleMania. Why Finn…
One big struggle of being a WWE star or pro wrestler in general that usually goes unmentioned is being away from your family for most of the year. For someone like Finn Balor, the struggle is even more gruesome because his family lives in a different county. Growing up in Ireland means that Balor has…
Finn Balor was competing in NXT around the time of WrestleMania 37, but the kid inside him still wanted to be a part of the Show of Shows. The United States champion recently appeared on WWE After The Bell. He discussed things such as moving back to the main roster and more. Speaking of WrestleMania…
A lot of people believe that the rebranding of NXT was unnecessary and it should have been left as it was, but Finn Balor feels the opposite. The US champion recently appeared on Corey Graves’ After The Bell podcast. Among other things, he talked about the revamp of WWE‘s development territory. Balor claimed that the…
On Monday Night Raw, Finn Bálor snapped Damien Priest’s impressive reign as United States Champion. Priest, who won the coveted championship at SummerSlam from Sheamus, showcased how important the championship is in building future stars. Priest’s reign spanned over 191 days where he defeated Drew McIntrye, Sheamus, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler,…
A number of big names were visibly missing from the Royal Rumble PPV and one of them was the former Universal champion, Finn Balor. WrestleVotes provided some updates on the former NXT champion. They confirmed that he is not out of action due to any injury: “Confirmed with a source that Finn Balor is not…
Finn Balor admits he was bogged down before he returned to the NXT brand. Balor has enjoyed success in WWE on both NXT and the main roster but he got the sense that things were at a bit of a standstill. In 2019, Balor had been on the sidelines for nearly two months before he…
A holiday week of wrestling television begins tomorrow night with WWE Monday Night Raw emanating from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Next Friday night’s SmackDown, occuring on Christmas Eve, has already been taped (you can view spoilers at this link). WWE has announced five matches for Monday’s Raw. They are: Finn Balor vs. Austin Theory Bianca Belair vs….
Former Universal champion Finn Balor is currently out of action due to some undisclosed issues, according to reports from PWInsider. The Raw star was expected to compete at the recent WWE live event from Leeds, England on November 9 but he was kept off the show. The site notes that holding off Balor from competing…
Finn Balor will not be in action on Monday Night Raw. Balor was part of the WWE draft this year. He made the move from SmackDown to Raw. He was even featured in the fatal four-way ladder match to determine the number one contender for Big E‘s WWE Championship. Seth Rollins ended up winning the…
Finn Balor has not forgotten how John Cena took the opportunity of facing Roman Reigns at SummerSlam from him and he wants to settle his score with the cenation leader at WrestleMania. The former Universal champion recently had an interview with The Mirror. He talked about things such as his time in the independent wrestling…
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns will face Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 21st. WWE made the match official today. The company also noted that the match, for now, isn’t for the Universal Championship. Reigns will defend the title against “The Demon” Finn Balor at Extreme Rules at the Nationwide…
Finn Balor certainly isn’t opposed to the idea of entering the “Forbidden Door.” Talks of the “Forbidden Door” got started ahead of NJPW‘s Wrestle Kingdom 14 event back in Jan. 2020. Chris Jericho, who was the AEW World Champion at the time, took on Hiroshi Tanahashi in a non-title match. Jericho said he’d give Tanahashi…
Roman Reigns put the WWE Universal Title on the line against Finn Balor in the main event of Friday’s episode of SmackDown. Both guys were laying in their strikes and the fans were behind Balor towards the end. Balor avoided the spear with the roll then hit a drop kick in the corner and his…
Finn Balor believes Roman Reigns is one special individual in the wrestling business. Balor and Reigns are currently involved in a feud on TV. Balor believes he has unfinished business with Reigns after John Cena took his spot at SummerSlam. Balor made his message clear when he and the Street Profits cleaned house on the…
Finn Balor will challenge Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship tonight on Smackdown. According to comments he made to BT Sport, however, Balor had actually pitched moving to the NXT UK brand instead of Smackdown to WWE management. “Believe it or not, before I returned to SmackDown, I could feel the run at NXT…
Finn Balor recently returned to the main roster after completing his second NXT run. Though the former champion is hoping to return to the brand for another run somewhere down the line. The former NJPW star recently had an interview with WWE Die Woche where he talked about a number of things. He also explained…
As expected, Finn Balor made his return on Friday’s episode of SmackDown on FOX. The former Universal Champion did so when he interrupted Sami Zayn on the show that was held from Houston, Texas. Zayn was in the ring talking about conspiracy theories and he tried to get the fans to rally behind him. Zayn…
Another speculated WWE return has surfaced, this time rumored to happen during Friday’s SmackDown. A tweet posted by WrestleVotes on Friday hints at the possible return of Finn Balor for Friday’s episode of Smackdown in Houston. The tweet states Friday’s “SmackDown will be #2Sweet & #4Everyone“, referencing Balor. Balor returned to NXT in October 2019…
Finn Balor has spent the last year and a half rebuilding himself in NXT. After dropping the NXT title to Karrian Kross last month, the former universal champion now feels he is ready for his return to the main roster. The NXT star recently spoke to Ryan Satin of Fox Sports where he opened up…
The highly anticipated rematch between NXT Champion Karrion Kross and Finn Balor took place on Wednesday’s episode of WWE NXT. Kross put the title on the line in the main event of the show against the former champion. Kross worked over the spine of Balor throughout while Balor targeted the ribs. After being beaten down…
Fans are still wanting Finn Balor to bring back his Demon character on WWE NXT TV. Balor started painting himself for big matches in Japan and the independent scene. This was done for him to have different personas and he carried it over to WWE when he signed with the company. He used the character…
The rematch that fans have been waiting for has been booked as Karrion Kross will make his first defense of the NXT Title against Finn Balor. It will happen on the May 26th edition of WWE NXT from Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center on the USA Network. On this week’s episode, Kross beat…
WWE Superstar and the United Kingdom Champion WALTER recently appeared on Corey Graves‘ After The Bell podcast. The Austrian performer discussed a number of topics during the interview, including the three names in WWE that would be ‘dream’ matches for him. “When I first got into watching other wrestling, I was watching Ring of Honor”…
WWE had fans wait to see what would happen when Karrion Kross would challenge Finn Balor for the NXT Title and it didn’t disappoint. This title match served as the co-main event of WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver event on Thursday night. A last-minute decision to put this in the co-headliner spot was made….
The WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver event is taking place over the course of two nights. Night 1 took place yesterday, Wednesday April 7th (airing on USA Network). Tonight’s show, Thursday, April 8th will be available to watch via Peacock and WWE Network for International fans. WWE had already announced the main events of both nights that…
Finn Balor is hoping to see Becky Lynch return to WWE soon. He was interviewed recently on WWE Now India and spoke about Lynch’s pending return to the company. “I think she has exceeded everybody’s expectations in what she has done and how she has performed over the last couple of years,” Balor said. “I’m…
NXT Tag Team Champion Danny Burch was reportedly injured during last night’s episode of NXT. Burch and Oney Lorcan defended their tag titles against Karrion Kross and NXT Champion Finn Balor in the main event of the show. Danny Burch was removed from the match just past the halfway point. Lorcan and Burch attempted a…
Adam Cole stepped up to the plate to challenge Finn Balor for the NXT Championship but fell short. The title match happened in the main event of Wednesday’s episode of NXT TV on the USA Network in Orlando, Florida at the Capitol Wrestling Center. The match was hard-hitting with them even using the steel steps…
Finn Balor was accused by Roderick Strong of being the reason behind The Undisputed Era’s breakup on this week’s episode of NXT. Adam Cole has been going against all his former teammates, with Strong suffering an attack from his hands last week. Before that, it was Kyle O’Reilly that was knocked out by him. Tonight…
Conor McGregor, the former UFC Champion has expressed interest in pro wrestling and working with WWE over the years, with many wrestlers offering their takes on whether he would be a good fit at the company or how he would fare as a champion with some even expressing their desire to work with him in…
Karrion Kross says he wants to fight WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor at WrestleMania 37 for the title. This was in response to Balor saying in an interview that Kross deserves a title shot. Finn Balor proposed the idea of defending the NXT Championship against Karrion Kross while appearing on After The Bell. He said…
NXT Champion Finn Balor was this week’s guest on the WWE After The Bell podcast. Balor discussed his current run in NXT and revealed he initially thought he’d be there for just a few months. “I didn’t know what to expect,” Balor said of his time in NXT. “I was kind of under the impression…
Edge had the chance a few weeks ago to share the ring with WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor during an episode of NXT. The WWE Hall of Famer finds himself in an interesting spot kayfabe wise as he can pick which title he wants to challenge for at WrestleMania 37 after winning the Men’s Royal…
With NXT now on a major cable network as opposed to just the WWE Network, many fans have wondered how much wrestlers from the brand are paid. The range that NXT wrestlers are paid was recently addressed on an episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. “They are above that,” Meltzer said when asked if top stars…
