How Finn Balor ALMOST Became The Face of WWE
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How Finn Balor ALMOST Became The Face of WWE
Finn Balor was one of the most interesting and promising superstars that the WWE has seen in the last decade. He has proven time and time again from his Prince, Demon, and Judgement Day gimmicks that he cannot be boxed in and has it all to become a top star in WWE. In this Finn Balor documentary, we take a look at what happened in his career that derailed some of his momentum but also kept him at the top.
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I wonder who that person is who always craps on what HHH brings
to the table with regards to the talent he pushes for? Who? Who?
Who? lol What I don't get is why his recent story line with Seth
didn't happen in 2017 which would have been more appropriate as
opposed to WWE waiting 7 years to build up a story line around
an old injury that see's him losing at the end.
I think if his shoulder wasn't injured he wouldn't have been universal
champion for long and I don't think he would have had a second run
with it.
If Vince wanted him to be the face of the company he would have been
a champ sometime after he came back from his shoulder injury in 2017.
His intercontinental title reigns weren't all that memorable other than his
NXT run in which he seemed to be more over on that show than he is on
the main roster. The only face he is, is the one his mom and fans love. lol
@@jamesearlcash1758YES
Finn is one of the most underrated wrestlers of all time
Completely agree
Agree
Not really, only on WWE because it's the most garbage wrestling company
Nothing about him stands out
Are u crazy bro judgment day is ruling and fin is mainaventing money in the bank wit Seth
Still the saddest story in the industry for me… he’s one of my favorites of all time! I know what he’s capable of in terms of character work in Japan and NXT and I do desperately wish that they’d just let him run with it on the main roster! Finn has all the upsides and history in the world. And that promo on raw this week felt like an attempt to step in the right direction. The promo Finn cut there was genuinely really good! Problem is you couldn’t hear anything because even when Finn is given a serious script and is showing what a commodity he can be… the fans in the arena don’t take him serious because the main roster has never displayed him as such! 😓
If this is the saddest story in the industry go look up Chris Benoit lol
@@MarceloB1234 He is the saddest story to me *from a creative standpoint*. The way his career on the main roster played out just felt more disappointing than all the ones before and after. I know Benoit’s case is ‘sadder’ but A) I wasn’t really thinking about him and B) When I wrote the word ‘story’ I meant how their career played out on the main roster. And before Benoit committed his crimes he had a pretty damn good career and reputation for delivering good matches!
@@k-dawgHIFINN Balor
Balor deserves to be a world champion again 😢
Facts
Balor and Drew both deserve to be world champion again, as well as Edge on his way out.
Seriously though he never even got a proper chance with the universal title belt I understand that injuries happen but it really just stinks that it happened right then and there right when he got his big chance and unfortunately never got the opportunity again
For sure
@@lukepacis3963 edge doesn’t
One could only imagine what peaks Balor could’ve reached if he wasn’t injured
One of the biggest What Ifs in recent WWE history imo
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
Would have main evented a wrestlemania, won multiple world titles and established himself as the one of the greatest modern wwe superstars
Should of, would of, could of. Too bad, so sad, hehehehehe 🤣😛😅😅😅
He would be someone like amnbrose or kofi , you all should give your dealers contact number because you're too high
Finn is my favourite wrestler. I just love the guy and he is actually one of the few wrestlers who you can actually see is well talented in the ring . A veteran in the business and truly one of the best to do it . Hope he one day regains a world championship and go on an extraordinary run
100% fam
Same him and Cody and USOs
@@hqpack9526FINN balor
I always felt that finn has been underrated on the main roster, he was utilised so well by triple h in nxt but vince wouldn't let that happen in raw/smackdown because of reigns being the top guy at the moment
Vince never liked slim fit guys
@@jatinpathak8861FINN Balor
@@jatinpathak8861nah what abt the Austin Theory impress me vid lol
@@Firedoge6969 When Finn Balor came to NXT, I thought to myself, "He's great here, but his height and accent will have Vince immediately want to shut him down."
When Austin Theory came to NXT, I thought to myself, "This guy is basically Finn Balor but 3" taller, no Irish accent, and 15 years younger. I see him being the next of Vince's storyline 'Chosen Ones'."
I wasn't _too_ far off, I'd say.
@@Unregistered.HyperCam.2 yeah I hear ya, But Austin is more annoying and has the same build as Balor so I guess Vince wanted to bust on someone without consent
Met him when I was 17 he’s the loveliest bloke I’ve met. He could carry the company with his abilities. Deserves to beat Seth for an upset and shocking moment
Finn Balor is the creator of the BULLET CLUB, the mentor of Becky lynch and JD McDonagh and has the longest combined reigns of all time as nxt champion 😮💨
What I'm trying to say is this man has done a lot for this business and deserves to be pushed more than one day as a universal champion.
100%
I need Finn Balor to become Universal Champion soon fr. It just makes sense if you ask me.
@@Tim0chiiiYES
How hasn't HHH put the damn world title on this dude. Wasn’t Finn Hunter's guy.
I think if HHH has been in charge from 2016 till now, Finn’s career would be way different tbh
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
He is doing good for him self now , it’s just they are sooo many top guys in wwe now soo many
Since i first saw finn in nxt he became one of my favorites. He deserves a good world title run
Agreed
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
My favourite wrestler. In my opinion he should be more acknowledged for what he has done for wrestling.
This guy needs to be a bigger star. He’s got it all.
I swear i'm the ony one who says how good Finn is. It's so good to see someone share the same views!
Seth ruined his main event push
Vince did. Rollins has no beef with Balor that much is clear, the injury was accidental. Balor is a phenomenal performer as highlighted by Triple H in NXT and in Balor's time in Japan, and he's consistency produced good matches for us; its Vince who up until the past few months, has been in charge of booking. Hopefully Hunter can bring my boy back to the top, we've been robbed of a prime Finn Balor.
Finn is like the Derrick Rose of WWE. an injury kept us from seeing the heights this man could've achieved
Had he run with the demon character as a like the fiend gimmick and not use rarely..maybe he would have had a great career
Demon King should be just as protected as Undertaker at WM. Moreso, considering Taker lost.
I still to this day believe finn was the domino effect of vince being absolutely done with the indy nxt guys HHH brought in. Yes kevin owens got a title but after that. Nobody else was a top guy in the main roster.
Yes
@@timschlewitz3468 it was almost like vince was afraid they would get injured too. I don't think he trusted them
Up until Gunther, not many nxt call ups was able to transition well to the main roster.
Balor vs Edge at WM was one of the best HIAC matches of all time, that win or lose doesn’t even matter to either one….Yeah!
6:05 so weird, he didnt get a match vs the champion directly, the first time ever i saw the former champion after an injury not getting a chance to win his title back
Finn Balor Would've been the best face in wwe!
I agree, he was and honestly still is one of my absolute favorites of the modern era
Definitely could’ve been a multi world champion
@@ulisesreyes6023 he still can. It mostly depends on dumb fans like the ones that kept verbally spamming Seth Rollin's theme song as Bàlor was delivering some of the best character work of his WWE career... and then those same dumb fans wonder why Vunce shits in their mouths and treats them like, well, dumb fans...
Definitely that injury fucked up his momentum. He should of came back to feud with Rollins and win the title 🙄
I 100% percent agree with you
mr mcmahon It’s too stupid to understand Finn It’s supposed to be the next upcoming of the undertaker but mr mcmahon Decided to bury him
Yep, same with Bray (which may or may not be the next video 👀)
@@Wrestleology he could come back any day
I just want mr mcmahon To leave wwe Forever Only then the happy days will come again Only then Finn Can rise again
@@Wrestleologyalways wanted to see what will happen if bray wyatt and Finn balor Join force They are going to be unstoppable But it will never happen Because mr mcmahon Has a nut For a brain
@@zimamahmed3466FINN Balor
Sucks how WWE never put the belt on him again. I don't think he will beat Seth at MITB but It would be very cool if he ever got his victory back in the future.
I think next year September when Roman's time ends they should balor beat him as demon king.
@abhisheknahar7363 Only way I see it is if Vince is gone forever from WWE and Triple H take control of WWE creative
@@alexiecierraFINN Balor
He finished the match in his PPV World title winning debut at SummerSlam in 2016 like a warrior not given a chance outside of NXT to prosper.... he's criminally one of the most underrated in history and i hope this current run with the judgment day nets him ALL THE GOLD he deserves.
Fans are begging for him to be a world champion again
@@MetalMadness_00don’t think he will ever reach there again even though he’s my favorite current superstar
@@Blood-zz2kt I know and pisses me off that he’s the guy who had everything taken from him and never recovered
@@MetalMadness_00 yeah I think he would have had successful universal title reigns just how aj did the wwe title
Yoooo there is a lot of meat for Balor vs Damien... They have a long history of feuds back from NXT black and gold... Priest is undeniably going to be a future champion with his MITB cash-in.... I think it would be a perfect time to revisit the feud between them... And finally the long awaited civil war within judgement day...
What an excellent video, you got a new sub, really well done I look forward to watching your back catalogue and future videos 😊
Thank you so much fam, comment like this mean so much to me
@@WrestleologyYES
My favourite wrestler of all time
Hes one of my favorites too
Top tier
@@hqpack9526FINN Balor
I was at the survivor series match in Boston and I gotta say Balor and Aj put on the best match on the card
To me; Balor Lost to Edge but he came out as the bigger star because Finn kept appearing on TV even though he got 14 staples on his head while Edge just disappeared again.
perfect video while i have a headache, thank u Wrestleology.
Glad you enjoyed fam 💪🏼💜
@@WrestleologyYES
Now that he is 41 I don't see him becoming a world champion again it's sad actually he is a brilliant package
Lol he can still win the world title he moves like a 20 year old
*Oldberg enters the chat*
@@Blood-zz2ktFINN Balor
Thought it would go on a deep dive on his Prince Devitt and Venom character before the NXT stuff.
Well that could definitely be a future video idea, but this was more focused on his time during WWE
@@WrestleologyYES
his move back to nXt was the best thing happened to him reclaiming the prince gimmick
I pray Balor gets to be a World Chamouon at some point. Once the title is off Roman there will be so many options for both top belts.
I think Finn should bring back the judgement day demon and should be the leader I love the demon character it was so unique
I hope finn will be the new world heavyweight champion at MITB
I doubt it tbh, but it should for sure happen in the future
Logan Paul he will fued with priest
@@WrestleologyHe will win the world heavyweight champion with the help of JD McDonough
@@Nikobellic415FINN Balor
Great video!! 🤝💯🔥
Thank you so much fam
@@WrestleologyYES
If papa trips was in charge when he hurt his shoulder, he never would have lost his position. Vince hated injury prone wrestlers and gave up on finn.
Anyone here after Cody finished his story
Yea! 😂
The Fatal 4 Man Iron Man match ended in a "draw" at Super-Tuesday 1 with Cole and Balor both scoring 2 Falls.
Then the next week at Super-Tuesday 2 they had a 1-on-1 match
WWE frustrates the hell out of me when it comes to some/a lot of great talent.
They’ve massively fumbled with Finn, Cesaro, and the biggest one to me being Shinsuke Nakamura.
Shit is so crazy.
18:41 , He didn’t lose the title back to priest, he lost it to Austin theory.
Youre right, my bad :(
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
He needs to bring the demon. I understand they want it to be an event every time he does, but it's sadly too long each time. I'd love to see him as the beast against damion priest. Priest has really shown he can hold the main event and have memorable matches. The only issue they have now is both titles to me are locked for a while. Seth rollins is by far the most over wrestler atm, and roman is doing roman.
He is my favourite too. But sadly they wanna see only roman and seth as a champion 🫥🫥🫥🫥🫥🫥🫥
I feel the same way about the WrestleMania match against edge
judgement day will be the perfect reason why he gets that belt again
Do one on how the bloodline started, from the beginning of the usos to Roman then being tribal chief and Paul heyman to what it is now from where it was to it’s forming and to now !!
WE NEED THAT
in the works :)
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
Finn is sucha goat, he deserves a major title run
Such a huge what if
Balor should at least be a six time world champion in wwe
It’s not too late
might be making a comeback with his recent attacks on rollins
This is some good ass content dude
Thank you so much fam 🙏🏼
@@WrestleologyYES
There's few I'm more impressed with than Finn in today's era. One of the greatest in-ring performer I've ever seen and alter ego, Demon is genius.
The Prince > 1st NXT run > Judgment Day > Main Roster Call Up
He should've kept the demon persona locked away and only brought back years later. That would've really helped his run. Just milking it right away ruined the whole thing
It would have been better if we have Balor as leader of a faction called The Demon Cult with Alister Black, Murphy and Rhea.
It was because vince hated him that he did bad on the main roster but on nxt it was different because of triple h liked him
Well tbh it wasnt his fault he got injured
Bro he was world champion within a month on the main roster
@@Jadesterification and he lost it and vince berried him
@@Stooshkev04FINN Balor
@@Stooshkev04didn’t even give him a rematch which is usually customary to after something like that happening. He should’ve had a feud with Seth Rollins after he healed and eventually getting his championship back
I really enjoy the way you speak. I'd love a Witcher video game lore vid from ya.
YES
To me, WWE made Damien Priest stand out more than Finn Balor in the Judgement Day.
I Hope Finn Balor becomes the Solo badass babyface we saw in his 2nd NXT run
He should definitely win the 2024 Royal Rumble and Become the New World Heavyweight Champion by defeating Gunther(Who'll be the champion heading into the match). Balor vs gunther was robbed from us back in 2020 when gunther(walter) was the unstoppable NXT UK champion
This may be an unpopular opinion
But I think Balor is a more believable babyface than Drew McIntyre
Lowkey, I could definitely see how he could’ve been respected phenom character like Taker with the Demon gimmick. Unfortunately, imo they killed the demon for good with this years Mania loss
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
Man if only he knew what we know now.
Balor v Bryan wyatt was awesome
He is One of My Favorite WWE Wrestler of All Time... So I also Waiting for a Great Single Run of Him
And now Rhea is the leader of JD, crazy.
If he didn't get injured in that Inaugural Universal Title Match....
Balor should betray judgment day and bring demon balor back
U forgot to talk about finn last nxt match with nakamura
Samoa Joe, Roman Reigns, and Edge. The only men in WWE to beat Demon Balor..
Roman and edge should of never won
@@sharkybuddy7 I agree. Edge said he didn’t want to win that match, and the Roman match was just Vince foolery
you missed the fact that FINN BALOR PINNED ROMAN REIGNS (CLEAN) to earn the Universal Championship opportunity, that too in 2016 when Roman was being pushed to the throat as a face, that my friend is a bigggg achievement
This video made me shed tears man... My boy deserves so much better 😢
The day Finn becomes a world champion will be insane
Finn balor had so much potential man what could have been him being the first ever universal champion is crazy
Factual
@@Wrestleology nah personally I think Finn is a joke
It's good that ge got injured bc we eventually got ko which he's more deservin than finn
@@Osman-kv1vw you think Finn joke well then that just you
@DanchiZi Official well name one good feud
Name one good promo
Name one good moment
And is he on the level of kevin Owen
@@Osman-kv1vw I don't have to tell you why his good is this a joke or did you watch his NXT run?
If Finn doesn’t win a world champion I will get violent
w video ocne again
Thank u fam 💪🏼💜
@@WrestleologyYES
His Prince schtick could've easily been a badass antihero if only they capitalized on that..still irks me that it felt like they completely ignored his best incarnation when he came back to the main roster 😕
NXT PriXce was goated
I think with Roman leaving after XL
Triple H's NXT SUPERSTARS will rule WWE in years to come
Naaa
I hope balor wins the world heavyweight title against Seth at summerslam.
Even though he probably won’t I would love so much for him to bring back the demon at mitb and win the heavyweight title,It’d be the perfect revenge story after the universal title match in 2016
For it to be a revenge story seth should be the one to win the match since he lost in the first one
@@stillwaiting6037 Yeah but he injured Finn in the match,forcing him to vacate the title a day later and severely slowing his momentum at the time
@@IshakPasha23FINN Balor
I hate that Finn is the only one not profiting from Judgement day at all
When he came back he should’ve been sent to the top.
Give this guy some gold already, geez
Him losing KOTR to Woods was a travesty
I hope Finn gets to the top of wwe
In WWE regardless of how the wrestler performs in-ring or with their promo skills sometimes it really doesn't matter if the creatives have the most power on the outcome of the matches. I even wonder if wrestlers are graded every match and that gives enough consideration for the creatives to favor the outcome to the performers. I guess in these cases, you really just to have audience appeal and need to suck-up to management to get a win.
How i wished he won the title again..especially that 7 yrs in making storyline..he so deserved to win...plus it would have created interesting story with Damien
Balor got lost in the shuffle after his injury at ss
Balor vs kevin ladder match (legendary match)
Blud for me he is still the best hope he can achieve peak again
He needs his momentum again. He works better as a face or he should be become an extremely brutal and dominant heel
I actually agree with that
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
I actually cried when baylor had to relinquish the title. good video 👍
You gotta make a video on Drew McIntyre. It’s being said that he’s unhappy with his current position in the company. Hopefully now with two world titles he can get his moment in front of the fans.
👀 📝
@@WrestleologyYES
I need more of this Bianca! She absolutely seeeeerrrrved!!
Hopefully the Old finn returns
YES
The modern era of wrestling as it is owes a lot to Finn Balor even more so than guys like Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay, Balor broke barriers that they never would have.
He deserves one definitive run like Reigns is getting, something that showcases him as the apex of wrestling.
Finn will always be one of my favourite wrestlers, in Japan and in WWE. It's a shame his position fell after he got injured in the inaugural universal championship match but Finn will always be one of the goats and I hope we see more of the demon and main even Finn in the future, hopefully in judgement day but if not I think another solo run is overdue, maybe the united states champion? or heck even beat Seth at some point down the line if Seth's taking his movie career more seriously now. One can only hope :)
these audio glitches are killing the video for me
Had mic issues for the last month, just got it back from the repair shop so the next vid wont have em
@@WrestleologyYES
Don't want to point the finger at anybody, but I blame Vince for Balór falling off
oh of course, i feel like vince never really liked him
@@WrestleologyFINN balor
Don'tWantToPOintThe
BlameVinCeForBalorFallingOff
Flngetatanybody,Butl
nah fax