I've been waiting to upload this one for a while. Finn Balor reinvented himself and seemed to be on the run of his career, it's looked back at fondly for good reason. What did you think of the Prince?
I loved the character. And his In ring ability improved overnight he was allowed to have freedom to be himself and it worked the crowd just couldn't hate him as a badness Heel so he became more of a tweener. I personally feel that's how he should be booked on the Main Roster after Judgement Day splits.
ive been saying this for the past 3 years 2019-2021 NXT PRXNCE BALOR WAS THE BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD. And this coming from a heavy AJ Styles & Seth Rollins fan.
Finn is currently finding out how to adapt his Judgment Day character. He has the trolling of the OG Prince devitt when he was a heel in NJPW. I saw this one video of Finn wearing boxing gloves before a match starts at NJPW, just to troll his opponent😂😂then the red took off his gloves. He's in his humorous heel era, which I don't mind. He can be a serious heel or tough guy as shown in NXT 2019. That version of The Prince is probably hidden unless a storyline gets serious.
Finn Balor in NXT from 2019-2021 was an absolute fun time. He had so many classics and even had an awesome reign as NXT Champion. Truly a nostalgic time.😁
*”The Prince” in NXT presented Finn as the star everybody knows he is. Honestly, his second run in NXT is my favorite portion of his career. Outside of Edge’s 2020 Royal Rumble return, my favorite moment from that whole miniature pre-Covid era.*
I thought I'd had to wait for someone like Superkick Studios to make a video like this covering Finn, love the work here. Now that HHH is in charge and Judgment Day runs it's course I look forward to seeing what kind of run he puts together for Finn similar to NXT. He deserves to win a World Championship and show that when given the ball, he can run.
He is someone who despite his size looks credible and serious. He is definitely better when he is an egoistic confident prideful tweener, his mic work, character work, personality peaked during his second run. Heel Finn Balor in Judgement Day has personality of cabbage and no charisma, is very cheesy. WWE have one opportunity that is Clash of Castles after Damien Priest losses the title they can make Balor turn heel on Damein Priest.
Finn Balor as the Prince in NXT from 2019-2021 had an incredible run. His feud with Gargano, that banger match at Super Tuesday, his series of matches with Kyle O'Reilly over the NXT Championship, and his match with Karrion Kross were all amazing and were some of the last great runs in Black and Gold NXT. He was just operating on a whole different level.
This gimmick was my fav that man looked bad ass the whole gun point entrance made me love Finn Balor even more main event guy easily but Vince ya know didn’t looked at Finn as a main event guy but we did
Prinxe Balor was EVERYTHING!! Honestly the best return to NXT of all time(so far). They’ve attempted to replicate it recently with Mandy & Apollo which both were cool, but THIS was different! Finn was the blueprint.
To this day Finn is still one of my absolute favorite wrestlers in the world, and I have hope that he’ll win the WWE championship at least once in his career 😭 Also this is a great video, his NJPW run was dope, his WWE run up until Summer Slam 2016 (barring TLC against AJ and WM 35) but his NXT run was special and rejuvenated him for what we have now…even though Vince almost ruined it with how he lost to Roman but everything since he returned to SD has been great besides that
Finn Balor's run in NXT from 2019-2021 is why NXT should be an official third brand so more superstars on Raw & SmackDown who aren't being used properly can go back to Florida and have fresher feuds, storylines, and matches.
Yep, as do I. It’s one of the few things I liked about early WWECW, and NXT when it first got on live tv. It worked towards making new stars, but also made it a viable third brand for veterans with it’s top titles being respected as world championships (Edge teasing to go for Finn’s title, and Charlotte using her Rumble win to win it at Mania). But WWE seems very inconsistent about it. They say they want NXT to be a full developmental brand, yet still have “main roster” stars winning their titles, and have it on NATIONAL TELEVISION to be put under the same scrutiny as Raw and SD. Let’s not forget when they teased Austin Theory cashing in on Bron Breakker lol. It seems like whenever the company wants NXT to commit to one concept (third brand or developmental brand), they do things to contradict that vision. B&G tried to be a third brand with having them in Survivor Series and fully making the NXT title a world championship, but still had “call-ups” without being able to trade their stars for someone from the other brands. Now NXT wants to be developmental again, but still have main roster stars winning their belts, Solo going as far as to bring the NA championship to SD and defending it their for a bit, or as we saw just from this week A FORMER WWE CHAMPION challenging for the NXT title 💀.
@@savagelogic8674 Win or lose I would have so happy if Austin Theory cashed in on Bron Breakker. But no Triple H made the dumbass decision to have him cash in on Seth Rollins during an open challenge for the US title, and what's worst is that he lost but then won it a few weeks later.
Loved this guy when he came in, even before I knew who he was in Japan, I still hope he gets another chance at a world title run since the injury derailed his momentum
7 years later and we might be getting it at summer slam. Crossing my fingers. But even if it doesn’t happen, I’m glad he has had a career resurgence since midway into judgement day.
The NXT Roster was stacked in the Wednesday Night Wars against AEW. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, Timothy Thatcher, Pete Dunne, Kushida, WALTER, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Jordan Devlin, Santos Escobar, Ilja Dragunov, Dominik Dijakovic, Cameron Grimes, Dexter Lumis, etc.
This is the Finn I wanna see on the main roster. When he was the Prince it's like his passion came back again. He was out here having banger matches with Gargano,Thatcher,Dunne,Cole hell he got a pretty good match out of Kross. The character work was fantastic felt so much like Prince Devitt in his NJPW days. Just sad Vince lowered him back to that smiling generic babyface after that dumb finish in his match with Roman. His second run was arguably better than first
I Remembered Finn Balor Lost A Match at SummerSlam 2019 Against The In Ring Debut of The Fiend and then was sent back to NXT To Have A Really Great 2nd Run 2019-2021
Hello WrestlingsPremier remember me it's Marvin first of all happy new year 2023 and second of all thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏for making what i consider one of your best videos along so many others Finn Balor's second NXT run from 2019-2021 was absolutely amazing i just loved how he reinvented himself bringing back "the prince" gimmick revitalized him, i enjoyed the intensity in his matches, the more serious and darker tone shift as well as his ruthlessness suited him perfectly, what i like the most about his character was the menacing promos he would make in that dark room and the overall vibe and aura around them. However following NXT takeover Portland when he fought Johnny Gargano, he was supposed to fight Walter and that left me a bit confused was Finn still supposed to be a full on heel ? or was he becoming an anti-hero ? because for the rest of his 2nd run throughout 2020 to 2021 he fought against both heels and faces alike so what would you say ? was Finn Balor still a full on heel ? a cool heel maybe ? or a tweener ? I'm looking forward to hearing from you, once again happy new year 2023 this was a really cool vid 😎👍👍
Yeah, if they didn’t sign KO. Unfortunately for Sami, Kevin was known as the better wrestler. Kevin Steen(personally second bet roh champion) he was mr.wrestling for years
He was what made NXT feel like the third brand it was clearly trying to be at the time, and the NXT championship feel like a viable world title. I still remember when they teased Edge going after it. Yeah we knew it wasn’t going to happen, but it felt believable with Finn being the champion at the time, and his title defenses against guys like Dunn, O’Reilly, and Kross were hard hitting classics.
I didn't even watch NXT but from what I see, this is what Kross should be booked like. A boogeyman haunting whoever is unlucky enough to meet him. Not some tik tock enthusiast who needs interference to win.
Yo balor going back to nxt was a smart move! Tbh had he stayed on the main roster he wouldn't be in judgment day but would be putting people over like ziggler tbh! 💯💯
Nxt was not hurting for talent at this time a lot of guys were carrying that brand. I go back and watch them matches alot. Finn just added a different aura to the show
I like what they are doing with Balor right now with The Judgement Day. He does much better as a heal. I just don't understand why they aren't booked just a bit stronger than they should be. I understand that Dominic is basically just breaking in for the most part, and he's now getting a little better with the promos and his character. But, Balor one of the best wrestlers on the planet, with the only exception being his height, and Priest who is the full package, he can promo, he's a pretty big guy, then they have quite possibly the best female wrestler in the business as well. They should be booked stronger.
I've been waiting to upload this one for a while. Finn Balor reinvented himself and seemed to be on the run of his career, it's looked back at fondly for good reason. What did you think of the Prince?
I think Finn Balor Is Great he's best in the ring and I can appreciate what he's doing right now with The Judgement Day!!!😎
I loved the character. And his In ring ability improved overnight he was allowed to have freedom to be himself and it worked the crowd just couldn't hate him as a badness Heel so he became more of a tweener. I personally feel that's how he should be booked on the Main Roster after Judgement Day splits.
ive been saying this for the past 3 years 2019-2021 NXT PRXNCE BALOR WAS THE BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD. And this coming from a heavy AJ Styles & Seth Rollins fan.
Good on nxt...mediocre on the main roster, him currently?? Irrelevant and running thru the motions
Finn is currently finding out how to adapt his Judgment Day character. He has the trolling of the OG Prince devitt when he was a heel in NJPW.
I saw this one video of Finn wearing boxing gloves before a match starts at NJPW, just to troll his opponent😂😂then the red took off his gloves.
He's in his humorous heel era, which I don't mind. He can be a serious heel or tough guy as shown in NXT 2019.
That version of The Prince is probably hidden unless a storyline gets serious.
Finn Balor in NXT from 2019-2021 was an absolute fun time. He had so many classics and even had an awesome reign as NXT Champion. Truly a nostalgic time.😁
Nice
Fact 🤘
I mean folks...
*”The Prince” in NXT presented Finn as the star everybody knows he is. Honestly, his second run in NXT is my favorite portion of his career. Outside of Edge’s 2020 Royal Rumble return, my favorite moment from that whole miniature pre-Covid era.*
Me too bro
"I don't watch this business, this business watches me."
That pele kick he hit on Johnny was so badass to me
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@@Ortega-il5sv I loved this Finn sm😭
I thought he would used as a finish move to make even more crazy of a moveset do to the way he hit that damn Kick so gnarly
I thought I'd had to wait for someone like Superkick Studios to make a video like this covering Finn, love the work here. Now that HHH is in charge and Judgment Day runs it's course I look forward to seeing what kind of run he puts together for Finn similar to NXT. He deserves to win a World Championship and show that when given the ball, he can run.
Agree
His pre-filmed promos were next level with the camera cuts
I literally can’t get them outta my head I’m so glad you made a video on this run
His match with priest was my favourite from his whole nxt run idk why, I might have to rewatch it
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He still had the cleanest heel turn ever😎
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2:38 yes please bro, anything about the real shooter will be awesome
10:13 had no clue these two fueded before forming judgement day with rhea.
I hope 2023 is the year Finn Balor finally becomes World Champion again. He’s more than earned it
we badly need to seperate the titles. I feel finn should be the top heel on one brand and roman on the other
@@melvynwindmon1927 they'll be separated soon I understand you modern fans are impatient but just needed to remind you lol
@@1KQ_ oh definitely for the time being Roman needs both but I can see Cody winning and relinquishing the universal title
Agree
Please 🙏🏼
best version of finn balor cant lie.
Why they cant book finn like this on main roster is crazy
He is someone who despite his size looks credible and serious.
He is definitely better when he is an egoistic confident prideful tweener, his mic work, character work, personality peaked during his second run.
Heel Finn Balor in Judgement Day has personality of cabbage and no charisma, is very cheesy. WWE have one opportunity that is Clash of Castles after Damien Priest losses the title they can make Balor turn heel on Damein Priest.
This NXT run for Balor was so refreshing.
It happened at the perfect time and re-established him as a top tier performer who can carry a brand single handedly if given a chance.
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Finn Balor as the Prince in NXT from 2019-2021 had an incredible run. His feud with Gargano, that banger match at Super Tuesday, his series of matches with Kyle O'Reilly over the NXT Championship, and his match with Karrion Kross were all amazing and were some of the last great runs in Black and Gold NXT. He was just operating on a whole different level.
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Finn Balor in NXT was just something else
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@@Ortega-il5sv yeah! Hey can you search MGT WRESTLING
This gimmick was my fav that man looked bad ass the whole gun point entrance made me love Finn Balor even more main event guy easily but Vince ya know didn’t looked at Finn as a main event guy but we did
Agree
The goat of nxt 🤘
I can't wait for a video on prince devitt 👉💥 or the bullet club as a whole 🤘
One of the most underrated wrestlers of all time
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Of course, I'd love to see a video about prince devitt 🔥🔥🔥
I hope finn will be mr money in the bank this year
Same
Same him or montez.
Finn or LA Knight
Agree
Might be this year
Dunne and Balor was the best match of Finns NXT run. I'll die on that hill. My personal favourite match of all time
Finn came back to NXT like big brother coming back from college. Dude asserted all the dominance.
Walter vs Balor was going to be my first ever wrestling show at Takeover Dublin.
Devastated it never happened
Prinxe Balor was EVERYTHING!!
Honestly the best return to NXT of all time(so far). They’ve attempted to replicate it recently with Mandy & Apollo which both were cool, but THIS was different! Finn was the blueprint.
i love how this finn started on my birthday in 2019
To this day Finn is still one of my absolute favorite wrestlers in the world, and I have hope that he’ll win the WWE championship at least once in his career 😭
Also this is a great video, his NJPW run was dope, his WWE run up until Summer Slam 2016 (barring TLC against AJ and WM 35) but his NXT run was special and rejuvenated him for what we have now…even though Vince almost ruined it with how he lost to Roman but everything since he returned to SD has been great besides that
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Finn Balor's run in NXT from 2019-2021 is why NXT should be an official third brand so more superstars on Raw & SmackDown who aren't being used properly can go back to Florida and have fresher feuds, storylines, and matches.
Yep, as do I. It’s one of the few things I liked about early WWECW, and NXT when it first got on live tv. It worked towards making new stars, but also made it a viable third brand for veterans with it’s top titles being respected as world championships (Edge teasing to go for Finn’s title, and Charlotte using her Rumble win to win it at Mania). But WWE seems very inconsistent about it. They say they want NXT to be a full developmental brand, yet still have “main roster” stars winning their titles, and have it on NATIONAL TELEVISION to be put under the same scrutiny as Raw and SD. Let’s not forget when they teased Austin Theory cashing in on Bron Breakker lol.
It seems like whenever the company wants NXT to commit to one concept (third brand or developmental brand), they do things to contradict that vision. B&G tried to be a third brand with having them in Survivor Series and fully making the NXT title a world championship, but still had “call-ups” without being able to trade their stars for someone from the other brands. Now NXT wants to be developmental again, but still have main roster stars winning their belts, Solo going as far as to bring the NA championship to SD and defending it their for a bit, or as we saw just from this week A FORMER WWE CHAMPION challenging for the NXT title 💀.
@@savagelogic8674 Win or lose I would have so happy if Austin Theory cashed in on Bron Breakker. But no Triple H made the dumbass decision to have him cash in on Seth Rollins during an open challenge for the US title, and what's worst is that he lost but then won it a few weeks later.
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Finn Balor as the prince in NXT was amazing
Loved this guy when he came in, even before I knew who he was in Japan, I still hope he gets another chance at a world title run since the injury derailed his momentum
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7 years later and we might be getting it at summer slam. Crossing my fingers. But even if it doesn’t happen, I’m glad he has had a career resurgence since midway into judgement day.
The NXT Roster was stacked in the Wednesday Night Wars against AEW. Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong, Timothy Thatcher, Pete Dunne, Kushida, WALTER, Isaiah "Swerve" Scott, Jordan Devlin, Santos Escobar, Ilja Dragunov, Dominik Dijakovic, Cameron Grimes, Dexter Lumis, etc.
One thing I'm sad about during this run is that we never got WALTER vs Balor
Damn you, covid
Same bro
2019 was a best year of nxt
This is the Finn I wanna see on the main roster. When he was the Prince it's like his passion came back again. He was out here having banger matches with Gargano,Thatcher,Dunne,Cole hell he got a pretty good match out of Kross. The character work was fantastic felt so much like Prince Devitt in his NJPW days. Just sad Vince lowered him back to that smiling generic babyface after that dumb finish in his match with Roman. His second run was arguably better than first
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this is the same balor that should’ve been brought up to the main roster but nope they turned him face and fed the demon king to the tribal chief
He was definitely my favorite wrestler around this time
I miss this finn balor hopefully he becomes champion again
That Pete Dunne match at Takeover Vengeance Day is so good!
Can’t wait for the Finn Balor vs Cody Rhodes feud 🔥
I'd love to see a match between Judgement Day and Imperium.
How could I forget finnbalor priest feuded and now they're together
Hearing that it was 7 months long was very surprising, I enjoyed his run and these 2 years of NXT greatly
The Prince Finn was and will always be my favorite. He was a Total Badass
Me too bro
What a thumbnail my bro; been followed since 2020. Love these audio analysis vids!! FB is the greatest better than that NFL leakee guy 😭😭😭
Now Book Judgement Day vs Imperium
I love his Prince run in NXT
The unspoken alliance with The Club with AJ & the Good Brothers
we need this Balor on the main roster.
2023 Money in the Bank winner and WWE or Universal Champion
Princess Finn 🤣
He really was goated
Those SZN Twitter account were saying Balor was booked perfect lol
I Remembered Finn Balor Lost A Match at SummerSlam 2019 Against The In Ring Debut of The Fiend and then was sent back to NXT To Have A Really Great 2nd Run 2019-2021
By far one of my favorite champions and runs in wrestling. This balor was a lethal weapon ring general
Takeover Portland was such an under-appreciated ppv
Thank you!
I still get a little bit sad that the WALTER feud never got finished. Maybe later on we can get Imperium vs Judgement Day
great video. thank you.
THE VIDEO I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR !! Honestly man Finn has been my favourite wrestler for about a decade now
What's actually crazy was I started watching black and gold nxt when Finn returned in 2019 🤣
Wresttttling premiiiiierr iiiiiss heeeerrre!!!!
One of the best runs
Mandy Rose last next run definitely needs a breakdown
He should make more vids on NXT tbh
Finn balor run in NXT find to watch him become NXT champion very fun to watch the prince Finn Balor people's fun to watch him become
Never forget that Balor is the first ever Universal Champion
and he maybe the first WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
Hello WrestlingsPremier remember me it's Marvin first of all happy new year 2023 and second of all
thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏for making what i consider one of your best videos along so many others
Finn Balor's second NXT run from 2019-2021 was absolutely amazing i just loved how he reinvented himself
bringing back "the prince" gimmick revitalized him, i enjoyed the intensity in his matches, the more serious
and darker tone shift as well as his ruthlessness suited him perfectly, what i like the most about his character
was the menacing promos he would make in that dark room and the overall vibe and aura around them.
However following NXT takeover Portland when he fought Johnny Gargano, he was supposed to fight Walter
and that left me a bit confused was Finn still supposed to be a full on heel ? or was he becoming an anti-hero ?
because for the rest of his 2nd run throughout 2020 to 2021 he fought against both heels and faces alike
so what would you say ? was Finn Balor still a full on heel ? a cool heel maybe ? or a tweener ?
I'm looking forward to hearing from you, once again happy new year 2023 this was a really cool vid 😎👍👍
I wish WWE had pushed Sami Zayn as a long term NXT champion in 2015 and he got the run or a run like Finn had during his first NXT title reign.
Yeah, if they didn’t sign KO. Unfortunately for Sami, Kevin was known as the better wrestler. Kevin Steen(personally second bet roh champion) he was mr.wrestling for years
Balor's second run in Nxt really helped him improve
NXT Balor and now finally Judgement Day Balor, out of his already 10 year WWE career, are his 2 eras
The King of NXT
Pr❌nce is the best version he had in WWE
Bro ain’t mention he got a new hairline too
He was what made NXT feel like the third brand it was clearly trying to be at the time, and the NXT championship feel like a viable world title.
I still remember when they teased Edge going after it. Yeah we knew it wasn’t going to happen, but it felt believable with Finn being the champion at the time, and his title defenses against guys like Dunn, O’Reilly, and Kross were hard hitting classics.
Honestly they'd still have a shot with him if they hadn't ruined him against Wyatt. Thank you, Vince!!
They were lucky to see that lil bit of NJPW in him.
They have to make him world champion
I didn't even watch NXT but from what I see, this is what Kross should be booked like. A boogeyman haunting whoever is unlucky enough to meet him. Not some tik tock enthusiast who needs interference to win.
Kross was better in Impact as a Hitman gimmick...
Yo balor going back to nxt was a smart move! Tbh had he stayed on the main roster he wouldn't be in judgment day but would be putting people over like ziggler tbh! 💯💯
The best run during the pandemic by far, for my money.
Nxt was not hurting for talent at this time a lot of guys were carrying that brand. I go back and watch them matches alot. Finn just added a different aura to the show
I like what they are doing with Balor right now with The Judgement Day. He does much better as a heal. I just don't understand why they aren't booked just a bit stronger than they should be. I understand that Dominic is basically just breaking in for the most part, and he's now getting a little better with the promos and his character. But, Balor one of the best wrestlers on the planet, with the only exception being his height, and Priest who is the full package, he can promo, he's a pretty big guy, then they have quite possibly the best female wrestler in the business as well. They should be booked stronger.
He is back
His match with johnny gargano was so awesome
12:48 Actually Lesnar and Joe did that before
Finn Balor Was Fantastic in NXT!!!😏
Chad Gable is not just an underrated wrestler, but an underrated performer. He’s really won me over!
Finn vs gunter at clash at the castle 2023
I mean how did the narrator go from irish to 🇺🇸 😂😂
Damn this video is good
some iyo sky run in nxt? i wanna see some of her single stuff.
You should cover rikishi failed main event push sometime in the future
Pls next video Uso vs New day Rivalry
Can you do Kaval/Low-ki run in WWE?
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Can he please just go to AEW where he may actually be appreciated?
why do people think going to aew is a solution to everything most people from wwe to aew are literally get little to no tv time for example keith lee
Ong Keith Lee's fall off should be studied @@RealSenatorArmstrong
Me personally think that finn just wanted to retire soon so hes no looking for better push
Can you do a Batista 2019 video pls
It's not the"Prince" it's the "PrinXe"
He was referred to as the Prince tho
He was part of juggmantday
He need another title run ong
first and awesome vid yo