UPDATE: Following the reports that there were some major changes to the Universal Title match at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view (Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor was the original plan) because Vince McMahon felt Finn Balor was “bland”, Balor has taken to Twitter several times in the last week to joke about those reports. You can check out his latest tweet below:
I AM NOT OVER
Cooking the turkey#HappyThanksgiving pic.twitter.com/lrajiyLIeg— Finn Bálor (@FinnBalor) November 23, 2017
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ORIGINAL: According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Finn Balor was never being considered to face Brock Lesnar at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event.
According to sources, when Balor is not portraying “The Demon” gimmick, Vince McMahon sees him as “bland”. The site reports that Balor is slowly being transitioned into a role similar to that of Dolph Zigglers. That means he is a performer who can put on great matches but doesn’t get to the main event level due to “higher-up” WWE officials not having faith in his look.
It should also be noted that WWE is “adverse” to the thought of reuniting him with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson as “The Club”.
With all of that being said, Triple H is said to be very high on Finn Balor and his potential. Of course, Vince McMahon has the final say on all things.
