Finn Balor was a recent guest on the “What’s The Story” podcast to comment on the time he turned down a spot in his 2016 WWE NXT cage match with Samoa Joe.
Balor noted that WWE officials wanted him to perform a Coup de Grace off the top of the cage, which is something he declined. He said,
“When I was in my first run in NXT in a cage match against Samoa Joe, they wanted me to jump off the top of the cage and do the foot stomp. I said no. This is Michael Hayes, like the main producer, he’s like, ‘What do you mean you don’t wanna do your finish off the top of the cage?’ And I said, ‘Well, A, I might get hurt. B, it’s my finisher and I’m losing the match so why would I do that off the cage?’ He goes, ‘Hmm, good point.’”
He continued, “In my mind, I’m thinking, hang on, this is NXT. This is the training ground to get me to WWE. I’m not gonna risk getting hurt here to then jeopardize going there. I’ve kind of kept that philosophy now, saying, ‘Hey, I’m not gonna risk getting hurt today because then I won’t be able to wrestle tomorrow.’”
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