Finn Balor finished up his second run with NXT in May when he lost the NXT Championship to Karrion Kross.
Apparently after this moment, it became an idea that Balor would head to NXT UK before returning to the main roster. Speaking to Ryan Satin on Out of Character, Balor gave insight into his main roster return and why he didn’t end up going to NXT UK.
“I wasn’t super excited about the idea of returning to the main roster. I felt there was potential for me to perform in NXT UK and work with those guys and that was something I was super interested in. I pitched the idea to Hunter at the time and they were interested in it, but they were going to have to renegotiate my contract and all because of budget restrictions and it was just going to prove too difficult and maybe wasn’t a smart move career-wise at this age. I’ve become very aware of that and there might be a clock starting to tick right now. I’m more aware of that now than I was five years ago. I thought, ‘Well, I need to get on a good run on the main roster.’ They came up with the idea of coming back and working a program with Roman and you can’t turn that down. It was a no-brainer. We started off hot, kind of dipped down a little bit, and I feel it’s starting to warm up a little bit again. I’m excited,”
Finn Balor to Out Of Character
Balor of course would go back to the main roster first, challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. Now, he is in the Judgement Day alongside Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest.
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