Finn Balor Wanted To Do His Current Character In NXT, Praises Judgment Day Stablemates

Finn Balor is enjoying his current heel run as a part of The Judgment Day, and discussed working with his stablemates in a new interview. Balor was a guest on What Went Down with BTSport’s Rob Armstrong and talked about how the character he’s doing now is one he wanted to do in his NXT return. You can check out a couple of highlights below, per Fightful:

On his current character arc: “I feel like this was the version of Finn that I wanted to do in NXT, and we couldn’t do it because the crowd had been too attached to me from the previous run, and then the crowd got completely taken out, so there was no chance to even be a heel, to get a heel reaction. So this is kind of what I went back to NXT to do, and three years later, I get to do it properly.”

On working with his Judgment Day stablemates: “It’s been great. Priest is someone who I wasn’t very familiar with, and then we wrestled in NXT, and kind of friends that were forged in war. Rhea’s obviously got this element of cool that’s undefinable. Recently, Dominik has just come into his own. I don’t even know how to explain it, but it’s almost like he’s transcending what his father has done already with the reactions that he’s getting already. But so many helped me in my career that I feel like it’s only fair to pay that forward to these guys.”

Finn Balor is one of the top pro-wrestling stars in WWE, regularly performing on RAW and Smackdown, a former NXT Champion during his run with NXT in Orlando, Florida as well as formerly holding the WWE United States Championship, WWE Universal Championship, WWE Intercontinental Championship, and being involved in programs with the likes of Damian Priest, Johnny Gargano, Adam Cole, Seth Rollins, and more. He has competed as a wrestler in matches involving Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Bray Wyatt, Rhea Ripley, Kyle O’Reilly, Hideo Itami, Ascension, Samoa Joe, Matt Riddle, Cameron Grimes, Timothy Thatcher, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura, and more. He has also spent time in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship with Minoru as well as Ryusuke Taguchi, and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. He also won the Best of Super Juniors twice and worked with Bullet Club while with NJPW, being involved with the likes of Karl Anderson, Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga, and more. He has worked events such as WWE RAW, Elimination Chamber, WrestleMania, Summerslam, Royal Rumble, and more after making his debut on the WWE main roster as well as NXT Takeover events where he has competed for the NXT Championship. He also has spent time in NWA UK Hammerlock in the United Kingdom, competed in notable matches including a ladder match, worked with Shawn Michaels while at NXT chasing the NXT Title. From his first match to the WWE Draft and many memorable feuds, persevering through injuries like a broken jaw, Balor has established himself as one of the best wrestlers.