Finn Balor Sees a Chance To Right a Wrong At WWE Elimination Chamber, Talks Bringing Back Theme Song

Finn Balor has a shot at the World Heavyweight Title at WWE Elimination Chamber, and he sees it as a chance to right the wrong of giving up his title in 2016. Balor will battle CM Punk for the latter’s championship at Saturday’s PLE, giving him a chance to win his first main event title in WWE since he was forced to give up the WWE Universal Championship in August of 2016 due to a shoulder injury.

Balor spoke with Radio Times for a new interview promoting tomorrow’s show. During the conversation he spoke about his match with Punk, their recent match on Raw in Belfast, and bringing back his old “Catch Your Breath” theme for the latter match. He also weighed in on potentially bringing back The Demon down the line. You can see highlights below:

On His Match With Punk Allowing Him to Right the Wrong of Giving Up the Title:

“I feel like it’s time to to rewrite the narrative. For 10 years, people have been saying, ‘What if? What if he didn’t get hurt? What if he remained champion? What if he didn’t have to relinquish the title? And I feel like, no matter what I’ve done over the last 10 years – be it win multiple Intercontinental Championships, go back to NXT to win the Championship, a United States Championship, multiple Tag Team Championships – no matter how hard I try to remove this little stain from my career, it’s like… what if I can’t do it?

“But I feel like this is the moment where I can finally right that wrong, rewrite my narrative and change everyone else’s perspective of my career, because people seem to perceive it as a failure, that I never recovered from that injury, where in fact I look at it as a success story, where I was this kid from a small town in Ireland with no wrestling industry, no wrestling schools, barely any wrestling on the TV, with a goal of having one match – and 16 years later, on my first night on Raw, I beat Roman Reigns. On my first Pay-per-view, I pinned Seth Rollins. So for me, that’s a success story, not this great tragedy that everyone wants to talk about.”

On Facing Punk in Belfast:

“To share the ring with someone who I’d never wrestled before, whose body of work I’ve admired over their whole career, that was one part. The other part was [taking part in] a world title match in my home country, with 18 of my family members watching. So that was a real special night.”

On Bringing Back His ‘Catch Your Breath’ Theme:

“I personally love the alternative to Catch Your Breath – but there’s just something about that song that is just so catchy, and people can interact with it so well. It’s got such energy. I feel like it was the right time [to bring it back]… Embarrassingly enough, the reaction of the crowd was so loud that I actually couldn’t hear the music cue and I missed the first light pop. [laughs] I was like, ‘It feels like it should be now, but I can’t hear it…’ and then it was too late! But I think that kind of added to the magic.”

On Potentially Bringing Back The Demon:

“I think it can be used effectively, but only occasionally, and it’s something that requires a lot more from me than just showing up for a match, being prepared… It’s really more than just paint, it’s a mental state. It really is an alter ego for me, and it’s something that I need to tap into.

“It’s something that I like to do, something that I certainly want to do again. But like with the music, timing is everything, and the timing has to be right. I’m sure we’ll get there in the future, but right now, my focus is on the World Heavyweight Championship and CM Punk, and that feels like this is something Finn has to do.”

On Tensions In The Judgment Day:

“Hopefully I can erase this stain from my career, bring gold back to the clubhouse and get the Judgement Day back on top. You know, obviously it’s been a rough couple of months. We’ve kind of been at each other’s throats, tensions are high, but this is business, right? This is WWE – and we’re all professionals, we’re all striving to be the best. People are gonna clash, but I love Dominik, I love JD [McDonagh], I love the girls. We’re a unit. We’re a family. And hopefully I can get this one over the line in Chicago… then smooth-sailing into WrestleMania.”