{"id":110775,"date":"2022-02-28T22:55:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T03:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=110775"},"modified":"2022-02-28T22:55:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T03:55:51","slug":"finn-balor-united-states-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/28\/finn-balor-united-states-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Finn B\u00e1lor Wins United States Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s edition of <strong><em>Monday Night Raw<\/em><\/strong>, <strong>Damian Priest<\/strong> defended the United States Championship against <strong>Finn B\u00e1lor<\/strong>. One week ago, Priest demanded a world championship-caliber challenger, to which B\u00e1lor accepted. This led to the aforementioned title match, pitting both men against each other in their first singles encounter in almost two years; Priest and B\u00e1lor last faced off in June 2020 at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/06\/nxt-takeover-in-your-house\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>NXT TakeOver: In Your House<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, where B\u00e1lor was victorious. Their most recent match was no different, as Finn B\u00e1lor bested Damian Priest to win his first United States Championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinnBalor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FinnBalor<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AndNew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#USChampion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7lVQRxgIBE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7lVQRxgIBE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1498505888012935170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Finn B\u00e1lor Captures the United States Title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>What to Know Following Championship Victory<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Following his United States title victory, Finn B\u00e1lor was addressed by Damian Priest. The former champion accused B\u00e1lor of having the crowd carry him to title victory. Priest took umbrage with, in his mind, the crowd not showing him that same respect. &#8220;The Archer of Infamy&#8221; claimed he would regain the United States Championship. Priest proceeded to lay out B\u00e1lor with a clothesline before attacking him on the outside of the ring, putting him through the announce desk.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, Finn B\u00e1lor has captured his first United States Championship in <strong>WWE<\/strong>. Since making his debut for the company in 2014, he captured various titles and earned several achievements. In addition to being a former NXT Champion and 2x Intercontinental Champion, he holds the distinction of being <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/21\/finn-balor-wwe-universal-championship-summerslam-2016\/\" target=\"_self\">the first-ever Universal Champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;18867&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this week&#8217;s edition of Monday Night Raw, Damian Priest defended the United States Championship against Finn B\u00e1lor. One week ago, Priest demanded a world championship-caliber challenger, to which B\u00e1lor accepted. 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