{"id":73379,"date":"2020-07-28T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=73379"},"modified":"2020-07-28T13:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T17:29:05","slug":"finn-balor-demon-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/07\/28\/finn-balor-demon-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Finn Balor Needs To Bring Out The Demon King Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

When\u00a0<\/span>Finn Balor<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0debuted for\u00a0<\/span>NXT\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>in 2014, he would fair extremely well in the black and gold developmental brand. The former\u00a0<\/span>Bullet Club<\/span><\/strong> leader went on to become the now second-longest reigning NXT Champion of all time. He also was the inaugural winner of the <\/span>Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic<\/span><\/strong> with partner turned rival,\u00a0<\/span>Samoa Joe<\/span><\/strong>. It was during Balor\u2019s tenure in NXT that he turned his occasional body paint cosplay from his time in\u00a0<\/span>New Japan Pro Wrestling <\/span><\/strong>into an alter-ego dark character known as\u00a0<\/span>The Demon King.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The Venom inspired look would make its debut at\u00a0<\/span>NXT Takeover R Evolution<\/em>where it completely entrenched the Full Sail faithful. Balor would use the character sparingly, only opting to inhabit the character when the time was right, to avoid overexposure. He became NXT\u2019s top star and would be booked strongly with and without the war paint before floundering on the main roster. Ever since his turbulent run on <\/span>Raw, Balor hasn\u2019t been the star he should\u2019ve become. It\u2019s clear that\u00a0<\/span>World Wrestling Entertainment only ever got behind Balor when he dawned the body paint. And while he is finding success again on NXT; if he wants to be treated as more than a good hand in WWE, he needs to be the Demon King indefinitely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ever since he introduced the alter-ego, Finn\u2019s most successful moments in WWE have been as the Demon. When he beat\u00a0<\/span>Kevin Owens<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0for the NXT Championship at\u00a0<\/span>Beast in the East<\/strong><\/em>, he did so as the Demon. When he defeated\u00a0<\/span>Seth Rollins<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>SummerSlam<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and became the first-ever\u00a0<\/span>Universal Champion, in just one month on the main roster, he did so as the Demon. When Finn Balor finally ended his godawful feud with\u00a0<\/span>Bobby Lashley\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and won the\u00a0<\/span>Intercontinental Championship\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span>WrestleMania 35<\/strong><\/em> he did so as, not surprisingly, the Demon! Finn Balor’s Demon persona was protected heavily in WWE; having only lost one match to Samoa Joe at NXT Takeover: The End<\/strong><\/em>. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, when Finn Balor was the “Extraordinary man who does extraordinary things” he lost when it counted most. He lost the Intercontinental title to Shinsuke Nakamaura<\/strong> at Extreme<\/strong> Rules<\/strong><\/em>, he lost to the Fiend Bray Wyatt<\/strong> at Summerslam last year, and to Roman Reigns<\/strong> multiple times on Raw<\/span>. WWE orchestrated Finn\u2019s feuds so that, when the time came, he could get his wins back as the Demon. Unfortunately, the character was used so inconveniently and sporadically during his time on Raw it appeared as though Balor couldn\u2019t win anything meaningful unless he was the Demon. In 2017 Demon Finn won a highly competitive and entertaining match at Tables, Ladders, and Chairs<\/strong> against AJ Styles in a battle between Bullet Club leaders that was labeled a dream match. A mere 24 hours later on Raw Finn would lose to Kane\u00a0<\/strong>in only seven minutes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n