#2 Finn Balor as Conor McGregor
The UFC’s biggest star by far right now, Conor McGregor is an unstoppable PPV-selling machine. Since his rise to the top of the cards in 2015, he’s broken the 1million buy-rate mark a crazy four times, unthinkable for anyone else in MMA.
The Irishman might be small, but his brash attitude, cool swagger and killer promos have made him an absolute Superstar. Everything about him screams money.
WWE has a smaller Irish star of their own in the form of Finn Balor, currently on the shelf with a shoulder injury. While he was being pushed as a major star when he debuted in 2016, surely the way to go with him would be to take a leaf out of McGregor’s book?
The ‘Demon King’ entrance that Balor uses looks cool, but right now he’s light on character work. When Conor was injured, spending a year on the shelf due to a torn ACL, he never once stepped out of the spotlight.
Instead, he talked trash to anyone and everyone, calling out numerous fighters and somehow he became a bigger star despite not fighting. WWE should start now with Balor – have him run vignettes calling out the whole roster and have him act as cocky as possible, changing his character from a relatively silent killer into a trash-talking machine.
Bring back his leather jacket and shades from his days in Japan, have him become more obsessed with money and winning than anything else, and when he gets into the ring, have him back up every single word.
While there’s no telling whether WWE using Balor like this could ensure he has the same success as McGregor, surely it’s worth trying?
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