10 unexpected WWE burials

#2 Finn Balor

Finn Balor burst onto the main roster in style by winning the Universal Championship within one month. However, the following night on RAW, Balor announced that he injured his shoulder during his championship match, and he relinquished the title.

Balor returned a few months later, and like other returnees he quickly found himself stuck in the mid-card. They haven’t given him the main event push since his return. My guess is because they don’t see Balor as a worthy challenger to Brock Lesnar’s title.

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He has been part of some pretty ordinary feuds with Elias Samson and Bray Wyatt. But recently Balor has been on a cold streak losing to Kane. The shocking thing about this loss was that Kane did it so effortlessly. What was even more shocking was the fact that this loss came just 24 hours after Balor scored a win over AJ Styles at TLC.

There are rumours that Vince McMahon has lost faith in ‘The Demon King’ and has even shelved his Royal Rumble match with Brock Lesnar.

It will be a long climb back to the top of the WWE mountain for Balor with a lot of superstars standing in his way. Expect Finn to fight back to get to the top once again.

Maybe we will have another Yes Movement…..

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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