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Finn Balor possibly ignited a rivalry with Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre by interrupting their promo this past week on Monday Night RAW. The Scottish Psychopath had been boasting himself of how he destroyed a WWE Hall of Famer in Kurt Angle while Finn Balor came out to shut him up. The reason why Balor came out was McIntyre had hit Finn with his signature move after his match with Bobby Lashley in the UK special episode of RAW.
Balor asked McIntyre for a match with him but he was instead granted a match with the ShowOff Dolph Ziggler. Finn defeated the former RAW Tag Team Champion via a roll-up to anger the duo. They have been instructed to keep their differences apart till Survivor Series since they would be a part of the same team on Sunday.
But a new chapter of this rivalry would be written on RAW as they have been given the license to tear each other apart by RAW Commissioner Stephanie McMahon. With Ziggler in McIntyre's corner, Balor would soon be looking for a partner to level the odds. Here are the 5 potential superstars who could be revealed as Balor's partner:
#5 Braun Strowman
Starting with the least likely option, Braun Strowman had earlier teamed up with Finn Balor and the duo interestingly had a tag team match with Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. The reason why I've included Strowman is that the Monster has had his own differences with Drew McIntyre earlier and can align himself with Finn Balor temporarily which could help WWE in building a future feud between Strowman and McIntyre. I know, Baron Corbin vs Braun Strowman seems to be the next feud for the Monster among Men but a temporary feud with Ziggler and McIntyre would be great for RAW as the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is going to be absent.
#4 Bray Wyatt
Bray Wyatt has been absent from WWE Programming ever since his tag team partner Matt Hardy has been away from the ring. The Eater of the Worlds was rumoured to make his much-awaited return at Crown Jewel by interfering in the WWE Universal Championship match between Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman and would reform the Wyatt Family. But as we all know, he did not return and the fans are still waiting for the former WWE Champion to make an appearance on WWE TV.
Wyatt could make a surprise return to RAW on the 26th November episode of the show. WWE could book a match between Finn Balor and Drew McIntyre on the fallout show of Survivor Series which would see the Scot going over due to Ziggler's interference. This would lead to the announcement of a tag team match on next week's RAW with Dolph and Drew teaming up against Finn and a partner of his choice. After the three superstars' entrances, the lights would go out as Bray Wyatt would make his presence felt.
#3 Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews and Finn Balor are two such talents who have been constantly overlooked by the WWE writers but of late Crews seems to be receiving a push. He parted ways with Titus O' Neil and recently defeated the former WWE Champion Jinder Mahal under 3 minutes on the UK Special episode of RAW.
WWE would not want to have Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler lose their feud against Finn Balor and so they would possibly match Finn with someone who is not so prominent on the main roster. On the other side, this feud would give Apollo some spotlight and who knows, with the tag team division of RAW in a mess, Balor and Crews could form a permanent tag team. Both the talented superstars need to be involved in some meaningful matches on WWE TV and pitting them together against McIntyre and Ziggler can do wonders for them.
#2 Elias
Elias recently turned face on RAW after attacking Acting General Manager Baron Corbin with a guitar. He has instantly become the most popular superstar on Monday Nights with his fantastic mic skills. But Elias too has the same problem as half of the WWE roster, he is directionless currently. Elias isn't a part of WWE Survivor Series 2018 and it seems like he is heading towards a meaningless feud against Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush.
However, forming an alliance with Finn Balor could form one of the most popular tag teams in the WWE currently. Balor has been the darling of the WWE Universe since day 1 while Elias's fans are just multiplying. They could have an epic feud with Ziggler and McIntyre and even if they lose the feud, it would elevate both of them to the top mid-card of RAW.
#1 Dolph Ziggler turns on McIntyre
Well, their alliance has been the best thing on Monday Night RAW but in the end, the bond between Ziggler and McIntyre was formed just to elevate Drew on the main roster. The WWE Creative has this plan and it seems like now is the perfect time to pull this thing off. They smartly sowed the seeds this past week on RAW by having McIntyre quoting, "You must first defeat Dolph Ziggler to force me to lower my standard and think about you." to Finn Balor.
The look on Dolph's face was enough to give a sign that this line did not go down well for Ziggler and we may soon see this partnership come to an end. Dolph Ziggler would finally turn a face and probably join forces with Finn Balor to destroy Drew. This would also hand WWE Creative a golden opportunity to establish McIntyre as their most vicious heel by having him go over Balor and Ziggler at the same time.
Who do you think should join Finn Balor to counter Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre? Share your opinions in the comments box below.
