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#4 When Finn Balor plans to retire

Finn Balor has won the NXT Championship, Universal Championship and Intercontinental Championship (x2) during his five years in NXT/WWE.

He recently ended his three-year association on RAW (July 2016-April 2019) and SmackDown (April 2019-October 2019) to return to NXT, where he previously established himself as one of the brand’s greatest-ever Superstars between October 2014 and July 2016.

Speaking on this week’s episode of After The Bell, Balor told Corey Graves that he learned more on his time on RAW and SmackDown than at any time of his wrestling career, and he revealed that he intends on remaining an in-ring competitor for around eight more years.

“Looking back now, I learned more than anything in those three years on RAW and SmackDown, so I wouldn’t necessarily change anything, but I’ve learned a lot from it and I can take that forward. I’ve still got another, I believe, eight years left in me, so not a lot of people have been fortunate enough to have done what I’ve done so fast.”

Balor is currently involved in a rivalry with Johnny Gargano on NXT. However, the former #DIY member will miss NXT TakeOver: WarGames due to a neck injury, so Matt Riddle will take on the Irishman in Chicago instead.