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WWE News: Finn Balor Set For A Move To SmackDown Live?

Published

6 years ago

January 8, 2018

On last week’s WWE RAW, Finn Balor finally teamed up with the good brothers known as Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. This was not just a one-time thing, however. They are now a team, or faction of sorts, in WWE full-time. This is a pretty big deal, as they were part of the Bullet Club in NJPW before the three eventually ended up in WWE together.

The original BC was quite successful, and helped to keep Balor, known then as Prince Devitt, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion for a long time on each reign he had. Clearly he was the star of the group, so when he had an opening to leave New Japan for the WWE, he took it. While Japan treated him as just a junior, it seems Triple H and the rest of the management team had plans to do far more with the guy. They saw him as a legit contender for other major titles.

At the time, no cruiserweight division existed there. So when Balor became the WWE NXT World Champion, and held the title longer than anyone, he was clearly a favorite among fans. He brought NXT to the level it is today during his reign, and upon reaching the main roster, he became the inaugural WWE Universal Champion at WWE SummerSlam. The problem? He was hurt in the very match he won the title.

Could A Change In Scenery Allow For Finn Balor To Succeed Again In WWE?

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It is assumed that Finn Balor has been held back since coming back from his injury due to the fact that he was hurt to begin with. The company does not favor someone who gets hurt a lot, but this was Balor’s first injury and it happened in a freak incident. It is not like he’s fragile. The man DID work in Japan after all. You cannot be fragile and do much there, clearly.

WWE has seen so many get hurt the past few years that they want to take it slow. The problem in doing this is that Balor is held back from what he could be. With the Balor Club now seemingly formed, he could do well as a top star for WWE RAW. However, that may not be in the cards. According to various sources, management within the company are thinking about moving Finn Balor to WWE SmackDown Live this year.

There have been a couple ways to make this work. One is that he could win the Royal Rumble and decide to challenge AJ Styles for the WWE Championship rather than Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title at WrestleMania 34. The other plan has been to wait until the Superstar Shake-Up after WrestleMania to move him. There are also plans to turn him heel, and a move to SmackDown as the top heel could be very useful to a brand that needs one, badly.

If he ends up there, he could easily be a challenge for the WWE Title. Especially with his brothers backing him up yet again. There’s a lot that can happen with Finn Balor this year, but many feel that he’s likely to get the push back that he earned before. At the end of the day, this is a big deal for the Irishman.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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