Opinion: Finn Balor Should Return To New Japan

The first leader of the Bullet Club Prince Devitt, or currently known as Finn Balor, left NJPW on 2014 to jump ship to WWE and start his journey in the biggest wrestling promotion in the world. His period in NXT was a big success for both NXT who people starting watching because of Balor and his great matches with Samoa Joe, Kevin Owens and Shinsuke Nakamura.

When we all saw the character of Finn Balor in NXT we thought the sky would be the limit to the ‘’Real Rock-N-Rolla’’ once he debuted on the main roster. At first it looked like Vince McMahon had big plans for Balor but a injured caused by Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2016 made Balor be out of action for the rest of 2016 and after that Vince McMahon lost interest in Balor and made him a mid-carder since his return to action. During his return he was even buried by a old and returning Kane, making things even harder for Balor that they were already for him.

His career in the main roster it looks like it will be at best a run with the Intercontinental championship. Another big problem is that Finn just like Bobby Roode and other wrestlers he is a smiling boring babyface and people are starting to lose interest in someone who years ago was once one of the best heels in the business as leader of Bullet Club. Since his arrival to the main roster Finn Balor has yet to be booked in a good feud as much as the roster in WWE do too.

If Finn Balor choose to return to NJPW this could be good to his career, he could go to a main event position but most important he could have a run with the IWGP Heavyweight championship, a belt that he never was able to win while he was part of the roster of NJPW. Also, he could be part of the Bullet Club Civil War storyline and join the firing squad. Also a match between both Kenny Omega and Balor as both past and present of Bullet Club would seem a really good match for sure. In terms of money Balor could potential do even more money that he is doing because of his time in WWE and specially with any merch he would bring to the table and fans with no doubt would buy his merchandise.

At the end it all depends on Balor. Does he want to return to NJPW?  Most likely he won’t and will stay with WWE, and he will be waiting for WWE to give him another chance. But until that day happens his main roster run will be boring and people will lose interest in him and will stay in that big and underwhelming WWE mid-card unless of course WWE turns him heel. A heel turn looks like a long shot because of his current involvement in favor of the LGBTQ community, making any plans for him to be heel almost impossible to see in a near future.