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In the main event, Samoa Joe defended the NXT Championship against "The Demon" Finn Bálor in a Steel Cage match. During the match, Bálor executed a super Sling Blade for a near-fall. Joe executed a muscle buster on Bálor for a near-fall. Balor executed a "Coup de Grâce" on Joe for a near-fall.
[151] [152] On 24 September, his new ring name was revealed to be Finn Bálor, [153] derived from Irish mythological figures Fionn mac Cumhaill and Balor (the latter is also Gaelic for "Demon King"). [2] [154] [155] Bálor made his NXT debut on 6 November, aiding Hideo Itami against The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor). [156]
In the main event, Roman Reigns defended SmackDown's Universal Championship against "The Demon" Finn Bálor in an Extreme Rules match. During the match, Bálor attacked Reigns with a bundle of kendo sticks taped together. Bálor pulled out a table, but Reigns performed the Running Driveby Dropkick to put Bálor head first into the ring post.
In the penultimate match, Edge battled "The Demon" Finn Bálor in a Hell in a Cell match. At the start of the match, Edge attacked Bálor with chairs, however, Bálor responded by attacking Edge with a kendo stick. Edge trapped Bálor in the corner of the cell with a kendo stick and performed a dropkick on Bálor.
In the main event, Finn Bálor defended the NXT Championship against Samoa Joe. During the match, both men performed dives out of the ring on their opponent, with Joe using an elbow suicida and Bálor a running flip over the top rope. Bálor managed to escape Joe's attempts at executing a muscle buster, and also rolled out of Joe's "Coquina ...
The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Rhea Ripley) mixed tag team match, but some were critical of the ending of the Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley match. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated all but one match four stars or higher, with the highest rating going to the main event (4.75 stars), and the lowest to the Lesnar-Lashley ...
The name Balor may come from Common Celtic *Boleros, meaning "the flashing one". [2]In the early literature he is also referred to as Balor Béimnech (Balor the smiter), [2] Balor Balcbéimnech (Balor the strong smiter), [3] Balor Birugderc (Balor of the piercing-eye), [4] Balor mac Doit meic Néid (Balor, son of Dot son of Nét) [5] or Balor ua Néit (Balor, grandson of Nét).
The inaugural WWE Universal Champion Finn Bálor. In mid-2016, the professional wrestling promotion WWE reintroduced the brand extension in which the promotion split its main roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands, where wrestlers would exclusively perform on each brands' respective weekly television program (the original brand split ended in August 2011).