Finn Balor reveals WWE’s plans for The Demon vs. The Fiend that never happened
Finn Balor revealed that WWE was considering a rivalry with his Demon moniker against Bray Wyatt’s ‘The Fiend’.
Speaking with Chris Van Vliet on the Insight Podcast, Balor disclosed that the feud for The Demon and The Fiend was in the works but eventually did not pan out in 2017.
“Yeah, I think that was certainly in the works, and something that I always think about and look back on and say, I’ve been very lucky to have had almost every match that I’ve ever wanted to have. But that’s one that I didn’t get to have, and we almost got Sister Abigail versus the Demon, and Wyndham had gotten sick a couple of days before we had to switch that match out at short notice.”
Instead, Balor faced AJ Styles at TLC that year. He commented how it was their first match in the ring and applauded the veteran’s in-ring ethics.
“Yeah, and I think that was like our first match ever. AJ is someone who I’ve looked up to my whole career, someone who I’ve admired. You can kind of look up to people, but not really relate to them, like, you know, I’ve always looked up to John Cena as the pinnacle of being like a WWE superstar, but I don’t really relate to him, in the sense of our journeys have been slightly different, the way we work is different. But AJ, I feel like we’re very, very similar. I was just like a couple years behind them, so someone who I’ve always like admired and aspired to be like. So getting to go in the ring with AJ that night was absolutely amazing.”
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