Judgment Day turn against Finn Balor on WWE Raw
Finn Balor is out of the Judgment Day.
The issues between Balor and Dominik Mysterio exploded on Raw when the two traded blows following the events of last week that saw Mysterio lose the Intercontinental title after Balor refused to help. The rest of the group quickly took a side, joining Mysterio in the attack.
As Mysterio was complaining about losing the title last week, Balor came to the ring with JD McDonagh. Balor agreed that if it wasn’t for him, Mysterio would still be champion and he apologized. But he said he was just trying to teach Mysterio a lesson. He has been trying to to guide the now former Intercontinental Champion for the last two years, only to eventually realize that perhaps Mysterio’s father was right: maybe Dominik was a “spoiled little pr*ck.”
That insult led to Mysterio slapping Balor, who replied with a pele kick. Balor was about to go on the attack when McDonagh pulled him away. Mysterio charged in but Balor leveled him with a slingblade and went for a running dropkick. But as he ran, McDonagh came in and clotheslined Balor, turning against his longtime mentor. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez then joined in as they helped Mysterio lay out Balor with not one but two frog splashes, the second with a steel chair covering Balor.
Balor had been teasing a face turn for weeks, dating back to when he wrestled CM Punk on an episode of Raw in Dublin, Ireland. He got a rematch at Elimination Chamber, but came up short once again.
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