How Would You Debut Finn Balor On Main Roster?

[Twanfusco]

Looking for ideas on how you'd like to see Finn Balor make his debut on the main roster. Obviously an impactful debut for a new/NXT superstar can really ignite the beginning of their run on Raw so this is how i personally would love to see it done for the Demon.

Royal Rumble.

I hate when they give away peoples numbers prior to the event (Chyna won the right to be the number 30 entrant and that was cool and the exception). So I'd have Bray Wyatt come out number 1, with the Wyatt Family surrounding the ring.. and the Demon Finn Balor as the surprise number 2.

They face off and he fights off all the wyatts the best he can until a face number 3 comes out and evens the odds. This could then lead into a Balor/Wyatt rivalry heading to Wrestlemania and putting Balor near the top of the card straight away. Of course i'd prefer that the Wyatts are looking strong going into the Rumble so they would have to succeed at Survivor Series too.

The marketing and promos behind this rivalry sells itself and with Finn coming out as number 2 in the Rumble we'd get to see his full entrance.

 

[Jeff Deliverer of Mail]

I'd bring him up immediately. Announce that Fin Balor is included in the Survivor Series tournament for the WWE Heavyweight Championship. That would amplify the event even more than this injury to Rollins has. It would also make everyone wonder if he could be the one to win it.

 

[ShinChan]

I would have him debut at Royal Rumble after losing the nXt Championship to Samoa Joe...... I totally like the idea of bringing him at #2 along with Bray Wyatt.....
Although i like him a lot; He is my favorite one at nXt yet i would want him to change his finisher from Coup De Grace to something demonish!

 

[MC_Live]

Night after Mania. He comes out and wins a match. Later in the night Kevin Owens is beating someone down, and Bálor makes the save, starting a feud between the two ending with a Finn Bálor IC Title run.

 

[@smarkmouth]

The Royal Rumble is a good debut for anyone from NXT, so I'll agree there. I wouldn't bring him in as the Demon just yet, though. If this is the first impression of Finn Balor to the masses, they're going to expect the Demon every Monday night.

I would have him enter the Rumble, and after a decent showing, get eliminated by Kane. Let them build up a feud going into WrestleMania. I've always felt Kane deserved one of those wicked cool WrestleMania entrances (burning Money in the Bank ladders aside). I'd have him come out to some serious pomp and circumstance, and then have Finn Balor's "Demon" entrance absolutely blow it out the water.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

Prior to the Rollins Injury, I'd have had him be Taker and Kane's mystery partner at Survivor Series... Wyatt had "eaten their souls" so they went and found a new "Demon" to take their mantle... with it being 25 years since Taker debuted it would have been a very cool torch passing. Ho hum...

I'd actually bring him into the title tourney at Survivor Series, as NXT champ, they can easily sell that he gets a "wildcard" entry to the tournament.

 

[KromyD]

I'd bring him up immediately. Announce that Fin Balor is included in the Survivor Series tournament for the WWE Heavyweight Championship. That would amplify the event even more than this injury to Rollins has. It would also make everyone wonder if he could be the one to win it.

I like this idea, but with how fast KO has come up it won't surprise me if he wins a big match at Mania, maybe a Daniel Bryan or Sami Zayn feud.

 

[KromyD]

The Royal Rumble is a good debut for anyone from NXT, so I'll agree there. I wouldn't bring him in as the Demon just yet, though. If this is the first impression of Finn Balor to the masses, they're going to expect the Demon every Monday night.

I would have him enter the Rumble, and after a decent showing, get eliminated by Kane. Let them build up a feud going into WrestleMania. I've always felt Kane deserved one of those wicked cool WrestleMania entrances (burning Money in the Bank ladders aside). I'd have him come out to some serious pomp and circumstance, and then have Finn Balor's "Demon" entrance absolutely blow it out the water.

Reading that gave me chills, especially sine the 'demon' debut and what way to bring it out than at Maina after a big Kane entrance.

 

[Alex]

Honestly have him debut at a PPV as a mystery opponent. That way his entrance can have all the bells and whistles of his NXT debut with the paint and everything. That way he'd make an impact people would remember the crazy painted demon guy who could do all the crazy shit in the ring.

 

[Sexcellence of Sexecution]

Finn Balor is a character that can actually have some mystique around him, so I think just having him debut in the Rumble would be a bit of a mistake. We live in th midcard era, and if he isn't handled properly, Finn Balor could become just another solid worker in the bloated WWE midcard. I would probably wait until after WrestleMania to bring him in, just because they need to chill out on calling people up from NXT so frequently. I do agree though, that Bray Wyatt is the right guy to bring him in against.

I would have Balor in the role of Sting, with the Wyatt Family being the NWO. Every single Bray Wyatt feud so far has been the exact same. Bray plays mind games with his opponent, the Wyatt Family beats them down. It's time to flip the sript around and have somebody playing mind games with Bray. Do an angle where Bray is being stalked form the shadows by a mysterious figure. During his matches the lights go out, and you'd see this figure up on the tron, kind of like how Sting was in the rafters stalking the NWO. Eventually, after several weeks of this, the lights go out and Balor makes his entrance as the "demon", and for the first time Bray Wyatt is actually afraid. Don't have Balor speak at all, because you want to maintian that level of mystique. Bringing him in this way would not only give something different for Bray Wyatt to do, which he desperately fucking needs, but would make Finn Balor seem unique and seem like a big deal, which is ultimately what you want him to be. The "demon" aspect of Finn Balor is extremely marketable, they need to play it up big time and make him a truly larger than life character. Fuck the generic midcarder bullshit. Balor is above that.

 

[MERPER]

With the state of the current roster... the lack of superstars due to injury and talent on the roster, just do it.

I'd assume Wyatt's vs Undertaker/Kane is still going to be 4 on 4 at Survivor Series and not 4 on 2... so debut him there as a surprise entrant to team Taker/Kane... can do 1 surprise guy on RAW and then him... he's got that creepy/crazy thing going on...