Five Booking Decsions We Must See For Finn Balor on Smackdown LIVE

One of my personal favourite decisions made during the most recent WWE Superstar Shakeup was Finn Balor’s move from Monday night RAW to Smackdown LIVE, a transition I personally have wanted to see for a very long time! A couple of weeks in and its clear Balor most certainly has a place on the blue brand with plenty of creative options awaiting him; in today’s blog post we are going to be exploring some of those potential booking decisions looking at storyline’s, rivalries and matches the current IC champion must take part in to ensure a career turn around takes place.

IC Championship Open Challenge

The WWE Smackdown LIVE roster is very much stacked! A mixture of NXT graduates, veterans and young up and comers make for one epic roster consisting of many dream matchups and current IC Champion, Finn Balor is a man fans want to see booked in several of those must-see matches. Now, one of the most important steps in turning things around for Balor is allowing him to show the WWE Universe what he is capable of doing in the ring and giving him the chance to show why he really is one of the best in the company today. Regular open challenge contests will set up some of those dream collisions and if the WWE ensure he defends his title against the likes of Mustafa, Andrade, and Buddy Murphy, for example, it will mean we as fans will have the pleasure of seeing some fantastic matches while Balor has the opportunity to really prove himself, gain momentum and take part in standout matches.

The Viper vs The Demon

In all honesty, I do believe the WWE has a problem with booking Randy Orton. In recent years its become clear that his storyline’s and rivalries have been very repetitive and lacked diversity and that may be a slight issue with booking him to collide with Finn Balor however, the Demon vs the Viper is an angle I would honestly love to see and one that will benefit Balor massively! We’ve seen Orton focus in on angles looking at his problem with former indie stars as well as his diving deeper into his darker and more barbaric side, if we mix those two together again this time with Orton setting his sights on the Intercontinental championship, we could really get some great content. Now, I understand there maybe too many similarities between this rivalry and Orton’s recent work with AJ Styles but this is a very easy and effective way for Balor to gain momentum and pick up a huge win over a major talent on the blue brand.

Balor Club

For literally years now I have wanted to see the WWE go ahead completely with creating Balor club on the main roster and with the former NXT champion now apart of Smackdown LIVE the same time as Anderson and Gallows the WWE has one last chance to make this ideal situation a reality. We know for a fact these three superstars have fantastic chemistry thanks to their history and we also know this is an angle fan massively want to see booked! The blue brand and the WWE as a whole is in desperate need of a faction and the Balor Club could really kickstart something huge on the roster. Their alliance means there are multiple potential storylines awaiting Balor and the Club and it finally gives Anderson and Gallows to make the impact they should have done years ago and finally head in the direction fans expected them to do so from the moment they arrived in the WWE.

Turning Heel

Since the moment he arrived in the WWE Finn Balor has been working as a very likeable babyface and during that time he has worked some great rivalries and matches, however, his character work is most certainly becoming a touch stale and repetitive and moving forward I strongly believe the WWE should consider making some changes and exploring a heel Finn Balor. Anyone aware of Balor’s work on the indie scene will most certainly be aware of the fact Balor makes for one brilliant heel and if booked correctly the company could massively turn things around by turning Finn heel and effectively making him one of if not the biggest star on the blue brand. Pairing him with Anderson and Gallows as we just touched on is yet another opening to this exact angle and allows him to easily make the transition. The open challenges we mentioned at the start of this post also gives Balor the bragging rights he will need and the typical “I’ve defeated everyone on the roster” line.

Becoming WWE Champion

Whether it’s be as a heel or a babyface its important we see Finn Balor become WWE Champion during his time on Smackdown LIVE. With Kofi Kingston the current champion it’s clear that Balor becoming the WWE champion at some point may not be as an easy of a task, however, if the WWE were to go down the road of turning him heel it really does open many doors and allows some brilliant work to take place. Seeing Balor Club vs the New Day, Balor and co attempt to change the new image Kofi Kingston, his reign as champion and the New Day have given Smackdown LIVE and eventually Balor dethroning Kingston all makes for very entertaining viewing and something I know I most certainly could get behind! Balor never had the chance to work a reign as Universal Champion due to his injury and his absence really did affect his WWE career, moving to Smackdown LIVE has given Balor a second chance to become a main event star and have that dominant run as WWE champion we all know he can have.

Throughout his main roster WWE career, Finn Balor has been through many ups and downs and the company have most certainly made their mistakes, however, Balor’s popularity, star quality and skill means he is a talent the company should be looking to push massively following the superstar shake-up. The blue brand sets up multiple storylines and angles for Balor and this truly is a second chance for the WWE to finally create a top main event talent out of this former NXT Champion.

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