Finn Balor Talks Infamous Universal Title Match Against Seth Rollins

The infamous Universal title match against Seth Rollins saw Balor suffer a shoulder injury that kept him out of action for nearly a year.

At SummerSlam, Bálor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural Universal Champion and win his first world title. WWE later reported that he sustained a shoulder injury during the match and an MRI revealed a labrum tear that would require surgery, which was successful.



Due to his injury Bálor has to relinquish his newly won WWE Universal Championship. Speaking with Ryan Satin of FOX Sports, Finn Balor stated that The injury gave the title reign so much more mystique.

"A lot of people talk about the injury, like, ‘What if you hadn’t got hurt?' and ‘What would’ve happened?’ I really look at it the opposite way and say that I got to debut on Raw, beat Roman Reigns, three weeks later be in the main event of SummerSlam, beat Seth Rollins and be the first Universal Champion. For a kid starting out at 18 years old in Ireland trying to be a wrestler, to achieve that was such a monumental task that nothing can spoil that for me."

"In reality, you get the title, you defend it a couple of times, you’re on bided time, and you’re gonna have to do the favor eventually," he added in reference to every wrestler losing their title at some point."

"The injury gave the title reign so much more mystique because I never had to defend it or lose it. I had to relinquish it. It’s a very poetic way to look at it, but I feel like I had the climb, I had the glory, then I gave it away gracefully and didn’t have to lose any integrity really because of that. It’s maybe a different way of looking at it, but I always try and look at the positives."

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