Finn Balor has looked back on pitching an entrance for WrestleMania that sent a powerful message.
WrestleMania 34 saw Balor make his debut on The Grandest Stage as he and Seth Rollins both challenged The Miz for the Intercontinental Championship. Looking to mark the occasion, many would have expected The Demon to make an appearance once more. Instead, Balor was joined onstage by members of the New Orleans LGBTQ+ community and sent a message that Balor Club is for everyone.
Speaking with TNT Sports about how the entrance came together, the first-ever Universal Champion looked back on his thought process and how he pitched it to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon:
“I remember in the build-up to ‘Mania, I’d been asked it a lot. ‘Are you gonna do ‘The Demon’? Are we gonna do ‘The Demon’? How are we gonna do this?’ I remember having this idea to do this, and a lot of people were kind of, ‘Oh, you gotta definitely do The Demon, it’s WrestleMania. It’s your first WrestleMania. You gotta do that entrance.’ I remember thinking, ‘I think I got something that’s cooler, that’s more important, to use the platform as a voice for change.’
It was about three weeks before ‘Mania, and I brought it to Hunter [Triple H] and Stephanie [McMahon], and they jumped on it straight away and said, ‘100%, you can do that.’ They helped me get in touch with the LGBT+ community in New Orleans, and they were actually members of the community from there. They weren’t extras or anything like that. It was legit having them up on stage. For me, that was a more important moment than any Demon entrance could have ever been.”
Finn Balor “Not Going Anywhere”
With major contracts expiring in all the top promotions around the world in 2024, companies are more active than ever to secure the future of their own talent while also keeping an eye on the free agent market. With Finn Balor being one of many names nearing the end of their WWE deal this year, the Raw star recently provided an update.
H/t to Fightful.