During Monday night's episode of RAW, it became clear that there are no longer plans to do anything serious with Finn Balor. An ill-timed injury saw him stripped of the Universal Championship, and when he returned, it was as part of the midcard. A successful run in NXT reformed Balor, but his return to the main roster hasn't been overly successful.
Austin Theory, who earlier in the show had been threatened with a beating from Vince McMahon, scored a clean victory over Balor in just six minutes. The WWE Chairman reportedly sees Theory as a top star, so he's now pushing him at the cost of others.
"Finn was moved into the spot that Jeff Hardy had. He’s just there now to help get over the younger guys," a source tells WrestlingNews.co. "There was a pitch to make him heel but that was weeks ago and I haven’t heard much about it since then. Vince never saw Finn as more than just a mid card guy. Heyman would have pushed him to the moon but Vince just never saw it."
Apparently, there are plans for Theory to receive a big push in the Royal Rumble match, possibly making it to the final four. As for Balor, we can only hope his contract is up soon so he can leave WWE.
Check out how Balor lost on RAW in the Tweet below:
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