Finn Balor Says He Doesn’t Want to Get Called Up to Main Roster

The goal of any NXT Superstar or Diva should be to improve their craft, garner a following, and inevitably work their way up to the main roster to appear on weekly television.

Current NXT Champion Finn Balor may be the exception to the trend, if only because his passion for the brand goes a lot deeper than some may realize.

During a recent appearance on the “PodNasty Wrestling Podcast,” Balor revealed that he isn’t in a hurry to join WWE’s main roster:

“What we’re doing at NXT right now is groundbreaking. It’s revolutionary. For me, it’s like a Renaissance period in wrestling, and I want to be involved in NXT, I don’t want to go to the quote-unquote main roster, I don’t want to get called up, so to speak, because I believe that we at NXT are building something together that is going to be looked back on in 10 years the same way that we looked back on the ECW period as being revolutionary at that time, and this is something that I want to be involved in.”

Balor also mentioned how the recent Paul Heyman Instagram photo he posted on his account wasn’t designed to tease a future partnership between the two.

To listen to the podcast in its entirety, click here.

At “NXT Takeover: Brooklyn” on Aug. 22 at the Barclays Center, Balor will put his NXT Championship on the line in a Ladder match against Kevin Owens.

Editor’s Note

Obviously Balor will wind up on “Monday Night Raw” one day. No rush, though. Use him as the focal point of NXT and continue building the show.

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