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Who will be crowned the very 1st WWE Universal Champion?

  • Finn Bálor

    Votes: 41 40.6%
  • Seth Rollins

    Votes: 60 59.4%

Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship

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Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins for The WWE Universal Championship

The new face of Raw will be decided Sunday, Aug. 21, at SummerSlam, when Finn Bálor and Seth Rollins compete to become the inaugural WWE Universal Champion.

The historic matchup — Bálor’s debut on WWE pay-per-view — was made official on July 25, the same night that Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon revealed plans to introduce the Universal Title. According to Raw management, the newly sanctioned championship will eventually outstrip SmackDown Live’s WWE Championship in importance.

Rollins, who was selected No. 1 overall in the WWE Brand Extension Draft, was entered into contention by Stephanie. The announcement came less than 24 hours after The Architect failed to win the WWE Championship from Dean Ambrose at WWE Battleground, though it was Roman Reigns — the other participant in the championship Triple Threat Match — that lost the deciding fall, not Rollins.

Former NXT Champion Bálor, meanwhile, fought his way into contention by beating four of Raw’s best in one evening. Making his debut on WWE’s flagship show, the enigmatic Irishman triumphed in a Fatal 4-Way against Kevin Owens, Cesaro and U.S. Champion Rusev, then defeated Roman Reigns hours later to officially secure a position in the WWE Universal Title Match.

Will Rollins — the first NXT Champion in history, not to mention the Superstar whose first WWE World Heavyweight Title reign was ended by an injury, not a defeat — reassert himself as the backbone of Raw? Or will it be The Demon — the longest-reigning NXT Champion in history, whose arrival in WWE was long-awaited and, some argue, long overdue — who makes history in Brooklyn?











The Man vs The Demon!
1st Ever NXT Champion vs Longest Reigning NXT Champion!

Two of Triple H's chosen guys one on one at Summerslam 1 year after they both got out of brooklyn with championship gold.

Fresh Matchup between two of the best wrestlers in WWE.​
 
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#4 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Should be a great match.

I'm rooting for Reigns to cost Rollins the title out of sheer pettiness, giving us the double turn we've all been clamoring for. Next best thing would be Anderson & Gallows helping Balor win, giving us heel Balor and face Rollins, both of which are good things.

Darkest timeline would be Rollins trying to cheat to win and Reigns costing him the match with absolutely nobody changing alignment. I don't even want to think about that.
 
#5 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

This was a nice surprise and fresh compared Rollins/Reigns. That said Rollins is going to win here. Then they will have Fin feuding with someone like Jericho come Clash of the Champions and build him back up to the title picture by the end of the year. While Roman will find his way back in the title picture and beat Rollins for the title over the next few months. But for now this pushing fresh guys and seeing Reigns job to Rollins, Ambrose&Balor is fun to see.
 
#6 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

I think everyone is predicting Balor will be joining the Club and all but I think we will get a complete surprise. I predict Gallows and Anderson come down to the ring and appear to help Balor but will turn on him making Seth a new member of the Raw Club. A.J. said they are expanding. They will explain on the next night at Raw that Balor had the gull to create his own Balor club and being a face to all these idiot fans and a disgrace to the original club in Japan.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Are WWE stupid enough to put the belt on Balor so soon? Yeah I think are and I see him walking out champion especially if he "debuts" The Demon at Summerslam they won't have Demon Balor lose his first main roster match, and remember this is new belt with zero prestige behind it so Finn winning isn't that game breaking.
 
#8 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Should be a superb match. Personally hope Rollins comes out on top, i think hot shotting Balor so quickly could backfire in the long term without some good character development.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Personally hope Rollins comes out on top, i think hot shotting Balor so quickly could backfire in the long term without some good character development.
Same here. Having Balor debut and blow through Reigns and Rollins in a single month is just too much, hell I think him beating Reigns in his debut night is too much. I think the best course is for Rollins to win at SummerSlam and then have Balor enter a feud with Jericho while Rollins and Reigns pick up and possibly wrap up their feud.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

I still can't believe we're getting Balor/Rollins at Summerslam. On paper it's a MOTY candidate and something I've personally never seen before, so it's fresh and exciting. The perfect match to get the 'new era' off to a good start.

I'm not sure I see them giving Balor the title right off the bat though, although we've already had the Rollins chickenshit heel champion routine so that's not exactly fresh either. I'm actually don't know who's likely to win.
 
#16 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Predict there will be some supreme fuckery in this match.
 
#18 ·
Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

I expect Rollins to win here but continue to feud with Balor for the next PPV or two, maybe dropping the Belt to Lesnar,Reigns,or someone else at the Rumble
He could continue to feud with Balor over the next few PPVs but I don't think they will or should leave the pending feud with Reigns hanging for too long. They need to wrap things up with that. Since Rollins had to vacate the title due to injury, I think the best course is for him to win it at SummerSlam and then properly drop it to someone else further down the road.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Still shocked we're getting this match. Finn had a fire lit under his ass last night and had a 2 great performances. With the combination of the main roster debut of the Demon and a new title on the line, it will be big.

I do wonder if this closes the show. It certainly could. I doubt they put Lesnar vs. Orton in the main event. And without a title, Cena vs. Styles won't either. I guess it depends on who Dean's opponent is.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Still shocked we're getting this match. Finn had a fire lit under his ass last night and had a 2 great performances. With the combination of the main roster debut of the Demon and a new title on the line, it will be big.

I do wonder if this closes the show. It certainly could. I doubt they put Lesnar vs. Orton in the main event. And without a title, Cena vs. Styles won't either. I guess it depends on who Dean's opponent is.
This is what stuck out to me the most. Finn looked locked in all night long. Perhaps he lost a bit of fire being in NXT so long. Hopefully he can keep that energy up. I expect the match at Summer Slam to be a slobber knocker.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

This is going to be a great match. The crowd will be hot for it too. I can't wait.

Interesting to see who will win. I think WWE has more faith with Rollins to make him the Champion over Balor right now. But that's just off Seth being on the main roster longer. He was the first NXT champion. I could see them making him the first Universal Champion. Plus if they want to keep him the arrogant heel, this will do it. But I think the cool thing about this match is that I don't think people are really too bothered of who wins really. Which is a nice change.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Man I really don't understand this forum. Finn Balor's NXT run was pure mediocrity where the quality of his matches were drastically overshadowed by other matches on virtually every card. Even Baron Corbin teaming with Rhyno had arguably a better match against American Alpha than they had with Balor and Joe.

When it comes to NXT, Rollins was a much better champ overall, Big E was much more entertaining out of the ring, Bo Dallas was infinitely more entertaining out of the ring, Neville was superb in the ring, Zayn was superb in the ring and Owens was better than everyone listed overall, by far. Balor was utter mediocrity when compared to similar talents in the last four.

Yet he hits the main roster and so many people seem to be behind him. The dude just came up from NXT after having the worst NXT Championship run since Bo Dallas (in-ring wise) and is immediately flung into the main event after beating long-standing heel Rusev and supposed "golden boy" Reigns, and is now facing Rollins in the main event of SummerSlam for a newly created "universal" championship.

Balor has been given everything. And for what? He doesn't deserve even a shot at this new title.
 
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Re: Finn Bálor vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam)

Man I really don't understand this forum. Finn Balor's NXT run was pure mediocrity where the quality of his matches were drastically overshadowed by other matches on virtually every card. Even Baron Corbin teaming with Rhyno had arguably a better match against American Alpha than they had with Balor and Joe.

When it comes to NXT, Rollins was a much better champ overall, Big E was much more entertaining out of the ring, Bo Dallas was infinitely more entertaining out of the ring, Neville was superb in the ring, Zayn was superb in the ring and Owens was better than everyone listed overall, by far. Balor was utter mediocrity when compared to similar talents in the last four.

Yet he hits the main roster and so many people seem to be behind him. The dude just came up from NXT after having the worst NXT Championship run since Bo Dallas (in-ring wise) and is immediately flung into the main event after beating long-standing heel Rusev and supposed "golden boy" Reigns, and is now facing Rollins in the main event of SummerSlam for a newly created "universal" championship.

Balor has been given everything. And for what? He doesn't deserve even a shot at this new title.
Totally not knocking the opinion that you're entitled to, but he has earned this. He's over and he makes the company hella bread. The latter being the most important thing in determining roster position. He likely won't win this bout, but if he does, they'll need to sure up some of the booking deficiencies from this NXT run.
 
#29 ·
I would probably be ok with Balor going heel and winning like that. It protects Rollins and paves the way to his face turn if him not getting the title leads to a fallout between him and Steph/Triple H. They could also go with the angle of Balor being Steph/Triple H new guy and them turning their back on Rollins.

Obviously I want to Rollins to win but if he is to lose I would rather it be with a Balor heel turn and the Club's involvement.
 
#33 ·
Very refreshing matchup to be sure, but it has me a little worried. We've seen superstars go too far too fast and burn out before (Ryback, Sheamus, etc.) but none were as big as Finn Balor. My only worry is that WWE is going to ride Balor's hype train until it dies out and he will be stuck in mid-card purgatory like the others mentioned. I'm hoping for the best though. Great booking and can't wait to see it!
 
#35 · (Edited)
If Balor wins, this will be a bigger push than Roman ever got.

Roman took 2 years to get to the WWE title scene.

The IWC are the biggest hypocrites out there, Roman is younger, better in the ring, has a better look and is the same level as Balor on the mic.

Balor is really just an older, blander, less legitimate Irish version of Roman.
 
#36 ·
If he's in demon form, he's winning. They built him up on NXT to be unstoppable while in demon form.

If they have him lose in demon form, they'll destroy the legitimacy of the demon form and ruin Bálor for life.

If they really want Rollins to win the title, they have to have Bálor go into that match as regular Bálor, not the demon.
 
#38 · (Edited)
This.
I'm still hoping and I think Balor will win. The demon should never lose, he should even beat Lesnar. The Demon vs The Beast, hell, he should beat Taker at WM, The Demon vs The Phenom.

Also, I'm expecting a MOTYC vs Rollins, I just think he wasn't giving it his all in NXT or he doesn't have chemistry with fat guys ( sorry KO and Joe )

and LMAO at anyone claiming Reigns is better than Balor on the mic or in the ring. You people have such short term memory, no wonder WWE treats you that way.
 
#41 ·
...and I'm pretty sure you've seen Finn's penis.

:surprise:
 
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