Kevin Owens comes out to cut a promo and has a ladder, and he calls the crowd hypocrites. He says they cheered him until he beat Sami Zayn, and they are ungrateful, and NXT is like the “John Cena of wrestling fans.” Owens says they boo him selling out a huge arena because they aren’t going to be there live in Brooklyn, and he’ll beat Finn Bálor and rub it in their faces.

Finn Bálor’s music cuts him off, but he appears in the ring instead of on the ramp. They end up slugging it out and Bálor gains the advantage, and tries to hit Owens with the ladder, but Owens ducks and runs away.

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Marcus Louis versus Finn Balor in a Non Title Match

 

They lock up and Balor with a waist lock take down into a side head lock. Balor holds on when Louis tries to send him off the ropes. Balor with a shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall. Balor with a side head lock. Louis backs Balor into the corner and he punches the champion. Balor with forearms and punches of his own. Balor runs into an elbow and then Louis with a uranage for a near fall.

 

Louis with a chi lock but Balor with punches. Louis with a forearm and Irish whip but Balor with a boot and chop. Balor with an Irish whip and chop. Balor with Sling Blade and then he hits the running drop kick to send Louis into the turnbuckles. Balor goes up top for the Coup de Grace and the three count.

 

Winner: Finn Balor

 

After the match, Balor celebrates in the ring and then he goes up the ramp but he has his back to the stage so that allows Kevin Owens to hit him from behind. Owens sends Balor into the apron and then tries for the apron power bomb but Balor gets onto the apron. Balor hits a running drop kick to Owens. They go into the ring and Owens with a power bomb when Balor charges at him.

 

Owens goes to the floor and he picks up the NXT Title belt. Owens does the Balor pose with the belt before dropping the belt on Balor’s chest and he walks over Balor to leave the ring.

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NXT Champion Finn Bálor was recently interviewed by Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com. Check out the full interview below or at this link.

It was just over a year ago when Prince Devitt (Fergal Devitt) decided to take a big leap of faith.

 

After making a name for himself in New Japan Pro Wrestling, he made the decision to leave his comfort zone and join the WWE. With it came a lot of changes for the Irishman: a new country with a different lifestyle, a new form of wrestling along with a new identity.

 

Now as Finn Balor with NXT, he hasn’t disappointed with his exciting in-ring style coupled with a captivating ring entrance that he breaks out for big shows, painting his body as he transforms into the demon he sees in himself.

 

WWE and Balor are pairing up with professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities in an online auction at Charitybuzz.com to support “Answer the Call” with proceeds helping provide assistance for the families of fallen first-responders in New York City.

 

BRIAN FRITZ: How is life treating you these days Finn?

 

FINN BALOR: Brian, life is incredible. It’s been a bit of a roller coaster over the last year. The roller coaster is only going up so it’s pretty cool.

 

FRITZ: Yeah, you’ve been with WWE for just over a year now. What’s been the biggest surprise so far for you?

 

BALOR: Biggest surprise? I think the biggest surprise has to be how helpful everyone has been, helping me adapt to a new company, a new country, a new working environment and kind of a new style of wrestling. The powers that be have bent over backwards to make sure I’ve settled in which is very humbling.
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A Superstar that slinks into battle donning nightmare-inducing body paint and calls himself “The Demon” doesn’t exactly seem like the embodiment of “Hustle, Loyalty and Respect.” Yet, Finn Bálor is just the type of indomitable competitor who can carry John Cena’s torch into a new era.

 

Ensnaring the collective imagination of the WWE Universe with spellbinding entrance theatrics, Bálor supplements his dichotomous personas with intense athleticism between the ropes, making this enigmatic warrior a bona fide Raw main-eventer in the not-too-distant future. Need proof? Just watch his stunning NXT Championship victory over Kevin Owens at

 

The Champ is here in WWE, for sure, but NXT’s Demon is coming. — JAMES WORTMAN

There’s a new demon in town and his name is Finn Bálor. NXT’s newest champion —a hybrid grappler with a hellish split personality — is a peerless competitor with the unique ability to completely and utterly transform himself. Once Bálor encases himself in the scales and fangs of “The Demon” he’s all but unbeatable, not to mention unrecognizable as the gentle soul showcased in his WWE Network documentary. Thanks to that dark side, he’s only the second Superstar to ever pin Kevin Owens, and Bálor’s coronation as NXT Champion in Japan was a transcontinental event.

 

But how would Bálor do against the original demon, the one from Death Valley? Now that The Undertaker has risen, a grudge match against The Demon himself would be more than fitting for a figure who once called himself The Lord of Darkness. Hell, if you really want to up the stakes, make it a Loser Leaves Town Match. After all, this yard ain’t big enough for the both of them.

The new NXT Champion Finn Bálor makes his way to the ring.

 

Greg Hamilton is in the ring with Finn and he congratulates Finn Bálor on his victory two weeks ago when he defeated Kevin Owens. He asks Finn how does it feel now that he is back in the NXT Arena. Finn says he has been doing this for fifteen years in Europe, Mexico, and eight years in Japan. There were a lot of difficult decisions and hard choices and sacrifices made. One of those decisions was whether to come to NXT. The moment he was handed the title belt, every one of those decisions, choices, and sacrifices were worth it to be able to hold up the title.

 

Greg mentions the rematch against Kevin Owens at Takeover in Brooklyn and he brings up the contract signing.

 

Finn says that Kevin has made a huge impact. He became NXT Champion, he sidelines Sami Zayn, he sidelined Hideo Itami, he beat Neville, he beat Cesaro, he beat Rusev, and he beat John Cena. However, he did not beat Finn Bálor in Tokyo. At the Barclays Center, Finn says that he will walk in as NXT Champion and he will walk out as the champion.

 

We are back and William Regal is in the ring with the contract signing table. He says that NXT continues to raise the bar. On August 22nd at the Barclays Center that bar will continue its meteoric rise. The largest NXT crowd will witness the rematch .

 

Kevin Owens makes his way to the ring.

 

William brings out Finn Bálor.

 

William asks Finn to sign the contract, but Kevin stops him. Kevin asks how does it feel? How does it feel to be the NXT Champion? Kevin asks how does it feel to know that you are going to defend your title in the biggest main event in the history of NXT that will take place in BROOKLYN. How does it feel to know that you are going into that match as champion, but still as the underdog? All of those things you talked about earlier that Kevin did. You are right. He won that title two months after his debut. What were you doing two months after your debut? It wasn’t winning the title because that was him.

 

He did cripple Sami Zayn more than once. He sent Neville out of NXT. He beat Cesaro, he dropped Rusev on his head, and he did beat John Cena. That is just in his first six months. He is going to tell Finn what he is going to do in Brooklyn. He is going to show you and all of these idiots that Japan was nothing but a fluke when he becomes the first ever two time NXT Champion and take Finn Balor out for good.

 

Finn tells Kevin he has heard it all before and he knows that Kevin likes to talk. He will take Kevin’s words and shove them down his throat in Brooklyn.

 

Finn signs the contract. William gives Kevin a pen to sign the contract and Kevin signs the contract. Regal says that it is official that on August 22nd, Finn Bálor will face Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship.

 

Owens pushes over the table and pushes it at Bálor. Owens knocks Regal over and then he goes after Bálor. Bálor with a forearm and drop kick to Owens.

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