The Fiend vs. The Demon; The Judgment Day to Street Trash? 5 Things we learned from Finn Balor’s latest interview on INSIGHT

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#5. Was The Judgment Day about to get rebranded as Street Trash?

In 2024, WWE trademarked the term ‘Street Trash’ and created merchandise with the name for The Judgment Day, leading to many fans believing that the group would be rebranded. However, Finn Balor addressed this during the interview and shut this rumor down, claiming that it was only a part of the storyline with Gunther, who had coined the term for the group.

“No, so that came from there being a program at Gunther, I think it was Gunther and Dom, and he referred to us all as street trash, and we said let’s just lean into it, we’re the Judgment Day, we’re street trash, and we kind of just leaned into it, but it didn’t really catch on, yeah. People remember, like Bullet Club and The Demon; they don’t remember like Street Trash. It’s not all like home runs,” Balor said. [H/T – CVV]

Balor was kicked out of The Judgment Day before WrestleMania 42.

#4. His retirement plans

During the interview, Chris Van Vliet asked Finn Balor about his eventual retirement plans and if he planned on wrestling in his 50s. The Prince responded by saying that he will continue performing as long as the company and fans want him to and has no plan of retiring anytime soon. Balor still felt like a young star in the locker room and expressed gratitude for being able to perform.

“I’ll wrestle as long as the people have me, dude… I don’t want to stop. And like I always think, like cause I’m 44 now, like, and I look around the locker room, like a lot of the guys could be my kids, you know, and I still feel like that kid, and like I still feel like the new kid in the locker room. And I feel very lucky that I’ve got to do so much,” said Balor.

Fans of Finn Balor would be happy to know that they will likely see him compete in the ring for a long time.

#3. Finn Balor doesn’t like watching his Universal Title win

Finn Balor became the first-ever Universal Champion by defeating Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2016. Unfortunately, Balor suffered a shoulder injury during the bout and had to relinquish the title on the following episode of RAW, ending his reign in less than 24 hours.

Balor was asked whether he has watched the match back, to which he replied that he has never done it and he usually avoids watching the clips of the bout on social media as well.

“No [when asked about watching the Universal Title match]. And you know what? I get like tagged in tweets like daily of like that spot, and like I’ll like scroll away before I hit the wall. Like I don’t like seeing it,” said Balor.

It remains the only world title win of Balor’s career thus far.

#2. He almost missed WrestleMania 39

Finn Balor was embroiled in a heated feud with Edge on the Road to WrestleMania 39. However, The Prince almost missed the event due to an untimely injury. During the interview, Balor recalled being asked to do a six-man tag team match on SmackDown despite being a RAW star.

During the bout, The Prince suffered a calf injury while walking back to tag Damian Priest. Balor finished the bout, but had to use a mobility scooter for the next three weeks to make it to The Show of Shows.

“So three weeks before WrestleMania 39 I get asked to do an impromptu, I’m a Raw performer, but they say, ‘Hey, can you come to SmackDown and do a match on SmackDown? It’s like a six-man tag or something. I remember I grabbed Cruz Del Toro in a front face lock, and I stepped backwards to tag Damian, and as I stepped backwards, I tore my calf. At first, I thought like Cruz was messing with me and slapping me in the back of the leg, and then I looked down, and his arms were around my waist. I’m like, oh no, this is bad,” said Finn Balor.

At ‘Mania, Balor lost to Edge in a Hell in a Cell Match.

#1. The Demon vs. The Fiend was in the works

Finn Balor and Bray Wyatt were involved in a feud in 2017. The two were set for a major bout at the TLC event, with Balor bringing out his ‘Demon King’ persona and Wyatt in his ‘Sister Abigail’ character. However, the bout did not happen after Bray was sidelined with an illness.

Wyatt later became The Fiend and had his first match in the new character against Balor at SummerSlam 2019. Fans were hoping to see Wyatt’s new sinister character face Balor’s ‘Demon’ persona, and according to the Irish star, it was in the works.

“Yeah, I think [Demon vs Fiend] that was certainly in the works, and something that I always think about and look back on and say, I’ve been very lucky to have had almost every match that I’ve ever wanted to have. But that’s one that I didn’t get to have, and we almost got Sister Abigail versus The Demon, and Wyndham [Bray Wyatt] had gotten sick a couple of days before [TLC] we had to switch that match out at short notice.” [H/T: CVV]

AJ Styles ultimately replaced Bray and faced Finn Balor at TLC 2018.