WWE star Finn Balor launches new project

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Finn Balor, Gunther, and Kevin Owens battled in a Triple Threat match this past Friday night on SmackDown to determine the number one contender for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Sami Zayn interfered in the match and beat everyone down, resulting in the match ending in a no contest.

CM Punk captured the Undisputed WWE Championship from Sami Zayn in July. Zayn won the title at Night of Champions 2026 but only got to be champion for nine days before losing it to The Second City Saint. Balor was kicked out of The Judgment Day on the March 9 edition of RAW and has since switched to the SmackDown brand.

Major WWE star breaks character to praise Finn Balor

Sami Zayn broke character ahead of SummerSlam to praise Finn Balor. The two stars were supposed to compete in a singles match at the PLE, but SmackDown GM Nick Aldis added Gunther and Kevin Owens to the match at the last moment.

Kevin Owens emerged victorious to earn a title shot against CM Punk but lost the match on August 21 after Zayn interfered. Speaking with ESPN, Zayn praised Balor as a performer and noted that they both have had similar journeys in their careers.

“Finn Balor, look, unbelievable, unbelievable. I can’t say enough good things about him as a performer. He has his own journey too. I mean, he won it for a day. It’s not actually terribly dissimilar from me in some ways. He won it, held it for a day because of an injury and that was it, and now he’s been trying to chase that and get back to that for ten years, and it’s similar to me in the sense that it felt like something that was within my grasp ten years ago, and I just have to keep beating my head against the wall to finally get there. So I think we’re in some ways kind of in similar situations. I take nothing away from him,” he said.

It will be interesting to see if Balor can earn another shot at the title in the weeks ahead on SmackDown.

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