Finn Balor Talks Heel Turn On WWE Backstage, Says 'The Prince Is Back'

Finn Balor became the first current WWE superstar to appear in studio on WWE's new show, WWE [...]

By Ryan Droste

Finn Balor became the first current WWE superstar to appear in studio on WWE's new show, WWE Backstage on FS1.

WWE announced on Thursday night that they would air a second special edition of the show following SmackDown this week. SmackDown also aired on FS1 this week due to the World Series game on FOX, so SmackDown and Backstage aired back to back. The show was advertised around the fact that Balor would give his first interview since turning heel on this week's WWE NXT.

Balor spoke about how, to him, RAW and SmackDown are like Hollywood and NXT is like Broadway and there's nowhere to hide in NXT. He said it is where he wanted to be and it felt good to be back. However, he said that it felt even better to kick Johnny Gargano in the head.

Renee Young noted that lots of people have been talking about his heel turn on Wednesday night, including a certain club (Balor was formerly the leader of New Japan's Bullet Club). Balor said that a lot of people have reached out to him.

Young and Booker T went on to ask him about his character shift and he said that this is the real Balor. He followed that up by asking Booker T if he was familiar with his work before WWE (from New Japan). Balor said that he would say "the prince is back," a reference to his former persona of Prince Devitt.

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