Finn Bálor
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Hello, it's the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes. Welcome to What Do You Want to Talk About? We are at the lovely WWE warehouse. This What Do You Want to Talk About? is a WWE and Fanatics original production. Incredibly excited about our guest today. We have wanted him on the podcast for quite some time. He is incredibly busy, and there's been a lot of, oh, maybe, hey, it could be this, and maybe it's going to happen here, and then I've been told he's coming, and then no, he didn't, and finally we have him. So we're not going to waste our time because this one's a very special one for a myriad of reasons. And I could go on with this introduction because I have often waxed poetic about what he has contributed to the overall wrestling economy and atmosphere, not just WWE.
Someone that many of us owe a great debt to. Again, we're talking about the inaugural WWE Universal Champion, a former United States champion, Intercontinental champion, a two-time NXT champion, all these things. The founding father, the one, don't give anybody else any credit, for the Bullet Club, and currently Judgment Day staple member, just the absolute dude, the guy. Please welcome, what do you want to talk about? Finn Balor.
Finn Balor. How are you, man?
You're here. Yeah. Finally. I feel like you're going to be like, all right, thank you, and then leave. Can't get out of here.
Well, I do have a heart out in about an hour.
Yeah.
This is the third attempt we've tried to do this.
That's what they say. Was it the third time's the charm, right? Yeah, third time's the charm. Look at the Irish. Look at that. The luck of the Irish. Speaking of, we'll write to it. Can you tell me, I don't know if any of this is usable information. Okay. OTT. Love it. In Ireland.
Yes. Yes. Over the top wrestling. Yeah. For people who don't know, it's an independent company in Ireland who have a lot of the guys who I came up in the business now work there.
Yeah. Continue. No, I'm just so curious. You mentioned Luckily Irish, so I jumped right here. Am I allowed to make a bit of a confession? Go ahead. You know my OTT confession? I know. You don't have to apologize to me. You have to apologize to a lot of other people. I feel like I have to apologize to the entire country. I've told it on this podcast before because of the immense amount of guilt I have with it. I will tell it one more time. I came to OTT. I saw a giant poster. I was on an indie run where it's really all you did was see the poster. You didn't even know what you were doing half the time. You saw a graphic. You saw my stablemates. It was Madden Nick Jackson at the time. All this. Big giant photo of me, so I kind of thought, oh, maybe I'm the main gig here.
Mistake.
What insights does Finn Bálor share about the founding of the Bullet Club?
OTT had built up many of in-house stars and had a true program. They were doing business with the local and with people they'd homegrown. We were just a little sizzle on the plate. And that night, one of your... contemporaries and peers and someone that you've been a mentor for and someone who you've kind of brought to the fold, that being JD McDonough, was set to have his big night. And I'll just say I went long. Was it against Walter Neogunter? I don't think it was against Walter.
No, okay.
Because I feel like Walter might have been the one to tell me, hey, don't go 18 extra minutes or whatever it is. Having people at the time, I was having them kiss the ring. because it was a ring thing, they'd get all into it, and it was very, like, you'd tee it up, and they'd do it. So it took an excessive amount of time. Whatever, public transportation runs differently in the United States than it does in Ireland. And I made the mistake of going incredibly over to where, when he won the championship and had his big moment, a lot of people had left, because they had to leave.
Yeah, like, I think it was a Sunday night, and, like, last bus is, like, 10.30. Yeah. And people use public transport in Ireland. They don't drive places.
They don't... And I was still in the ring at like 10.15. So I didn't know until later. There's a whole online snafu. We're not going to cover it all here, but that's my brief apology to OTT, which I will consistently apologize.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:06–2:46
2
What insights does Finn Bálor share about the founding of the Bullet Club?
2:46–6:32
3
How did Finn Bálor's experiences in NXT influence his wrestling career?
6:32–13:29
4
What challenges does Finn Bálor face in the current state of WWE?
13:29–19:14
5
How does Finn Bálor view the evolution of wrestling in Ireland?
19:14–40:29
6
What role does mental and physical preparation play in Finn Bálor's routine?
40:29–55:05
7
How does Finn Bálor balance family life with his wrestling career?
55:05–1:05:57