#3. We learned… that WWE still knows how to pull the trigger.
Usually when WWE goes full throttle with a push, it’s someone the fans are sort of halfhearted about and don’t really want to see said person in that position. Not this time.
Finn Balor defeated Seth Rollins clean in the middle of the ring to become the first ever WWE Universal Champion. No matter how ugly that title is, it’s a huge deal that WWE, Vince McMahon, Paul “Triple H” Levesque and other officials put their faith in Finn Balor and have given him the ball to run with. I’m sure we’ll see Seth Rollins and Finn Balor do battle on several more occasions, but this first one was special.
This match from the start wasn’t as hot as the ending. That was due in part to the crowd’s reaction to the new Universal Championship, which actually led Rollins to vocally scolding the people in attendance later in the night on Twitter saying that he was disappointed in the fans in Brooklyn. Before I give my thoughts on the match, I want to address this.
With all due respect to Seth Freakin’ Rollins, I think he should be aiming the blame elsewhere. Instead of pointing at the fans who were expressing their rights as paying customers, point the finger at the company you’re employed by to produce a better looking prize. Yeah, maybe the fans in Brooklyn should’ve focused more on the match, instead of the title during the actual match, but the fans being that vocal, doesn’t that speak to how bad the title design is? Anyways…
As for the match itself, I thought both guys worked really hard to produce a really good match. Rollins taking the pin clean was a ballsy move by the old man with pencil, but I love that they decided to go all in on the Demon King.
P.S. WWE, please stop calling him that…
