{"id":123065,"date":"2021-07-16T21:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T02:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=123065"},"modified":"2021-07-16T21:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T02:25:41","slug":"finn-balor-returns-to-wwe-main-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/16\/finn-balor-returns-to-wwe-main-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"Finn Balor returns to WWE main roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3222756280\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Finn Balor is back on the WWE main roster.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/16\/7-9-wwe-smackdown-tv-results-kellers-report-on-first-post-thunderdome-show-in-houston-with-reigns-usos-vs-edge-rey-dominik-belair-vs-carmella-for-womens-title\/\">tonight&#8217;s episode of Smackdown<\/a>, Balor made his return and interrupted a ranting Sami Zayn. Zayn discussed the conspiracy against him WWE, which prompted Balor to walk out. Zayn initially confronted Balor in the ring peacefully, but then went for the attack. Balor dodged it and connected with the 1916 before hitting Zayn with a Coup De Gras. Balor then posed in the ring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS IS HAPPENING!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinnBalor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FinnBalor<\/a> is BACK on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wzdshGreHu\">pic.twitter.com\/wzdshGreHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1416196014118211588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Balor is coming off a run in NXT in which he wrestled the likes of Adam Cole, Johnny Gargano, Karrion Kross, and others. He is a former WWE Intercontinental Champion and the first-ever WWE Universal Champion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/13\/raw-rating-a-bit-of-a-rebound-but-some-chilling-data-reveals-a-massive-exodus-of-viewers-over-the-last-several-years-not-related-to-pandemic\/\">Raw Rating: A bit of a rebound, but some chilling data reveals a massive exodus of viewers over the last several years not related to pandemic<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2217613103\"><div id=\"pwtor-3768798959\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Finn Balor is back on the WWE main roster. On tonight&#8217;s episode of Smackdown, Balor made his return and interrupted a ranting Sami Zayn. Zayn discussed the conspiracy against him WWE, which prompted Balor to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/07\/16\/finn-balor-returns-to-wwe-main-roster\/\" title=\"Finn Balor returns to WWE main roster\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[126,72,71,117],"class_list":["post-123065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-finn-balor","tag-smackdown","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Balorpaint_3x2Josh.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123066,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123065\/revisions\/123066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}