Finn "Prince Devitt" Bálor Thread (Raw Spoilers ahoy!)

grames_bond · 25-09-2014 10:41am

they are american - it will become Baller!

and then he will be given MVP's old gimmick! :pac:

Jimmy Bottlehead · 25-09-2014 10:48am

rovert · 25-09-2014 10:51am

Hope Finn Balor wears his body paint

Agent Coulson · 25-09-2014 10:53am

MitchKoobski wrote: »

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fionn_mac_Cumhaill

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balor

Chances are that Finn is a reference to Finn McCool/Fionn Mac Cumhaill. I shouldn't need to explain who that is in Irish Mythology.

Michelle's long lost brother.:P

I can't see Finn Balor selling many t-shirts to be honest.

TheNumpty · 25-09-2014 10:54am

Balor is also meant to mean 'god of drought or blight'

Great. He may as well be called Finn Famine

Whosthis · 25-09-2014 10:57am

I would have preferred for him to keep his own name but I actually quite like this. If he's allowed to use the body paint it will fit quite well with the mythology behind the name and they can paint him into a demon of sorts.

rovert · 25-09-2014 10:57am

TheNumpty wrote: »

Balor is also meant to mean 'god of drought or blight'

He's comic book fan. This is Balor:

Jerichoholic · 25-09-2014 10:58am

And his new entrance theme...

Omackeral · 25-09-2014 11:06am

ShagNastii wrote: »

Mankind was originally to be called Mankind the Mutilator..

Think it was actually Mason the Mutilator.

rovert · 25-09-2014 11:25am

P_1 · 25-09-2014 11:28am

Brendão wrote: »

How do you pronounce Balor?

'Bah-lurr' or 'Bay-lore' or something else?

'Bway-lore' I think. Doesn't it stem from the Irish word for mortal peril or something?

Which is a risky bloody name to use once you factor in Cole and Layfield's weekly butchering of the word 'bodhrán'

Mr.Saturn · 25-09-2014 12:37pm

Omackeral wrote: »

Think it was actually Mason the Mutilator.

The creative squad of that time were somewhat notorious for their rotten names. Austin's bi-annual rants on them suggesting 'Icepick McDagger' are still gold.

Granted, at least they were willing to somewhat gimmick the names; the NXT name generator farts out the most pedestrian ones going. Last gimmick name I recall is Ryback, and even that's just a contraction of his actual name and silverback.

duuuaaaane · 25-09-2014 1:21pm

I didn't like the name Sami Zayn more than El Generico.

I didn't like the name Adrian Neville more than PAC.

I didn't like the name Solomon Crowe more than Sami Calihan.

Hell, The Beatles is a god awful name. Dolph Ziggler is a terrible name.

In 5 years time, provided he gets a fair shot. His name won't mean a thing.

From talking to different guys, they are told to come up with a name almost everytime, so everybody jumps to the impression that they were forced to take this name when most likely Devitt himself came up with it.

MitchKoobski's post (if it is more than a coincidence) almost proves that. I doubt WWE looked into it that much. That'd be Devitt's doing.

Garseys · 25-09-2014 1:23pm

Whens the appropriate time to rename the thread :pac:

duuuaaaane · 25-09-2014 1:24pm

Brendão wrote: »

How do you pronounce Balor?

'Bah-lurr' or 'Bay-lore' or something else?

The yanks will have the name spelt as phonetically as possible!

Scavenger XIII · 25-09-2014 1:33pm

I like the Balor but I don't feel like the Finn really goes with it.

rovert · 25-09-2014 1:35pm

Do you think fans will chant Balor though? Sounds too heelish/taunting like when fans would drone "Irwin" at IRS or Homer giving Daryl Strawberry grief:

Chip Whitley · 25-09-2014 1:45pm

If they chant it like they used to chant Goldberg; Baaaaa - Lorrrrrrr, that could work!

CastorTroy · 25-09-2014 4:08pm

Ah, a good Donegal name. I like it already.

We have the Balor Theatre (okay it's now known as the Balor Arts Centre) up here in Ballybofey. Ballybofey is built on the River Finn. so the whole area is known as the Finn Valley.

rovert · 25-09-2014 4:11pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Ah, a good Donegal name. I like it already.

We have the Balor Theatre (okay it's now known as the Balor Arts Centre) up here in Ballybofey. Ballybofey is built on the River Finn. so the whole area is known as the Finn Valley.

Send that scoop to Meltzer.

CastorTroy · 25-09-2014 4:14pm

Forget Meltzer. I'm going straight to the Finn Valley Voice. We'll claim him as one of our own.

rovert · 25-09-2014 5:06pm

Think about the tag team name.

:P

Lord TSC · 25-09-2014 5:21pm

ZigglerBalor?

:P

For those who are slow...

Bounty Hunter · 25-09-2014 5:35pm

For some reason Balor sounds like something I would expect to hear from a character (is there one similar) in Game of Thrones. Maybe that is the idea as that would resonate with Americans atm and it seems Irish too especially with Finn before it which ive no doubt comes from Finn Mac Cumhaill which i'd hope the WWE would reference in some way (im sure on commentary in NXT they will atleast)

Mick Murdock · 25-09-2014 5:35pm

Balor is actually alright by current WWE standards. It's growing on me. Finn Balor is not!

If it's not pronounced Baylor/Baylore I will be amazed!!

They talk about being more reality based yet give everybody a name that's about as random and far from reality as you can possibly get!!

I can recall a few interviews where wrestlers said the submitted or contributed to their own names. Daniel Bryan, Ziggler, McInyre off the top of my head.