Welcome back to wrestling world!
Today we have some great topics to go over including Finn Balor, who we haven’t discussed
in a long time.
We’ll also discuss some huge news about WWE Superstars no longer being allowed to
stream and do cameos
So let’s start things off with the Finn Balor news
As a lot of you may know already, Finn Balor first came to the WWE in late 2014
He already had a lot of buzz around him as he wrestled all over the world as Prince Devitt
He was quickly making a huge name for himself and when it was first announced that he signed
with WWE, it was the biggest story online
One thing that Finn was well known for was the body paint that he wore to thing ring
He would wear so many different designs with the body paint and the fans loved the look
So when he signed with WWE, the biggest question everyone kept asking was if WWE would allow
him to use the body-paint
WWE did allow him to use it, but they turned it into an alter ego and this sort of side
character for Finn which I really liked
WWE turned the body-paint into The “Demon” Finn Balor
I really liked what WWE did with the body-paint because I felt like it gave it better purpose
and meaning
Finn Balor’s body-paint was treated like a special event that you only saw every once
in a while, so since it was so rare to see, it really added a lot of hype to this alter
ego
So let’s talk about the current status of the Demon Finn Balor Character
Reports claim there currently aren’t any plans to have Finn Balor use the body-paint
again in the near future
There was even another rumor that said Finn Balor loves where his character is at right
now and he’s not so interested in bringing back the demon character either
Now this is something I actually agree with and could see as being true
I personally feel like Finn Balor no longer needs to throw on some body-paint to be taken
serious by WWE viewers
Maybe that was a good concept at the start of his WWE run to bring in some interest.
Like summerslam 2016 for example, WWE spent months showcasing and introducing the demon
Finn Balor character to the main roster audience
Finn Balor was during explanations of the name and character background on Raw and WWE
even gave the demon Finn Balor a grand entrance during the Raw before Summerslam
So they were really trying to establish that alter ego to the viewers, but where Finn is
at right now, I think he really has outgrown it for the time being
Especially with the heel turn and big change he went though with his character not so long
ago, it basically feels like he is the demon finn Balor all the time now...just without
the body-paint obviously
Not saying that WWE should abandon it forever, but I feel like the story has to be beyond
right to bring that alter ego back after being gone for so long
I feel like the demon Finn Balor has a lot of unfinished business in the ring.
Remember that the demon Finn Balor technically has a better record than The Fiend Bray Wyatt
The fiend has a couple of losses while The Demon Finn Balor still has a flawless undefeated
record
I think a good return story for the Demon Finn Balor would be against The Fiend
I think that matchup is beyond interesting and for the first time ever, The Fiend will
be walking into a match as the underdog
The demon Finn Balor has that 5 year undefeated streak, so you just have to look to him as
the favorite in this matchup
We’ll see if WWE will ever bring Finn’s body-paint back in the future, but it doesn’t
seem like we’ll see it any time soon
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Now let’s talk about the biggest story of the week by far and that WWE’s decision
to put a stop on all WWE superstars from appearing on third party platforms such as Twitch and
Cameo
You heard that correctly, all WWE superstars are now reportedly prohibited from streaming
on any platform and they must take their cameo pages down as well
WWE superstars have 30 days to terminate all their pages on these platforms
Wow, this was some breaking news that came out late Friday afternoon and it just stunned
the fans and you can already imagine how the superstars must feel about this third party
platform ban as well
So let’s take a more detailed look at the report on this story
We were just talking about this a few weeks ago about how so many superstars were jumping
on the live-streaming and cameo bandwagon
It was getting to the point that every WWE Superstar had a twitch channel, a YouTube
channel, a cameo page...they just all migrated to all these platforms
Roman Reigns made headlines a few months back for the 400 dollar cameos he was doing
Then all the other superstars just followed in his steps.
Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks, Charlotte, literally the whole entire WWE Locker-room was on cameo
Same thing goes for twitch, I believe Paige is one of the biggest WWE individuals on twitch
She’s nearing 20,000 monthly subscribers on twitch which is ridiculously impressive
There’s some full time streamers that don’t even have that amount of subscribers, so Paige
was just crushing it
Zelina Vega was also big on twitch, AJ Styles also did a lot of streaming, Xavier Woods
is also huge on twitch, and there were superstars such as liv morgan who were just about to
start live streaming
Well you can forget about that because now all WWE individuals will have 30 days to get
rid of these platforms
Of course these WWE Superstars were making serious side profits from these platforms,
but it doesn’t seem like that was the issue
It seems like WWE’s main issue was that they were still using their WWE character
names and likeness in ways that are detrimental to the WWE company
The notice reportedly says that they have 30 days to take down all their pages on these
platforms or they could face fines, suspensions, and possible terminations
Of course for the superstars that didn’t have a twitch or cameo page, this letter meant
nothing to them
But for the superstars that have spent the last few months of quarantine building up
their pages on these platforms, they are believed to be absolutely livid and understandably
so
Now no one knows the actual reason why this huge ban has taken place, but there a lot
of good theories and rumors out there that make sense
In regards to cameo, many are wondering if the fact that WWE superstars are making a
lot of profit using their WWE character without WWE getting any percentage of the profit is
the main problem there
Not to mention that cameos really take away from the new virtual meet and greets that
WWE is trying to get going
The other rumor that makes a lot of sense is the fact that they were upset about sensitive
information that the superstars were leaking themselves while on stream
Now that makes more sense.
When superstars are on stream there isn’t anyone from WWE telling them what to say and
what not to say.
It’s just the superstars and their chat in the streams
Apparently everyone seems to be blaming a livestream situation with AJ Styles to be
the main reason for the huge ban
AJ Styles had slipped up and revealed on his stream that he had tested positive from being
at the performance center during WWE’s breakout in June
Just in case you don’t know why this is a big deal, after Renee Young had opened up
her mouth and tweeted that she tested positive, WWE Superstars were no longer allowed to publicly
say anything about their test result
Now AJ Styles went ahead and revealed his old test result from June, so that’s why
they were furious with his comments
AJ Styles did break the rules that have been around for 3 months now, but do I agree that
this huge ban was the right way to handle it?
Absolutely not, maybe have a little warning note telling the WWE Superstars to be careful
because they will be fined for any comments like that from their streams
But to fully ban everyone from all platforms seems a bit too controlling and seems like
a huge overreaction
My heart breaks for all those superstars that have been grinding on twitch, YouTube, and
cameo because they have to just delete their hard work within the next 30 days like it
never existed
WWE Superstar are “independent contractors”, but rumor is that WWE owns their WWE names
and their legal names, so that’s where some conflict comes in as well
Paige responded to the news by tweeting out the word “Nope”.
Paige also changed her twitch name from “Paige-Official” to “Saraya-Official”
So telling by that, Paige isn’t deleting her twitch, she’s just removing the “Paige”
name from it and going by her real name...which WWE might still technically own according
to some of these rumors, so it might get tricky
CM Punk responded to the report advising everyone to just keep doing what they’re doing because
it’s not like they’re going to fire everyone
It’s very unfortunate, but we’ll see if any more information is released about this
developing story.
Hopefully it gets reversed, but I doubt it
What are your thoughts on today’s stories?
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