Finn Balor wants to be involved in WrestleMania.
Balor was integrated into the NXT brand when WrestleMania 37 rolled around, preparing for his NXT Championship bout against Karrion Kross. Though NXT had no presence with WrestleMania, Balor still wanted to be involved in the two-night affair.
"You can be jaded in any walk of you life, but when you're a kid and you watch wrestling and love wrestling. The idea of being involved in WrestleMania is so far-fetched. Every time that WrestleMania comes around, you want to be involved. Even though I wasn't involved last year, I watched, and I'll be honest, it hurt. I just had a killer match with Karrion Kross in NXT and the next day I'm sitting at home on the couch watching WrestleMania. I wasn't part of the brand, so I shouldn't have been on the show, but the competitor in me or the person that wants to prove something, it did hurt not being involved. The second night, it did hurt not being involved. If there's wrestling on and there are people at it and a ring is set up and everyone is watching on TV, I want to be on that show. It definitely hurt not being involved, even though I wasn't at all available. I'm super excited and I want to be involved at WrestleMania, whether it's first night, second night, Axxess, I don't care. I want to be on there," he said on WWE After The Bell.
Balor is the reigning WWE United States Champion, winning the belt from Damian Priest on the February 28 episode of WWE Raw.
He is not currently scheduled for a match at WrestleMania 38.
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