Stone Cold Steve Austin was recently on the The Taz Show and spoke about his concerns about Finn Balor being lost in the
"I'm wondering if he's going to get lost in the shuffle a little bit [on the main roster]. He does that crawl to the ring and sometimes it takes so long. It's a little disconcerting because I've seen the kid. Good looking kid, worked for many years in Japan, and he's very technical from Ireland or wherever he's from. Great kid! Great kid! Hell of a worker. Ten times the worker I ever was, but he [has] got to connect with those people. And so hopefully that gimmick allows him to do that. And it's a great look. You can make a lot of action figures off of it, but put all the pieces together. People [have] got to care about him to become emotionally invested in him, but a great human being and a hellacious worker."shuffle on WWE's main roster!
"Sometimes, I worry, Taz, about those long entrances. I mean, how long can you crawl? And then put yourself in the boots of your opponent." Austin continued, "here comes this kid and he's low to the ground. If 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin was still in the ring, [waiting] there [in the ring for] 15 years, dude, I'd have to go stomp a mud hole in him and walk it dry when I'd have the opportunity because that's what 'Stone Cold' would do.
(FULL PODCAST LINK - Transcribed by WrestlingInc.com)
I share Stone Cold's worries about Finn Balor on the main roster. I feel like his entrance is really special and cool when he gets into full body paint and goes slowly to the ring kind of like the Undertaker. What I worry about is if he get's called up, that entrance will lose its intrigue. I can see Vince trying to have him do the full paint every week on RAW and it kind of lose its luster after a while.
I feel like they need to develop Finn's character a bit more to emphasize the demon as not his full persona but only a part of him. Keep this part of him for big shows like they do for NXT Takeovers.
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