10 Predictions For WWE's Brand Split 2016

3. Finn Balor Will NOT Feature

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The former NXT Champion is more than ready to head over to Raw and Smackdown and indulge all kinds of chicanery and hijinx with his ex-Bullet Club buddies AJ Styles, Anderson, and Gallows, but this probably isn’t his time.

NXT needs Finn Balor. He’s the brand’s most easily-recognisable and popular competitor and a guy who will go all-out to deliver a top level performance every single time. As touched upon earlier, the WWE needs to protect NXT, and Balor is just too valuable to the Full Sail University-based show for him to depart just yet.

Frustrating? Maybe, but until WWE can build somebody like Andrade “Cien” Almas as his long-term NXT replacement, don’t expect to see Finn on the main roster.

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