10 Rivalries That Will Define WWE In 2021
3. Finn Bálor Vs. Karrion Kross
There are already significant parallels between Finn Bálor and Karrion Kross.
Both received mega pushes in the start of their time on WWE shows, embracing a darker aesthetic on their unstoppable paths to claiming World championships, decisively defeating established opponents to be crowned as the top stars and being forced to vacate their new crowns due to shoulder injuries.
Finn's 2016 injury is still one of the saddest major injuries in WWE history, but has led to his rejuvenated form as NXT Champion, a title he only regained because of Karrion Kross being put out of action. Now that Kross has made his return to NXT, dispatching of the incendiary Damian Priest and looking even more frightening than before, it feels like an essential rivalry to go with.
There will be hatred boiling over between them before even locking up, with Kross certain to suplex the life out of Bálor in the pursuit to reclaim his precious championship. Bálor has proven that he's capable of working stiffer matches phenomenally, meaning that he and Kross will batter each other to further legitimise their desperation to walk out as champion.
It's a pairing that could and should headline a major Takeover.