10 WWE Quick Fixes To Save Finn Bálor

1. The Saviour

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NXT has been under the malevolent rulership of Bobby Roode since 'The Glorious One' dethroned Shinsuke Nakamura at January's TakeOver: San Antonio, and while the champion continues to perform diligently as the love-to-hate leader of the brand, general interest towards the product at large has diminished significantly from the days of aforementioned blockbusters featuring Samoa Joe and Finn Bálor.

With little rhyme or reason on the main roster, a shock return to take back the NXT Title (and thus NXT as a concept) for the people that helped build it would be a shocking twist in a superstar's traditional trajectory. But far from looking like a backwards step, Finn would now return, even if only for a short spell, as a bonafide global superstar.

Even at under six foot tall, he'd dwarf Full Sail on aura alone, and a selection of choice encounters with Roode as well as recent roster stars Drew McIntyre, Aleister Black and others would simultaneously restore enormous prestige in the league's top title as well as Bálor himself. It's the place where the 'Demon' truly first surfaced, and could be the ideal location for him to rise again.

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