10 WWE Wrestlers Who Could Be The New Fiend

8. Finn Bálor

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Finn Bálor was the first high profile performer to fall afoul of The Fiend following a fantastic SummerSlam 2019 squash. Has he ever truly recovered?

A return to NXT didn't stop the black-and-gold brand taking a thumping from AEW in the Wednesday Night Wars, a second run with that brand's strap fell massively short of expectations when the rancid Capitol Wrestling Center needed something to light it up, and The Demon became an even bigger clown than Bray Wyatt himself when he fell flat on his f*cking a*se during the ludicrous Extreme Rules 2021 match with Roman Reigns.

Before he was tumbling from the top of a haunted turnbuckle, Demon lore had it that Bálor could sacrifice a bit of the man to become the monster within. But that monster's been tamed by 'The Tribal Chief', and the man himself has floated aimlessly ever since. Time to find the fight. Time to find the fright. Time to find The Fiend.

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