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2. “Smiled & Accepted It”

Finn Balor Smile
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Above is a 'before and after' comparison of Finn Bálor's last and latest "main roster" runs in WWE. On the left, he's all smiles (that's literally all he did). On the right...not so much. Bálor even acknowledged that the old Finn would've "smiled and accepted" John Cena stealing his Universal Title opportunity at SummerSlam.

That smiling thing really was guff, eh? Hard-nosed, 'Prince' Bálor is way better than happy-go-lucky Bálor.

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