20 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (Feb 18)

10. Finn Bàlor’s Odd Choice

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Finn Bálor's pre-match promo was standard stuff. He said he'd pay tribute to the great Intercontinental Champions he's grown up watching by holding the belt with distinction, which is fair enough and easy storytelling.

His choices were bizarre though; Bálor said he'd enjoyed IC Title reigns from Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair. All legends, yes, but Flair was hardly synonymous with the Intercontinental gold. In fact, his only reign as IC titleholder was towards the end of his career in 2005 when Finn was 24 years old and already wrestling professionally.

Flair was surely mentioned 'cause he has a big birthday bash coming up on next week's show.

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