5 Ups And 7 Downs From WWE Payback 2017

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5. Balor Has A Stated Purpose

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We all knew that Finn Balor was going to verbally joust with the Miz at Payback, and that Miz most likely was going to get beaten down. But what we didn’t know was what Balor would be setting his sights on for after Payback.

Well, we got our answer when Balor said that what was next for him was getting his WWE Universal Championship back… from Brock Lesnar. Now, it’s not the first time that a wrestler has name-dropped a champion and that for one reason or another match never happened. But the fact that Finn bluntly said he enjoys the challenge of fighting someone much bigger was a nice moment for those wondering what Balor would do next.

Sure, it might not come to fruition, but for one night at least, we could briefly imagine a contest between Brock and Finn and see if the Demon could intimidate the Beast.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.