Ranking Every Demon Finn Bálor Match In WWE And NXT
4. Vs. AJ Styles (TLC 2017)
The match Finn Bálor was initially scheduled to take part in at TLC 2017 against Bray Wyatt as "Sister Abigail" undoubtedly would have ranked at the very bottom of this list had it happened. Thankfully, Wyatt was pulled from the pay-per-view due to an illness and was replaced by none other than AJ Styles.
Yes, the contest came completely out of nowhere and suffered from a lack buildup, but then again, the story for this dream match essentially wrote itself. It was a battle of former Bullet Club leaders and arguably two of the best in the world at that point. What more needs to be said?
Bálor bringing in his Demon persona for this first-time-ever encounter made it that much more epic, while Styles proudly represented his home of SmackDown Live with his blue-and-white attire. It was going to be great regardless, but the fact they had virtually zero time to prepare is even more amazing.
This was one of the few times where The Demon winning wasn't entirely predictable, seeing as how Styles was the number one contender to the WWE Championship at the time. This could have very well gone either way, but because of his clean victory over The Phenomenal One, Bálor felt like a made man (despite losing to Kane the next night on Raw, but that's besides the point).