WWE Royal Rumble 2019: 10 Things That Must Happen

7. Finn Bálor Gets Some Licks In & Gives Brock Lesnar A Fright

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Someone in WWE's production department should've been slapped upside the head for choosing that smiley promo pic of Finn Bálor to oppose Brock Lesnar's menacing glare. If this is serious business (as Finn claims on TV it is), then he shouldn't be depicted as someone who's about to take a leisurely stroll on the beach.

It's time to stop making Bálor a handsome Irish rogue who loves grinning more than winning.

That healing process can begin at the Royal Rumble if WWE's creative team don't book a pointless one-sided mauling. It's so utterly vital that Finn gets some shine in this one, but what happened on Raw has us worried. There, Bálor performed several moves on Brock before 'The Beast' interrupted his match and blasted him with an F-5.

If that's all WWE are gonna' give Finn, you can forget about this one being memorable. The match cannot be an easy squash for the Universal Champ, not if Bálor has any fighting chance of scrapping his way back into the main event scene permanently.

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