Finn Balor Names WWE Champion He Has Special Bond With
Finn Balor shares a special bond with ex-Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens.
Speaking on the latest episode of Cody Rhodes’ podcast, What Do You Wanna Talk About?, Finn Balor spoke emotionally about his friendship with Kevin Owens.
He explained that he and Owens had very similar careers and journeys to WWE (both were top stars in Japan/ROH before joining NXT), but they had only met once before, briefly at an indie show in London about four months before starting in NXT.
When they both arrived in NXT, they were two experienced guys suddenly having to adapt to WWE’s style and system. Despite being very different in style and personality, they became close because of the shared obstacles they faced in NXT and WWE.
Finn Balor Calls Kevin Owens His Best Friend
An emotional Finn Balor also described their friendship as one of the most important relationships in his life. He said:
I don’t think Kevin realizes how much he’s done for me. Although me and Kevin have had very similar backgrounds and kind of journeys to WWE, we’d actually only met each other once in passing at an indie show in London.
And it was about four months before we started in NXT, and that was kind of the only reason why we even shook hands and said, ‘Oh hey man, nice to meet you.’ But we started in NXT together, and we’re two guys coming from similar career paths, but different places.”
So, me and Kevin kind of bonded really strongly over the common obstacles that we were having to overcome together, in this new life that we’re having, in NXT and WWE.
And yeah, I know we’re probably different. In every way [we’re different], the way we wrestle is different, our lifestyles are different. But sometimes opposites attract, and me and Kevin, I can honestly say he’s one of my favorite people and best friends in the whole world.