Finn Balor comments on TV matches in WWE.
Since Triple H has taken over creative for WWE, fans have seen less rematches on television, with more focus on matches with stakes and finishes.
"I feel like we have to, to get the ratings," Finn Balor told What's The Story podcast when discussing WWE putting bigger and better matches on television. "Also, we're really fucking good at what we're doing. We're going out there and having a match, but it's really good because we're really good at what we're doing. It's a byproduct of who is in the ring that the matches are good. It's not like we're going, 'Let's have a fucking banger tonight' or 'let's call it in tonight.' No, we're going out there to have the best match we can. The only thing that kind of limits you sometimes is the time. That's the one thing we have no control over, the time on the TV show."
He continued, "When you do this for ten years, you get good at it. That's the difference with lads like Seth, Roman (Reigns), Shinsuke (Nakamura), Cody (Rhodes), Sami (Zayn), Kevin Owens. We're doing these adjustments and people don't even know. We're talking to each other, adjusting, changing a match on the fly. I don't think people understand how skilled you have to be to do that on live television."
Balor then discussed the intricacies of doing television matches, specifically cutting time out of your match due to a segment running long.
Elsewhere during the interview, Balor commented on easter eggs left on WWE television, and how they might not mean as much as fans think. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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