Finn Balor returns to action at WWE house show

Finn Balor returned to action at today’s WWE live event in Manchester, England. 

Balor was pulled from Tuesday’s event in Nottingham for precautionary reasons related to what is believed to be a minor injury. Balor worked an opening tag match in Manchester, teaming with Cesaro against WALTER and Sheamus. 

Dave Meltzer tweeted:

“Finn Balor’s injury from Monday wasn’t serious as he worked today’s show in Manchester, but worked a tag instead of a singles match, but did most of the match.”

Although drafted to the Raw brand last month, Balor was booked for this week’s SmackDown tour of the United Kingdom, defeating Sheamus on Sunday in Liverpool and Monday in Leeds before missing Tuesday’s show in Nottingham. Balor also worked the Raw tour of the UK last week in four-way matches with Damian Priest, Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens for Priest’s United States Championship. 

Today’s show marked the end of an eight-day tour of England for WWE. 

Report: Finn Balor pulled from WWE house show as injury precaution

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Finn Balor missed today’s WWE live event in Nottingham, England, reportedly for precautionary reasons related to an injury.

PWInsider reports that the Balor injury “is believed to be a minor issue.” Wrestle Zone reports that it was announced at the show that Balor was injured and would be unable to compete. 

Although drafted to the Raw brand last month, Balor had been part of this week’s SmackDown tour of the United Kingdom, defeating Sheamus on Sunday in Liverpool and Monday in Leeds. 

Balor also worked the Raw tour of the UK last week, competing in four-way matches with Damian Priest, Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens for Priest’s United States Championship. 

Balor last appeared on WWE TV on the November 1 edition of Raw, defeating Chad Gable. The prior week on Raw, he competed in a four-way ladder match to determine the number one contender to Big E’s WWE Championship, a match won by Rollins.