{"id":11749,"date":"2016-08-16T14:15:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=11749"},"modified":"2016-08-16T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T19:47:12","slug":"pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/08\/16\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Pruett&#8217;s Pause: WWE Raw &#8211; Finn B\u00e1lor\u2019s \u201cDemon King\u201d characterization, Reigns vs. Rusev, and Raw\u2019s final SummerSlam hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2338241545\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10647 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?resize=299%2C168\" alt=\"newrawlogo1\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?resize=139%2C78&amp;ssl=1 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>By Will Pruett<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Full disclosure: To retain his sanity, Will Pruett watches the 90 minute edit of Raw on Hulu. He has no regrets.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>What has always troubled me about the character of Finn B\u00e1lor is what \u201cThe Demon\u201d or, now, \u201cThe Demon King\u201d actually means.<\/p>\n<p>When Finn has wrestled as \u201cThe Demon\u201d in NXT, his style has remained unchanged. The entrance has always been well-choreographed. The lighting looks great. The synthesized strings sound fantastic. Finn\u2019s makeup is always pretty neat. When the lights turn back on, Finn has always just been Finn. Painted Finn is pretty cool, but WWE, thus far, has failed to make him more aggressive or frightening. When \u201cThe Demon\u201d starts to wrestle, he is not very demonic.<\/p>\n<p>This has bothered me throughout B\u00e1lor\u2019s NXT life. Finn\u2019s paint has seemed to mean that a Takeover special is happening more than it meaning anything about him. WWE loves the merchandise \u201cThe Demon King\u201d can sell for them, but are they willing to make it an interesting and dark character? In NXT, they didn\u2019t. Can they fix this error on the main roster?<\/p>\n<p>On Raw, we saw the main roster debut of \u201cThe Demon King\u201d Finn B\u00e1lor, complete with ribbons on his head and paint on his face and body. It looked good. This version of Finn made his full entrance and the crowd reacted with glee. I don\u2019t blame them. I\u2019ve seen a couple Demon entrances live and they tend to be pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p>After the entrance, we saw Finn trade a few moves with Rollins and it looked, in this moment like the same old Finn B\u00e1lor. My fears that the main roster Demon would follow the same path as the NXT Demon seemed to be confirmed. I\u2019m willing to hedge my bets slightly here and say it may have been confirmation bias. I was looking for \u201cThe Demon King\u201d to seem like the same B\u00e1lor, so I believe he did.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, we will see B\u00e1lor\u2019s first full match as \u201cThe Demon King\u201d on the main roster and we will get some idea of how and how often WWE plans to use this persona. Can B\u00e1lor lose to Seth Rollins in his first appearance as \u201cThe Demon King?\u201d Will it make B\u00e1lor\u2019s demonic self less of an attraction if he does lose?<\/p>\n<p>WWE has a chance to present \u201cThe Demon King\u201d as a special attraction. They can make it a dark place B\u00e1lor does not like to go often and only visits when he is pushed too far. They could make it downright painful for B\u00e1lor to become \u201cThe Demon King\u201d (much like it hurts Bruce Banner to become The Hulk). There is so much potential for interesting storytelling around Finn becoming unhinged when he becomes \u201cThe Demon King\u201d and regretting his actions later.<\/p>\n<p>The main question: Will WWE pick the interesting, complex, and more exciting story or will they go with the two dimensional paint job and call it great?<\/p><div id=\"prowr-2010979134\" class=\"prowr-content-4 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_2 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_2\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_2\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><i>And now for some random thoughts:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u201cThe Demon King\u201d sounds way too much like \u201cThe Demon\u201d Kane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Seth Rollins has not been the main focus of Raw in the way I would have expected him to be. Rollins has delivered a few promos, but we haven\u2019t seen shows built around matches or segments with him. After the first week of split Raw, he hasn&#8217;t even wrestled. I respect the restraint, but hope Rollins remains a major star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The feud between Rusev and Roman Reigns took a step backward for me after seeing them have a long match here. It was a fine match, but we saw their tricks already. I didn\u2019t walk away from their 20 minute encounter on Monday night wanting to see them again in six days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Roman Reigns making mail order bride jokes is uncomfortable. Roman Reigns making jokes is uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sami Zayn has picked up some decent wins in the last month, but there is no story for him to be found. What\u2019s Sami up to? What\u2019s next for him? Does his character have a goal?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Is there a storyline reason Michael Cole called a bunch of moves the wrong things? He\u2019s usually pretty good when he decides to call moves and he had a rough outing here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens are quite funny together. Their match with Enzo and Cass at SummerSlam should be pretty fun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sheamus and Cesaro in a Best of Seven series could be quite fun. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how this plays out. Nine matches within a few months of each other will be tough to pull off and create excitement around, but I trust both Cesaro and Sheamus to do it well. Sheamus is pretty good, y\u2019all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Anderson and Gallows\u2019 ball-related humor is just awful. This feud with The New Day was good for about a week and is now annoying me.<\/p><div id=\"prowr-2304772188\" class=\"prowr-content-5 prowr-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: prowrestling_incontent_3 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"prowrestling_incontent_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\", slotId: \"prowrestling_incontent_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; The final hype for Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte was underwhelming. I would have loved a video package about this feud dating back to NXT and telling both women&#8217;s stories. WWE didn&#8217;t do this and they went with a more traditional build. It&#8217;s not bad, it&#8217;s just not the most effective storytelling mechanism. I&#8217;m hoping to see both women get the spotlight on Sunday much like they did at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Heath Slater confronting Brock Lesnar was very good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paul Heyman\u2019s promo was a standard Heyman promo without a ton of new twists. I\u2019ll give it a solid \u201cmeh\u201d and move along.<\/p>\n<p><i>Got thoughts on this show or my review of it? Hit me up with them! Check <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/itswilltime\"><i>the Twitter @itswilltime<\/i><\/a><i>, leave a comment,\u00a0or email me at itswilltime@gmail.com.<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2712797823\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Will Pruett Full disclosure:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121,50,27,76],"tags":[185,47,104,54,189,205,149,101,370],"class_list":["post-11749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-app_selections","category-mustreadarticles","category-viewpoints","category-willpruett","tag-charlotte","tag-finn-balor","tag-raw","tag-roman-reigns","tag-rusev","tag-sasha-banks","tag-seth-rollins","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-raw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pruett&#039;s Pause: WWE Raw - Finn B\u00e1lor\u2019s \u201cDemon King\u201d characterization, Reigns vs. Rusev, and Raw\u2019s final SummerSlam hype - Pro Wrestling Dot Net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/08\/16\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pruett&#039;s Pause: WWE Raw - Finn B\u00e1lor\u2019s \u201cDemon King\u201d characterization, Reigns vs. Rusev, and Raw\u2019s final SummerSlam hype - Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Will Pruett Full disclosure:...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/08\/16\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pro Wrestling Dot Net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-16T19:15:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-16T19:47:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newrawlogo1.jpg?fit=299%2C168&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"299\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Will Pruett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Will Pruett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/16\\\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/16\\\/pruetts-pause-wwe-raw-finn-balors-demon-king-characterization-reigns-vs-rusev-and-raws-final-summerslam-hype\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Will Pruett\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/prowrestling.net\\\/site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18b8715fbf4523811238ea1695047f37\"},\"headline\":\"Pruett&#8217;s Pause: WWE Raw &#8211; 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