5 things that could happen on RAW next week

#2 Tease of a Finn Balor heel turn

Seth Rollins busted out the curb stomp for the first time in a couple years

I found it to be slightly awkward, and certainly weird, that the final 2 and a half minutes of RAW saw Finn Balor and the Good Brothers stand in silence as Finn tried to get his wits about him. I thought to myself during those odd, quiet moments, that it must be leading somewhere. As I thought, the idea came to me that they didn’t have Rollins pull out the curb stomp finisher for no reason.

While it could possibly lead to a Rollins heel turn as he embraces his team with Jordan, it’s more likely that Rollins will say that he got caught up in the moment, but he is glad that everything happened the way it did because it woke him up, and he and Jordan end up being a more cohesive unit.

The more important part is what having his face stomped into the mat does to Balor. They stressed that 1) the ref messed up and he actually won the match and 2) the curb stomp was unexpected and significant. I think they might go with some sort of story that Finn got his brains a bit rattled by the move, and that his psyche got messed up, causing him to go bad.

It would be something like Randy Orton having IED, which caused him to go out of control and do impulsive things like RKO Stephanie McMahon or give Vince McMahon the infamous punt to the head. I would prefer that they avoid something like that, but the eerie silence and the look in Finn’s eyes made me feel that they are going in that direction.

I would much prefer to see Finn get motivated by what happened. He’s upset that Rollins used a move that was banned, and he’s upset that he clearly won the match, but officials screwed it up and let Rollins get the victory. Balor as a heel with a chip on his shoulder (like he was when he started the Bullet Club almost 5 years ago) is much better than Balor as a heel because he got his head stomped into the mat and his brain doesn’t work correctly. We shall see what happens.