WWE Universal Championship: Kevin Owens [c] vs. Finn Balor
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There's a simple story here. Finn Balor was the first WWE Universal Championship, but he lost it due to injury. Kevin Owens took his place at the top of the RAW roster while Balor was recovering. Then, after six months of intensive rehab (he misses the Royal Rumble, unfortunately), Balor makes a surprise return as the eight and final participant of a tournament to crowd the new #1 contender for the WWE Universal Championship. Balor then wins the tournament and enters into a vicious rivalry with Kevin Owens.
Owens will portray the vicious, remorseless heel that won’t shy away from anything to keep his top spot. Any time Balor is in the ring, Owens would attack him from behind. He’d hit Balor in his recently-rehabilitated shoulder with weapons, he’d Powerbomb Balor onto the ring apron, and he’d use as many attacks targeting the shoulder as possible to break Balor’s spirit. He’d even attack Balor’s legs to weaken the effect of his Coup de Grâce Double Foot Stomp.
Except each of these attacks would only make the Demon angrier, and this would culminate in Owens facing a very angry Demon Balor at WrestleMania.
The match would be a remorseless fight for the championship, with Owens using his brawling abilities and power to counter Balor’s surprise attacks. This match would also be given around twenty minutes for both guys to be as savage and brutal as possible to one another, with both of them hitting multiple signature and finishing moves on each other.
Finally, after numerous momentum shifts, Owens would attempt another Pop-up Powerbomb, but Balor would reverse this into the 1916 and hit two consecutive Coup de Grâce Double Foot Stomps. That would keep Owens down for the three-count and lead to Balor becoming the new Universal Champion.
Winner & New WWE Universal Champion: Finn Balor
