Finn Balor is currently on the shelf following the injury he suffered during his NXT Title match against Kyle O’Reilly. His jaw was broken in two places during the match. It seems he also suffered an injury that was not revealed publicly.
Triple H spoke to Fox Sports, where he revealed that Finn Balor’s eardrum was busted when he became the NXT Champion by defeating Adam Cole. It was his jaw injury that ultimately put him out of action.
“Look at where NXT is right now and when you take in the last few months, man, there was a moment there where we were snake bitten by a bunch of things, to Keith Lee transition[ing] and Karrion [Kross] gets the title but he gets injured and at the same time you gotta take the title off him, Finn [Balor] gets the title. I don’t even think anybody knows this but Finn gets the title and in that match, blows his eardrum out and as he comes out of that like, ‘Okay, he’s good on that.’ Right on the flip side of that, breaks his jaw.”
Balor recently appeared on an episode of NXT, but he is not scheduled to take part in NXT TakeOver: WarGames. He seems to be recovering well, so we will have to see when he makes his in-ring return.
