Finn Balor On His NXT Return: “I’m Not Part Of This Brand. I Am The Brand.”

WWE superstar Finn Balor spoke with TV Insider about his recent return to NXT, and his attack on fan-favorite Johnny Gargano at the end of last week’s episode. Balor states that his return to the yellow-and-black brand will get everyone to tune in, jabbing at Gargano for only being the top champion for 57 days.

I’m not part of this brand. I am the brand. When Finn’s gone, nobody is watching. When Finn’s there, everybody is watching. We talk about Johnny Gargano, the heart of NXT. He is this NXT darling. He was champion for 57 days. Finn Bálor was champion for 292 days, so if the heart of NXT was a 57-day champ, there are some big issues.

Balor continues, claiming that the WWE main roster was holding him back, but that the shackles are off now that he’s back at Full Sail.

The shackles have been on for way too long. I kind of been put in a little box, locked in this cage and being this one-trick pony. The shackles are completely off. I’m going to go back to what I like to do, which is just being myself and going out there no holds barred and have a little fun.

I feel like I was losing sight of who I was as a person in the environment I was in. I got to step away, and it really helped me refocus, reevaluate who I was as a person. Kind of go back to the real me. I will wrestle anywhere in the world, in any ring, any parking lot, any supermarket, in any country on earth. It doesn’t matter where I’m wrestling or who I’m wrestling. Once I’m wrestling, people are going to be watching. It was a mutual thing for me to come to NXT where we wanted to create controversy. And that’s what I think we’re going to do.

A big question coming from Balor’s heel turn is whether he is aligned with the Undisputed Era. The Demon King was also asked about the positive response he received from former Bullet Club members AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson.

Of course, they were going to give me positive feedback. But it was positive feedback from everyone. They are all talking about FInn and the turn and what is happening in NXT. It feels like everyone wants a part of Finn right now, whether it’s The O.C. or whether it’s the Undisputed Era. We’re just going to have to wait and see what happens on Wednesday night.

Check out the full interview here.