WWE: 'Brilliant' Raw star's 2021 plans were ruined by Brock Lesnar's return

WWE changed the plans they had for Finn Balor in 2021 due to the return of Brock Lesnar.

During the summer of last year, immediately after returning to the main roster, it was clear that WWE had big plans for Finn.

However, the plans that former Head of Creative Vince McMahon had for the Irishman had to be changed because ‘The Beast’ was on his way back.

Balor faced Roman Reigns in an infamous No DQ match at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view in September, but it doesn’t seem like those were the original plans WWE had.

It was clear from earlier on in the summer that Reigns and Balor would be feuding, with the Irishman getting loosely involved in Roman’s feud with John Cena.

Speaking to the Superstar Crossover, Balor explained that the plans Vince McMahon originally were scrapped when Brock Lesnar returned at SummerSlam in August 2021, via Ringside News.

There was an idea to go a different direction, but then Brock returned, and the direction changed. So that’s something you have to kind of come to terms with and understand in WWE that if one piece of the jigsaw changes, the whole landscape changes. If someone returns, there’s always going to be different plans in place.

Balor didn’t explain what plans Vince had for him, but his words certainly indicate that he was going to be feuding with Roman for longer than we ended up seeing last year.

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While things may have not really worked out for Balor in WWE under Vince McMahon, but that could be about to change with Triple Hbeing appointed as the company’s Chief Content Officer.

Reports from WrestleVotes have indicated that WWE has some big plans in store for Balor, with the former Universal Champion