Finn Balor missed this week’s episode of WWE RAW despite being booked in the Survivor Series 2021 event. After working the recent tour of the United Kingdom over the weekend (which is still in progress for the Smackdown stars), the UK-native stayed overseas to work the rest of the tour and as a result, he wasn’t seen during last night’s Raw.
Reports from Wrestling INC noted that he was scheduled to work, tonight in Leeds, tomorrow in Nottingham, and Wednesday in Manchester. He is scheduled to face Sheamus at those events. Mostly, Smackdown Superstars are scheduled to work on those shows before they come back to the United States for the TV taping on Friday night from the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Virginia.
During this past Sunday’s SmackDown live event in Liverpool, Finn Balor defeat Sheamus, but he participated in Fatal 4 Way matches at the RAW UK live events, along with Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, and the winner, WWE United States Champion Damian Priest in title bouts.
Survivor Series 2021 Team Changed After Massive WWE Raw Return
Last week on Raw, Finn Balor defeated Chad Gable in a singles contest and was recently challenged to a rematch by him. Chad Gable wants another shot at Finn Balor.
This week’s WWE RAW saw Balor defeat Gable in singles action. After coming up short, Gable took to Twitter and proposed a rematch, suggesting a 2 of 3 Falls Match, a Best of 7 Match, or an Ironman Match with the following statement,
“My move. Your win. Touché. Losses like this don’t sit well with The Master. 2/3 Falls? Best of 7? Ironman Match? I don’t care what it is… let’s run it back. #MasterGable #AlphaAcademy.”
Survivor Series 2021 Team Changed After Massive WWE Raw Return
My move. Your win. Touché.
Losses like this don’t sit well with The Master.
2/3 Falls?
Best of 7?
Ironman Match?I don’t care what it is… let’s run it back.
#MasterGable#AlphaAcademy pic.twitter.com/nmVQvkmjMB— Chad Gable (@WWEGable) November 2, 2021
Finn Balor to compete at Survivor Series 2021
With Balor’s absence, that match obviously didn’t happen. Gable rather came up short again in a match against the WWE Champion Big E. There’s no update whether the feud between Balor and Gable or his tag team partner Otis will continue in the coming weeks.
At this point, Finn Balor is booked to compete at the Survivor Series PPV event to represent Team Raw. The current card for the PPV goes as follows,
5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Finn Balor, Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins) vs. Team SmackDown (Drew McIntyre, Jeff Hardy, King Xavier Woods, Sami Zayn, Happy Baron Corbin)
5-on-5 Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match
Team RAW (Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Carmella, Queen Zelina Vega, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Rhea Ripley) vs. Team SmackDown (Sasha Banks, Shotzi, Natalya, Aliyah, Shayna Baszler)
Champion vs. Champion
WWE Champion Big E vs. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns
Champion vs. Champion
RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair