Finn Balor was interviewed by Sky Sports this week as the WWE continues its European tour, with WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown Live both set to be taped from Manchester, England this week.

In the interview, Balor discussed the idea of the United Kingdom being given a WWE PPV and it was clear that the Demon King is supportive of the idea. Below are some highlights of the interview with an h/t to SkySports.com for the transcription.

A UK PPV


“I love the idea of doing international pay-per-views and I don’t see why we should be anchored, so to speak, to the United States. Obviously, there are issues of time zones and logistics but that’s for someone else to figure out. The fans here deserve a pay-per-view in the United Kingdom. They haven’t had one since 1992 and that one went down as one of the greatest pay-per-views in WWE history”


Fans and Talent Want It


“Why it hasn’t been done since then is beyond me. People above me will make excuses about how it’s not financially beneficial to the company but I think there are more important things beyond the bottom line and that’s giving the fans what they want at any cost. We’ve been touring here since 1991 and the fans deserve a pay-per-view. The talent wants it too. So it’s time they figured it out and brought a big pay-per-view here.”

I dont see why they dont just bring back Insurrexion (i think that was the name) and throw in the occasional title change too. i always liked those ppvs.

The network basically killed "PPV", so there's really no reason they can't broadcast a special from over there.

I won't mind watching a PPV at noon on Sunday but I am guessing they don't want to compete against religion and/or football.

Nov 6, 2017 22:42:21 GMT X-zero said:

I won't mind watching a PPV at noon on Sunday but I am guessing they don't want to compete against religion and/or football.

i dont see why. many networks compete with Thursday night football all the time. some people like myself would love an alternative to some of these boring NFL matchups..

I would absolutely do an annual U.K. PPV. The crowd would be hot, you can throw in the UK Championship as a hot match, and do a special start time for the states (seriously, a Sunday afternoon PPV would be fine).

The only thing about it is it has to matter. It can just be a U.K. Raw. Big matches, title changes, etc.

I would follow the mold of MITB 2011 with Punk challenging for the title in Chicago. Build Balor up and give him the belt. Or similar to ONS 2016, have Balor win the MITB and challenge the champion ahead of the event like RVD did. And like those two occurrences, don't go the route of cheap heat by having the local hero lose.