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Originally Posted by OneOut
My problem with it is not that it was poorly done, but done in the middle of a show where they're trying to push him as this mystic character. Put a doc on the network and that's fine, but don't pull the curtain back during the show. I guess there is no separation anymore though. But then why bother calling him "Finn Balor" and trying to create this persona?
I guess everyone is different, but I really liked it as a fresh way of presenting wrestling.
As kayfabe has disintegrated over the years, a large part of wrestling fandom has become about supporting the performers behind the characters. So I'm totally cool with NXT playing to their audience and producing "origin stories" for their characters. I can watch this package and be heartwarmed at the real guy's story and then suspend my disbelief for a Demon Balor match back-to-back, no problem.
It would be slightly weirder if he was Demon Balor all the time, but he's not and the Demon is portrayed as just one part of his personality. He's 90% regular Finn Balor so the video package wasn't weird at all as we know and recognise his regular persona anyway.