Finn Balor was absent from this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW. Michael Cole announced that Balor was injured after the attack from Drew McIntyre last week. Balor was also replaced in the Mixed Match Challenge. WWE announced that Apollo Crews is the new partner of Bayley.
Balor missing the show (and being pulled from the Mixed Match Challenge) caused some concern among fans.
We have an update for you on the reason why Balor missed RAW.
According to a report from Mike Johnson of PWInsider, Balor missed RAW this week due to illness, not injury.
Johnson says that WWE expects Balor to be okay to face Drew McIntyre this weekend at the TLC PPV. This is why their match is still being advertised for the event. The beatdown from Drew last week on Finn was not a way to write Balor out of television. This was just designed to give their feud some more heat.
Balor missed a few WWE live events over the weekend, which raised some concern among fans. It looks like he is dealing with some sickness but nothing that will keep him out for long.
We will let you know if we hear anything more on Balor’s status as we get closer to TLC.
On a related note, here are the highest-rated Finn Balor matches of all time.