Finn Balor recently spoke with Dan Greene for Sports Illustrated; you can read a few highlights below:
Balor comments on the reception to his Wrestlemania entrance:
“A lot of people maybe thought going into WrestleMania, ‘Well, if Finn’s not gonna be the Demon, it’s gonna suck.’ I think what we did at WrestleMania is a lot more important than any Demon could have been.”
Balor comments on using his platform to speak up for LGBTQ fans:
“I feel like—not that they were excluded, but sometimes they felt like they weren’t included. That’s something I felt a responsibility for, to use the platform that I have for good and to help maybe a small amount of people for the right reasons.
I’m not one for reading comments or reading what people say online because generally there’s a lot of negativity. But I had a lot of messages from friends, DMs and stuff, that were saying, ‘This meant so much for us.’”
Balor comments on how his message hasn’t changed, despite going back to wearing monochromatic ring gear:
“I’ve had messages from fans who’ve said I’ve inspired them to come out to their family. It’s incredible… What we do in WWE in the ring is important, but what we do and what we stand for outside of the ring is a lot more important.” Some people had warned him that he might risk alienating those who do not feel the same way that he did. “My answer was if those people think like that, I don’t necessarily want them as my fans. That was a risk I was willing to take.”
“How I feel as a person and what I support as a person always remains the same, and that is continuing to support LGBT communities around the world.”
