Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.
In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former WWE Universal Champion, Finn Bálor.
2014
- W/ Hideo Itami vs. The Ascension (TakeOver: R Evolution) ***
2015
- Vs. Adrian Neville (TakeOver: Rival) ****
- Vs. Tyler Breeze (TakeOver: Unstoppable) ***
- Vs. Kevin Owens – NXT Championship (Beast in the East) ****1/4
- Ladder: Vs. Kevin Owens – NXT Championship (TakeOver: Brooklyn) ****1/4
- W/ Samoa Joe vs. The Revival (TakeOver: Unstoppable) ***
- W/ Samoa Joe vs. Rhyno & Baron Corbin (TakeOver: Unstoppable) ***
- Vs. Samoa Joe – NXT Championship (TakeOver: London) ***3/4
2016
- Vs. Samoa Joe – NXT Championship (TakeOver: Dallas) ***1/2
- Steel Cage: Vs. Samoa Joe – NXT Championship (TakeOver: The End) ***1/2
- Vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Universal Championship (SummerSlam) ****
2017
- Five Pack Challenge (Extreme Rules) ****
- Vs. Bray Wyatt (SummerSlam) **3/4
- Vs. Bray Wyatt (No Mercy) ***
- Vs. AJ Styles (TLC) ****1/4
- W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) **1/4
2018
- Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber) ***1/2
- Vs. The Miz vs. Seth Rollins – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 34) ****
- Ladder: Vs. Seth Rollins vs. The Miz vs. Samoa Joe – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Greatest Royal Rumble) ***1/2
- MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****
- Vs. Baron Corbin (Extreme Rules) **
- Vs. Baron Corbin (SummerSlam) 1/2*
- W/ Team RAW vs. Team SmackDown (Survivor Series) ***1/2
- Vs. Drew McIntyre (TLC) ***
2019
- Vs. Jordan Devlin (NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool) ***1/2
- Vs. Brock Lesnar – WWE Universal Championship (Royal Rumble) ***3/4
- Handicap: Vs. Bobby Lashley & Lio Rush – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Elimination Chamber) **1/4
- Vs. Bobby Lashley – WWE Intercontinental Championship (WrestleMania 35) *
- MITB Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ****1/4
- Vs. Andrade – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Super ShowDown) ***1/4
- Vs. The Fiend (SummerSlam) **1/2
- Vs. Matt Riddle (TakeOver: WarGames) ****
2020
- Vs. Johnny Gargano (TakeOver: Portland) ****1/2
TOP FIVE
5. The Miz, Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 34)
4. Matt Riddle (NXT TakeOver: WarGames 2019)
3. Kevin Owens (Beast In The East 2015)
2. Kevin Owens (NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 2015)
1. Johnny Gargano (NXT TakeOver: Portland 2020)
Average rating per year
- 2014 – 3
- 2015 – 3.61
- 2016 – 3.67
- 2017 – 3.25
- 2018 – 3
- 2019 – 3.06
- 2020 – 4.5
Overall average rating
3.44/5
Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWF/E & World Heavyweight Champion, Triple H.