Demon Balòr: Cool or Corny?

Agreed with this. People should anticipate when Balor might bring out the Demon King Gimmick. While I can see them saving it for PPV's only while it's still fresh, I'm in the notion that it should eventually be only used to put an end to serious feuds. You'd have to think that it would harm him hugely if he was to lose early on in his Demon gimmick though. If they wanted to, they could have the next Undertaker's Streak or Brock Lesnar level of invincibility on there hands with this Gimmick, where a few years down the line the rub would be enormous should someone finally topple the Demon King. I just pray they don't overuse it as it's something that could get stale very quick, and it needs to be kept special. Wrestlemania and Summerslam should be when we see the special variations of the Demon King attire though.

On a side note, I didn't think it helped with the sarcasm Rollins was emphasising when mentioning the Demon King though, it ended up making it sound like a joke. I don't know if this was the plan so that when Balor did finally show up it would come across as no joke, but still, some new fans could have burst out laughing rather than thought it was badass when he appeared.

I really enjoyed that segment. He and Seth are going to tear the house down this Sunday.

As long as they don't beat it to death, then yeah, I'll continue to enjoy it. I just really hope they save it for special occasions though, and not every PPV. Slightly changing up his moveset as the Demon would be ideal too. Really liked marino13 's idea about the red mist.

Yeah, they can't do it for every big event like they did in NXT. They could get away with it down there, because the Takeover specials were several months apart, and even though he did up the paint for each one, that spacing help to no over do it. This match with Rollins, make sense, because it's his PPV debut, and it for the new title. After that, they need to wait a few more events later, until we see it. But then again, as we've seen with the specialty matches like Hell in a Cell, and Elimination Chamber, they don't understand the concept of less is more, with a concept.

It's insane for people to believe that Balor will only use it for special appearances. He's on the main roster now and if Demon Balor makes money then Vince will want him painted as much as possible.

I don't necessarily think that people believe it will be used that way, it's just wishful thinking.


Also, THIS.

They literally did this last week in his taped promo.

That could go either way, actually. If Balor is making the company money, he's going to take on extra responsibility doing media appearances, etc, especially considering he's a pretty personable guy. A lot of the time, that stuff occurs on show days. Keeping him in a locker room for 3+ hours while he's painted would cut into his ability to do the stuff that Vince likes his top guys to be able to do.

thanks i def missed it