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Finn Balor Confirms His Status for WWE Roadblock, Reveals He Once Nearly Had to Have His Leg Amputated

November 9, 2016

Injured WWE star Finn Balor recently participated in a Wizard World panel, and when asked by ScreenGeek.net about his most brutal career injury, Balor revealed it took place while he was wrestling in New Japan, and below is an excerpt from the story:

So I’m downstairs in the Dojo and Fale [Simitaitoko] walks in and I’m in shorts thinking man my shin what the hell has happened to my shin and gale goes oh man you need to go to the hospital right away I had that exact same thing in Mexico. Hes one of the very few people who spoke English in New Japan at the time, so he talks to one of the young Japanese boys and told them to take me to the hospital. There’s’ communication going on between the young boy and all these doctors and then this doctor is someone from somewhere that can speak English and he says:

“Okay this is what has happened. You’ve got a very serious infection in your leg. It’s eating into your bone. If you had waited one more day we would have had to amputate your leg.”

On a related note, we reported last week that WWE is currently advertising Balor for the upcoming WWE Roadblock event in December, but Balor confirmed the advertisement is likely a mistake and he will not be back until 2017:

“I can 100% guarantee – what date is Roadblock? December 18th? I will 100% guarantee that I will be home with my family and friends at Christmas. I will be back in 2017.”

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.