WATCH: Finn Balor's SummerSlam glory
Friday 28 July 2017 06:06, UK
It was the moment the world found out Finn Balor belonged at the top in WWE.
Last year's SummerSlam saw the Irish superstar compete against Seth Rollins for the newly minted Universal Championship.
Balor had only been on WWE's main roster for four weeks but he was given the chance to be the new title's first champion after a hugely successful run on NXT.
As you can see in our video of the best bits of the match above, Finn did not disappoint on the big stage.
Coming out as his 'Demon' persona, the crowd in Brooklyn went wild when the popular star came to the ring.
His match against Seth Rollins was electric, with the two athletic superstars putting their bodies on the line.
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Balor's victory was all the more remarkable given he actually dislocated his shoulder early on in the match.
Look out for the moment Finn is slammed into the barricade by Rollins, that's when his right shoulder pops.
Balor, somehow, not only finished the match but kept up the pace to hit his Coup de Grace finisher to walk away with the title.
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The problem, however, was he had to take months out afterwards to recover from the injury and had to give up the belt the next night on RAW.
But SummerSlam 2016 was when mainstream sports entertainment fans realised Balor was a star.
Finn is currently in the middle of a feud with Bray Wyatt as the build up to this year's event, live on Sky Sports Box Office in the early hours of August 21, intensifies.
But it won't be long until Finn is back competing for the gold once more.
