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WWE star Finn Balor claims to become the new King of the Ring 

The King of the Ring tournament kicked off this Friday Night SmackDown with two competitive quarterfinals between Finn Balor and Cesaro and Rey Mysterio taking on Sami Zayn.

Finn Balor defeated Cesaro with a hard, intense fight between the two. But in the end, Balor got the better of Cesaro with the Coup de Grace. However, after the win, Balor seems to be oozing confidence and believes that he can be the next WWE King of the Ring.

Finn Balor
Finn Balor can be the new King of the Ring

Balor took to Twitter to express his belief in becoming the new 2021 King of the Ring. 

“King of the Ring”

Balor will be facing Sami Zayn in the semi-finals of the tournament next week on Friday. It’s gonna be an exciting battle as both the superstars are one of the best in-ring performers.

Finn Balor
Finn Balor is one of the semi-finalists

Cesaro shared his pick after the loss against Finn Balor at 2021 King of the Ring 

Antonio Cesaro took to Twitter after the loss against Finn Balor at the tournament’s Quarterfinals and chose his pick for the tournament. Interestingly, it was not the WWE star against whom he lost the match.

However, Cesaro claimed that Austin Creed, The New Day member Xavier Woods can win the 2021 King of the Ring Tournament. 

“This one hurts… let’s go @AustinCreedWins

It will be interesting to see who pans out to be the new King as the tournament goes towards the other quarterfinalists from Raw. Only time will tell whose gonna finish first in the tournament. 

For the first time ever a Women’s tournament, Queen’s Crown is also happening for the very first time. Carmella and Zelina Vega are the semi-finalists of the Queen’s Crown.

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