Finn's Impact on RAW | AJ Styles vs Punk

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Dave LaGreca & Bully Ray break down WWE Monday Night Raw: Finn Balor makes an impact throughout the show, plus, are we getting closer to the end of AJ Styles' career?

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Busted Open podcast.
0:02.3	This is Dave Legreca.
0:04.1	On today's episode, myself and Bully Ray talk Monday Nighter.
0:07.9	Finn Baller making a statement in the main event.
0:11.8	Also, as we get closer, do we have to come to the reality of A.J. Stiles saying goodbye.
0:19.4	We discuss right now on the Busted Open podcast.
0:23.0	This is the Busted Open podcast.
0:27.0	The real story last night and the thread throughout the show wasn't about AJ and it wasn't
0:33.5	about C.M. Punk.
0:35.2	It was about Finn Baller.
0:36.7	And, you know, Finn who, for the most part, in the last decade since he got injured
0:44.4	after becoming universal champion, has not been in the main event scene.
0:51.2	We see him in a main event match against CM Punk last week, and he probably has the
0:57.0	match of the last decade for Finn Baller. And we were wondering, is that just a one-off? You know,
1:05.1	we've seen a lot of start and stops when it comes to Finn Baller. The last thing I was expecting last night, the week of the Royal Rumble, was for the
1:16.4	big story on Monday Night Raw to be about Finn Baller, and that's exactly what the
1:22.0	story thread was last night on Raw.
1:24.6	The last time we were together,
1:32.4	what was one of the biggest things we talked about concerning Finn Baller?
1:38.7	Just, and, you know, there hasn't been a lot to him in the last 10 years.
1:41.7	We wanted to see Finn Baller on his own.
1:45.2	I said, after I watched Finn and punk, I was like, damn,
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