During an interview with BTSport.com, Finn Balor commented on why he missed the 2022 WWE Royal Rumble PLE and several weeks of television:
“I didn’t want to take any time off. I didn’t need any time off, I wasn’t injured. Legally my visa needed to be renewed. I needed to go home to Ireland to go to the U.S. embassy and get a new visa. That’s why I wasn’t at the Royal Rumble and why I wasn’t there for a month. It was strictly legal paperwork that had to be rectified. It had been pushed and pushed due to Covid because we couldn’t travel.”
Balor stated that once a window of opportunity opened up, it was decided for him to not wait any longer and get the paperwork done.