A/N: This story was begging to be written. I have always wanted to write with the McMahon clan and this idea came into my head. I think that Finn Balor deserves way better! The way he gets treated is just beyond criminal. I am excited for this story and I hope all of you enjoy it.

Jessica Stroup is the face claim for Samantha McMahon.

Disclaimer: I do not own any WWE Superstar that is mentioned throughout this story.

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Chapter 1: Even though I tried, it all fell apart

Samantha McMahon sat in the gorilla at an NXT taping alongside her brother-in-law, Triple H. The youngest McMahon child worked with her brother-in-law in running the operations for NXT. Not only that, she also helped him search for talent all over the world in hopes of finding the next breed of future WWE superstars.

She'd always pursued working for the family company. With Shane, Stephanie, and Hunter all having active roles somehow in the company, Samantha wasn't entirely sure what role she could partake in. She did go to college at Southern New Hampshire University to get her bachelor's degree in Business Management. If she was going to take the job in her family company, she wanted to have the credentials to do the job and not just take the job because of her last name. Plus, if she wanted to pursue a different career field, she would have the education and skills.

Hunter made the decision to let Samantha be his personal assistant. Whenever she blew that job out of the water, he coaxed Vince into letting Samantha run NXT alongside him and helping him scout new talent for the WWE roster. She started that life changing job in 2014 when she was just twenty-five and here she was now four years later watching NXT grow and expand into something special.

Those four years flew by fast. They say that time flies whenever you're having fun and she found that to be entirely too true. The youngest McMahon was having the time of her life working alongside her brother-in-law and the rest of her family in the family company. She also worked alongside the most interesting people who had passion for the wrestling business just as much as she did. Each person that she would scout or sign for the company had an interesting backstory and she was always down for hearing their story.

In fact those four years passed by so quickly that she was overwhelmed by her upcoming twenty-ninth birthday.

She was snapped out of her reverie when she felt herself being shook by her brother-in-law. "Earth to Sam, are you there?"

"Yeah, sorry." She pushed up her purple and black Juicy Couture rectangular glasses.

"What were you thinking about?"

"About how my twenty-ninth birthday is coming up. It's kind of overwhelming that I'm fixing to be in the last year of being in my twenties."

"Damn, Sam, I know that I'm not that young, but whenever you put it like that, it makes me feel ancient."

Samantha laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not trying to make you feel old. I guess I'm trying to say I can't believe how fast time has flown by."

"I knew what you meant." Hunter bumped his shoulder into his sister-in-law's shoulder. "You know I just like giving you a hard time."

"Not only are you the King Of Kings, you're also the King of giving me a hard time."

Hunter chuckled. "I can't help that it's fun giving you a hard time."

"I'm glad to know you get pure joy out of doing that."

The COO of WWE defensively raised up his hands. "It entertains me. Sorry it's at your expense."

"I'm sure you're really sorry," The younger woman teased. "Well tonight's taping went well don't you think?"

"Sure did," Hunter agreed. "They usually do."

"You're right." Samantha let out a yawn. "I'm exhausted though. It's been a long day considering the fact I didn't sleep that good last night."

"You and I have to get on the jet to head out to New Orleans for RAW tomorrow. You can get some sleep then."

Samantha got up from the seat she was seated in and adjusted her black bustier lace up bodycon dress. "Even though I don't get much of it, sleep is life."

Hunter got up from the seat he was occupying beside Samantha. "Let's get out here so you can get some sleep."

The brother and sister-in-law walked beside each other exiting Full Sail University. The corporate jet was waiting for them right outside the building and once Samantha got into her seat and took off her black high heeled sandals, removed her silver hooped earrings, and took of her glasses, she placed a blanket over her and closed her eyes; instantly falling into sleeping bliss.

It was 7:00am Monday morning and while Samantha intended to sleep in a little bit longer, her body wouldn't let her. So, she found herself at her favorite coffee shop in New Orleans called 'Monkey Monkey Coffee and Tea.' She brought her trusty purple Macbook Air with her to do some work to at least feel productive.

She occupied one of the corner tables near the window so she could see the scenery of beautiful New Orleans. She was drinking a medium cappuccino and eating on a blueberry muffin. Whether it was working on the scripts or match cards, the youngest McMahon was working on what was needed for the next set of NXT television tapings.

Samantha saved her documents, raising her head up to look out the window. Unbeknownst to her, someone was standing directly in front of the table she was occupying. She was taken aback whenever she saw the person and clutched her chest from being frightened at the sudden appearance of the person. It was none other than Finn Balor. He had a large coffee cup in his hand and a smile on his face. She wondered why he was there so early in the morning.

Looking at his attire; which consisted of one of his PE&K shirts, gym shorts, his tube socks he loved to wear, and his vans, she assumed he was probably heading to a gym. Or he was just bumming it because it was too early in the morning. Heck, she was bumming it, at least by her standards. Her short bob was under a maroon hat, a Heather charcoal soft marled knit top, Heather charcoal soft marled joggings, and maroon adidas on her feet. Of course, she was wearing her trademark glasses.

"Top of the morning to you," Finn greeted, raising up his coffee cup towards Samantha. "It looks like we had the same idea this morning."

"I don't think I agreed being scared to death this morning."

"Sorry." The Irishman was trying to hold back a laugh. "The opportunity was presented and I had to take advantage of it."

"What's up with everyone liking to tease me?" The youngest McMahon pouted.

"If we didn't like you then we wouldn't tease you."

"Then a lot of you must like me then because quite a few of you like to tease me and give me a hard time."

Finn shrugged his shoulders. "You're alright, I guess."

"I'm alright? You guess?" Samantha reiterated. "And here I thought we were cool with each other."

The leader of Balor club sat down in the empty seat across from Samantha. "It's so fun to tease you. Has anyone mentioned that to you?"

The brunette rolled her eyes. "It might have been mentioned once or twice before." It has been mentioned quite a bit, with the latest time being last night by her brother-in-law.

"Whatcha working on?" The older man motioned to her Macbook.

"Work stuff. I'm working on some of the stuff for the next set of NXT tapings."

"That sounds..." He was trying to find the right adjective to use. "...productive?"

Samantha smiled. "I guess that's the right word to use. I've been up since the crack of dawn this morning, so I figured I would come here and get some work done while I had plenty of time. Might as well be productive."

"I'd say you're being very productive considering it's not even 8am yet and we don't have to be at the arena until mid-afternoon."

"That's very true. Thanks." She took the last bite of the first half of her blueberry muffin. She looked at her male counterpart then looked down at the muffin. "Come on, you know you want the other half of that muffin. Having a couple of carbs isn't going to kill you."

Finn laughed. "You never know, it just might."

"Trust me, you'll survive."

"Fine, but just know that I'm doing this because you're the boss." He picked up the other half of the muffin and stuffed it into his mouth.

Samantha was trying to hold back a laugh, but ultimately failed as she busted out laughing. "You're such a dork."

The first ever Universal Champion took a swig of his coffee to help him digest the muffin. "It's a good thing I'm heading to the gym. I can't let these abs go away."

The brunette assumed right, Finn was indeed heading to the gym. "Your abs are going to be okay, I promise," Samantha assured. "Eating half a muffin won't even mess with your ab veins."

"I better head to the gym so I can definitely be assured that nothing went wrong with my abs."

Samantha rolled her eyes and chuckled. "Whatever you need to do to be assured, go for it. I'm going to continue to sit here and work."

Finn got up from the seat he was occupying and waved to Samantha. "It was nice seeing you this morning, Sam. I'll see you later on."

"See you later." She waved to him as he exited the coffee shop.

She watched him walk away, letting out a sigh in the process. She still couldn't process why her Dad didn't want to push Finn again. Sure, he had one injury; but it was a freak accident. It honestly could've happened to anyone. He had the look, could wrestle worth a damn, and was over with the crowd. No matter what, she would continue to pull for him like her brother-in-law.

July 2016

Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Samantha McMahon were in a meeting at WWE headquarters going over ideas for the upcoming WWE draft that would be taking place in three weeks. It was decided that Shane would be the commissioner of Smackdown that would be going live on Tuesdays and Stephanie would be the commissioner of Monday Night RAW. After a lot of compromising between the family, they came to the conclusion that Daniel Bryan was going to be the general manager for Smackdown and Mick Foley was going to be the general manager for RAW.

Vince wanted to shock the WWE universe by doing something unexpected during the draft. Hunter and Samantha looked to each other, light bulbs going off in their heads at the same time. It was as if they had twin telepathy.

"We have an idea, Dad," Samantha spoke, motioning her hand between her and Hunter.

"Alright, Sunshine, let's hear out this idea."

"Well, how about you draft an NXT call up in the first round? That would send shockwaves."

Shane and Stephanie nodded approvingly at Hunter and Samantha's idea. Hunter smiled, proud of his baby sister-in-law for speaking up. Samantha used to have a bad habit about staying silent and not letting her voice be known. Thanks to Hunter, she learned to how let herself be heard.

"That's a good idea," Vince stated. "Who did you have in mind?"

"Finn Balor," Hunter piped in. "As much as Samantha and I would hate to see him go from NXT, we think that he would make the best addition to the main roster."

The WWE Chairman nodded his head. "And what makes you think that he would make the best addition?"

"You see how valuable he is in NXT. Most of the places we ventured to were sold out arguably because of him. He's our main attraction."

"Not only that, Dad; he was a money making machine for us too. I know how much you love superstars who make you money and we think Finn is the one to make you more money. Especially when gets to use The Demon King gimmick." Samantha was determined to get Finn onto the main roster because he was more than ready for it even though she didn't like the thought of seeing their top NXT superstar leaving. She knew it was best for business. It was reassuring to her that there were more talented superstars on NXT that could help feel the void. Especially their latest signing: Shinsuke Nakamura.

"You know, Dad, Hunter and Sam do drive a hot bargain," Stephanie said. "I could always draft Finn to RAW during the first round. Nobody would see it coming and it would keep eyes on the rest of the draft."

"I have to agree with everyone," Shane spoke up. "And then we could draft more NXT call ups too. I was wanting to draft American Alpha to help reboot the tag team division for Smackdown."

"Okay, okay," Vince stated. "You have me sold. We'll draft Finn in the first round and see how everything goes. I hope you all don't make me regret this decision."

Samantha smiled. "You won't regret this decision, Dad." She looked over to Hunter and he had the same satisfying smile on his face. They gave each other a thumbs up.

"Well, this meeting is over for today. I'll see everyone at the same time tomorrow to discuss more ideas."

Vince, Shane, Hunter and Stephanie all left the conference room, leaving Samantha all alone. She jumped up and down gleefully, happy with the fact that she managed to persuade her Dad to draft Finn.

She just really hoped that she and Hunter wouldn't make her Dad regret the decision.

Samantha arrived to the Smoothie King Arena around 3pm, her pink rolling suitcase in tow and her black Coach purse hanging from her left shoulder. She nodded and waved her greeting to the WWE Superstars in passing before arriving to her own private office. She laid her suitcase and purse on the leather couch before walking out of the office to head to catering since she'd not ate since breakfast which consisted of just her half ate blueberry muffin.

"If it isn't my favorite McMahon!" Samantha turned around, coming face to face with Seth Rollins. Her and Seth grown close during Samantha's phase of being Hunter's personal assistant. The Shield was feuding with Evolution during that time, so Samantha would sit in with all guys while the matches were being discussed. If neither were busy during their time on the road, the two would hang out; strictly platonic.

The youngest McMahon along with Hunter was set on the idea of Seth cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase at Wrestlemania 31, wanting to send the fans home shocked and content. The chairman eventually agreed to the idea, even though his mind was set on having Roman Reigns leave Wrestlemania 31 as the WWE champion.

"I can't be biased, but you know I love you." She accepted Seth's friendly embrace.

The Intercontinental Champion gave Samantha a once over. "Are you embracing Finn's Finn Balor for everyone gimmick? That's a mighty colorful outfit you're wearing today."

Samantha found herself wearing a white button down shirt that was tucked into royal blue capris, a hot pink blazer over her white button down shirt, and kelly green high heeled sandals. She was wearing kelly green beads around her neck and she was wearing silver studs in her ear. Her brown bob was down in waves around her face. Her makeup was done with her wearing gold eyeshadow with the black winged eyeliner and hot pink lipstick. She was wearing her contacts instead of her trademark glasses.

"Do you think I would look okay being an advocate for him?" She did a little twirl to show off.

Seth did a little whistle to let her know he approved. "You would be the hottest advocate."

"I think Paul E would have me beat," Samantha teased. "I mean haven't you seen the suits he wears to the ring? He's always looking pretty snazzy."

"You're such a goof." The Architect lightly shoved Samantha. "Heyman has nothing on you."

"Aren't you just the sweetest?"

"I try my best," Seth chuckled.

The youngest McMahon turned around to grab a Chef salad and a bottle of water. "It was nice seeing you again, as always, but I need to head to office to finish some work." She reciprocated Seth's wave with a nod and walked away to her office to eat her salad before starting on her work.

Samantha was sitting in the gorilla with Vince where she saw Finn Balor walking up from the corner of her eye. It took everything in her not to look at him, especially since he looked dangerously delicious in his trunks and leather jacket with all his abs flashing. The leader of Balor Club was preparing to head out there and face Elias one on one after his introduction from The Hardcore Legend, Mick Foley.

"Good luck out there, Finn, you're going to do great," The younger woman encouraged.

"Thank you." He smiled that smile that made all the girls fall head over heels.

She smiled back. "You're welcome."

His entrance music blared through the speakers and in an instant, he busted through the curtain, soaking in his adulation from the WWE Universe. Samantha was awestruck at how beloved the Extraordinary Man was. It baffled her as to why her Dad didn't want to give Finn another push. If anybody deserved it, it was definitely him. Between she and Hunter, they were both fighting for him to get the push he deserved; unfortunately to no avail.

It was her idea for The Demon King to make his appearance at Summerslam. Rarely anyone saw it coming and as soon as the lights went out, the WWE Universe in the Barclays Center went berserk. She thought that maybe that would open Vince's eyes to see how over Finn truly was. Once again, no luck.

"Look, Dad." Samantha motioned to the monitor next to her. "The crowd is so behind Finn tonight."

"They always are."

"You should capitalize on his popularity and let him go for a title. The WWE Universe would praise us to death if we made Finn a champion."

Vince merely shrugged his shoulders and went back to what he was previously doing. Samantha rolled her eyes. She didn't understand why her Dad was so adamant on not listening to any of her suggestions anymore. She practically had to harass him now to get him to even consider listening to her ideas.

Even though it's never been confirmed, she had a feeling that it had to do with Finn getting injured at Summerslam two years ago. She tried to explain to Vince that it was a freak accident and that it was bad timing. But, he would not listen to her.

Hunter, the voice of reason, tried coaxing Vince into giving Finn another push. Vince merely pushed the thought aside.

No matter what, Hunter and Samantha would have Finn's back. Especially her, since she considers the Irishman one of the best signings in WWE history.

A/N: I would love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading.