Finn Bálor | |
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![]() Bálor at WrestleMania 31 Axxess in March 2015 | |
Born | Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland | 25 March 1981
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | C.T.U Ranger Red (II) Fergal Devitt Finn Bálor Pegasus Kid (II) Prince Devitt The Demon |
Billed height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Billed weight | 86 kg (190 lb) |
Billed from | Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker Johnny Moss Jon Ryan New Japan Inoki Dojo |
Debut | 2000 |
Fergal Devitt (born 25 March 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Bálor. He is a member of The Judgment Day. He is also well known by his former ring name Prince Devitt.
Devitt is previously known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). During his time there, he was a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, holding the title with Minoru twice and with Ryusuke Taguchi four times. Devitt was also the winner of the Be st of the Super Juniors tournament twice in 2010 and 2013. With New Japan's working promotion with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), he made appearances for them and won the NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion once. Devitt was the leader of the Bullet Club stable.
Devitt signed with WWE's NXT in 2014. He started using his current name. Bálor won the NXT Championship twice. He held the title the first time for 292 days. This was the longest time anyone had been champion until Adam Cole broke the record on 19 March 2020. During his time in NXT, Bálor became the first co-winner of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. His partner was Samoa Joe. Shortly after going to the main roster, Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at their first pay-per-view. He was the second Irish world champion in WWE (after Sheamus). Balor is the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days after joining the main roster. He became the first WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam 2016. Bálor is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time United States Champion, and a two-time Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion with Damian Priest with both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship..
On 28 July 2014, WWE said that they had signed Devitt to a contract and that he would join NXT that same day.[1]
On September 24, 2014, it was announced that his new ring name would be Finn Bálor. This name comes from the Irish mythological figures Fionn mac Cumhaill and Balor. Balor is Gaelic for "Demon King".[2][3]