Wrestler Spotlight: Finn Bálor

Welcome to the Wrestler Spotlight. With Fear & Loathing X taking place next Sunday, we’re going to focus on one of last year’s guests and former ICW Zero-G Champion, Finn Bálor.

Alias – Finn Bálor, Prince Devitt, Fergal Devitt, Pegasus Kid, CTU Ranger Red

Nicknames – “The Demon”, “The Irish Captor”, “The Irish Young Gun”, “The Real Rock’n’Rolla”, “The Real Shooter”, “The Prince of Ireland”, “The Extraordinary Man”, “The Prince”

Debut – 2001

Companies Wrestled For –

• 4 Front Wrestling
• All Japan Pro Wrestling
• All Pro Wrestling
• Alternative Wrestling Show
• American Wrestling Roadshow
• British Championship Wrestling
• Canadian Wrestling Federation
• Chaotic Wrestling
• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
• Dragon Gate
• Dramatic Dream Team
• Fight Club: PRO
• Fight Factory Pro Wrestling
• Fighting Spirit Wrestling
• Independent Wrestling Federation
• Infinite Promotions
• Insane Championship Wrestling
• International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom
• Irish Whip Wrestling
• KAIENTAI DOJO
• National Wrestling Alliance Empire
• National Wrestling Alliance United Kingdom Hammerlock
• New England Championship Wrestling
• New Japan Dojo
• New Japan Pro Wrestling
• No Limit Wrestling
• Premier British Wrestling
• Preston City Wrestling
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
• Pro Wrestling NOAH
• Pro Wrestling ZERO1
• Pro Wrestling ZERO1 Ireland
• PROGRESS Wrestling
• Revolution Pro Wrestling
• Riki Pro
• Scottish School of Wrestling
• Scottish Wrestling Alliance
• SMASH
• Source Wrestling
• Southside Wrestling Entertainment
• Superstars of Wrestling
• Triple X Wrestling
• westside Xtreme wrestling
• World Wide Wrestling League
• World Wresting Entertainment

Titles & Accomplishments – 

• 1x American Wrestling Roadshow WRESTLING.IE Champion
• 1x Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre World Historic Middleweight Champion
• 1x Insane Championship Wrestling Zero-G Champion
• 2x National Wrestling Alliance United Kingdom Hammerlock British Commonwealth Champion
• 3x New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion
• 6x New Japan Pro Wrestling IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion w/Minoru (2 times) and w/Ryusuke Taguchi (4 times)
• 1x Revolution Pro Wrestling Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion
• 1x and first ever World Wrestling Entertainment Universal Champion
• 1x World Wrestling Entertainment Intercontinental Champion
• 1x World Wrestling Entertainment NXT Champion
• 2010 Tokyo Sports Best Bout Award (w/Ryusuke Taguchi vs The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi))
• 2010 KAIENTAI DOJO Best Tag Team Match (w/Ryusuke Taguchi vs Makoto Oishi & Shiori Asahi)
• 2010 & 2011 New Japan Pro Wrestling J Sports Crown Openweight Six Man Tag Team Tournament Winner w/Ryusuke Taguchi & Hirooki Goto
• 2010 & 2013 New Japan Pro Wrestling Best of the Super Juniors Winner
• 2015 Rolling Stones NXT Star of the Year
• 2015 World Wrestling Entertainment Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Winner w/Samoa Joe
• 2015 World Wrestling Entertainment NXT Male Competitor of the Year
• 2015 World Wrestling Entertainment NXT Overall Competitor of the Year
• 2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Most Underrated

Signature Moves –

• Bloody Sunday/1916 (Lifting Single Underhook DDT)
• Reverse Bloody Sunday/1916 (Lifting Reverse DDT)
• Coup de Grâce (Diving Double Foot Stomp)
• Devitt’s End (High-Angle Fujiwara Armbar)
• Prince’s Throne (Fireman’s Carry Double Knee Gutbuster)
• Shingata Prince’s Throne (Canadian Backbreaker Rack dropped into a Double Knee Gutbuster)
• Dreamcast (Corkscrew Roundhouse Kick)
• Devitt Destroyer (Go to Sleep)
• Black Hole Vacation (Wheelbarrow Double Knee Facebreaker w/Ryusuke Taguchi)

Alliances –

• Apollo 55 w/Ryusuke Taguchi
• Team Ireland w/Paul Tracey
• BULLET CLUB w/Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
• CTU w/Jushin “Thunder” Liger, Hirooki Goto, Katsushi Takemura, Dick Togo, TAKA Michinoku, Jado, Gedo and Minoru
• RISE w/Shinsuke Nakamura, Hirooki Goto, Milano Collection AT, Giant Bernard, Travis Tomko and Minoru
• w/Samoa Joe
• w/Hideo Itami
  

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