Dylan Postl

Hornswoggle

Postl in December 2011
Birth name	Dylan Mark Postl
Born	(1986-05-29) May 29, 1986 (age 31) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Hornswoggle Hornswoggle McMahon Little Bastard Mini-Gator Shortstack Swoggle La Vaca La Vaquita The Big Deal Hardcore Wonder
Billed height	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Billed weight	142 lb (64 kg)
Billed from	Dublin, Ireland
Trained by	Ken Anderson
Debut	2004

Dylan Mark Postl (born May 29, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and actor who is currently signed with Impact Wrestling under the ring name Swoggle. He is best known for his time in WWE under the ring name Hornswoggle. He debuted in WWE in 2006 as a leprechaun character allied with Finlay. Hornswoggle won the Cruiserweight Championship before its retirement, was erroneously revealed as Vince McMahon's storyline illegitimate son, and was exposed as the Anonymous Raw General Manager who had controlled the Raw brand from June 21, 2010 to July 18, 2011.

Postl started his career in the Fox Valley Wrestling Alliance (FVWA), under the ring name Hardcore Wonder. In 2005, Postl appeared with National Wrestling Alliance territory NWA Wisconsin as "The World's Sexiest Midget" Shortstack, where he won the NWA Wisconsin X Division Championship. He also won the SSW Tag Team Championship with Devin Diamond, from The Pretty Hott Thangs (Ryan Kross and Josh Maxim) on May 19, 2006, in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He relinquished the title after signing a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment.

On May 26, Postl made his televised debut in Bakersfield, California on SmackDown as the character Little Bastard, the leprechaun partner of the fellow Irish wrestler, Finlay. After Finlay's victory over Paul Burchill, an extremely hyper, dirty, mysterious little man (Postl) in a leprechaun costume scurried out from under the ring and jumped on Burchill, laughing maniacally. Finlay pulled him off, only to slam him back down onto Burchill again and again. For the next few weeks, Postl continued to appear from under the ring after matches and attack Finlay's opponents. He soon became more and more aggressive and started attacking Finlay's opponents during matches, much to Finlay's dismay. At one point, he attacked Finlay, biting him when Finlay tried to stop him from attacking Gunner Scott. Little Bastard helped Finlay win the WWE United States Championship when he tossed him a shillelagh to knock out the Champion Bobby Lashley and pick up the win.