Finn Bálor | |
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Bálor in March 2015
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Birth name | Fergal Devitt |
Born |
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
25 July 1981
Residence | Orlando, Florida, United States |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | C.T.U Ranger Red (II) Fergal Devitt Finn Bálor Pegasus Kid (II) Prince Devitt |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Billed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Billed from | Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland |
Trained by | Andre Baker Johnny Moss Jon Ryan New Japan Inoki Dojo NWA UK Hammerlock |
Debut | 2000 |
Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Bálor, but is currently on hiatus due to injury.
Devitt is widely known for his tenure with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as Prince Devitt, where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the title twice with Minoru and four times with Ryusuke Taguchi. He is also a two-time winner of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, having won in 2010 and 2013, and was a founding member of the Bullet Club stable. Through NJPW's working relationship with Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Devitt also wrestled there, becoming a one-time NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. He also wrestled for numerous independent promotions, becoming a one-time ICW Zero-G Champion, one-time RPW British Cruiserweight Champion, and a two-time NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion.