Finn Balor

**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 six-time Tag Team Champion as part of the Judgment Day with both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

### NXT

On 28 July 2014, WWE said that they had signed Devitt to a contract and that he would join _NXT_ that same day.

On 24 September 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".

## In wrestling

- **Finishing moves**
    - **As Finn Bálor**
        - Coup de grace (Diving double leg foot stomp)
    - **As Prince Devitt**
        - _Bloody Sunday_ (Lifting single underhook DDT, he sometimes did it from the top rope)
        - Brainbuster
        - _Devitt's End_ (High-angle Fujiwara armbar)
        - _Prince's Throne_ (Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster)
        - _Reverse Bloody Sunday_ (Lifting inverted DDT)
        - _Shingata Prince's Throne_ (Overhead gutwrench backbreaker rack dropped into a double knee gutbuster)
- **Signature moves**
    - Airplane spin
    - Diving double foot stomp, sometimes to a tree of woe hung opponent
    - _Dreamcast_ (Jumping corkscrew roundhouse kick)
    - Overhead kick
    - Somersault suicide senton
- **With Ryusuke Taguchi**
    - **Double team finishing moves**
        - _Black Hole Vacation_ (Elevated double chickenwing by Taguchi dropped into a double knee gutbuster by Devitt)
        - _Black Sunday_ (Chickenwing facebuster (Taguchi) / Single underhook DDT (Devitt) combination)
        - _Moon Landing_ (Powerbomb (Taguchi) / Double knee backbreaker (Devitt) combination)
- **Nicknames**
    - "Irish Young Gun"
    - "Irish Captor"
    - **"**Real Rock 'n' Rolla"
    - **"**Real Shooter**"**
- **Entrance themes**
    - "Jump (DJ Power Mix)" by Eskimo (NJPW; 2006)
    - "When the Sun Goes Down" by Arctic Monkeys (NJPW; 2007)
    - "You're the Best" by Joe Esposito (NJPW; 2008–2013)
    - "Real Rock n Rolla" by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW; 2013–2014)
    - "Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted (NJPW; 2013–2014; used while a part of Bullet Club)
    - "Real Rock 'n Rolla (Breaking Point) (Tokyo Dome ver.)" by Yonosuke Kitamura (NJPW; 2014)
    - "Catch Your Breath" by CFO$ (WWE; 2014–2022)
    - **"I AM DANGER"** by Def Rebel (WWE; 2022–present)

## Championships and accomplishments

- **American Wrestling Roadshow**
    - Wrestling.Ie Championship (1 time)
- **Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre**
    - NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time)
- **Insane Championship Wrestling**
    - ICW Zero-G Championship (1 time)
- **Kaientai Dojo**
    - Best Tag Team Match (2010) <small>with Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Makoto Oishi and Shiori Asahi on 17 April</small>
- **New Japan Pro-Wrestling**
    - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
    - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Minoru (2) and Ryusuke Taguchi (4)
    - Best of the Super Juniors (2010, 2013)
    - J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament (2010, 2011) – with Ryusuke Taguchi and Hirooki Goto
- ***New York Post***
    - Faction of the Year (2023)
- **NWA UK Hammerlock**
    - NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
- ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
    - Faction of the Year (2023)
    - Ranked No. 3 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the _PWI 500_ in 2016
- **Revolution Pro Wrestling**
    - British Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
- ***Rolling Stone***
    - NXT Star of the Year (2015)
- ***Tokyo Sports***
    - Best Bout Award (2010) <small>with Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi on 11 October</small>
- ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
    - Most Underrated (2018)
- **WWE**
    - WWE Universal Championship (1 time, first)
    - NXT Championship (2 times)
    - WWE Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
    - WWE United States Championship (1 time)
    - WWE Raw/World Tag Team Championship (4 times) – with Damian Priest (2), and JD McDonagh (2)
    - WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Damian Priest
    - 17th Grand Slam Champion (under current format; 24th overall)
    - Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) – with Samoa Joe
    - NXT Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2015)
    - Slammy Award (1 time)
        - Faction of the Year (2024) – as a member of The Judgment Day
    - NXT Year-End Award (3 times)
        - Male Competitor of the Year (2015)
        - Overall Competitor of the Year (2015)
        - Match of the Year (2020)

## Other websites

- WWE profile
- New Japan Pro Wrestling profile

## Infobox (wrestler)

- **name**: Finn Bálor
- **names**: C.T.U Ranger Red (II)
Fergal Devitt
**Finn Bálor**
Chris Benoit, Pegasus Kid (II)
Prince Devitt
**The Demon**
- **image**: Finn Balor 2024 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Bálor in 2024
- **birth place**: Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
- **billed**: Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
- **trainer**: NWA UK Hammerlock
Andre Baker
Johnny Moss
Jon Ryan
New Japan Pro Wrestling, New Japan Inoki Dojo
- **debut**: 2000