Hornswoggle Dylan Postl ( May 29 , 1986 ) is an American professional wrestler , formerly signed to World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) , where he was best known by his ring name s Hornswoggle or Little Bastard . In WWE , he was the last Cruiserweight Champion before the belt was deactivated . He is currently signed to Impact Wrestling under the ring name " Swoggle " . Professional wrestling career . Prior to joining World Wrestling Entertainment , Dylan appeared with NWA Wisconsin in 2005 as " The World ' s Sexiest Midget " $ hortstack , where he won the NWA Wisconsin X Division Championship . He also would go on to capture 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 , but relinquished the belt due to having signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment . World Wrestling Entertainment ( 2006 ) . Little Bastard ( 2006 – 2007 ) . Postl signed with World Wrestling Entertainment in May 2006 . On May 26 , Postl made his televised debut in Bakersfield , Ca on " SmackDown ! " as the leprechaun partner of the 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 all the while . 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 . Eventually , SmackDown play - by - play commentator Michael Cole began referring to him as the Little Bastard . Little Bastard soon became more and more aggressive and started attacking Finlay ' s opponent during matches , much to Finlay ' s dismay . On numerous occasions , Finlay either physically shoved Little Bastard back under the ring or was forced to tackle him before he could hit an opponent . At one point , Little Bastard attacked Finlay , biting Finlay 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 United States Champion Bobby Lashley and pick up the win . On November 1 , 2006 , WWE . com ran an article titled " Little Bastard Exposed " . It was an email sent by an anonymous WWE fan , who said he spotted Little Bastard in a Green Bay , Wisconsin parking lot , in the back of a car with an unidentified woman . Little Bastard then went berserk and drove off . As part of the storyline , Bastard threatened to sue WWE for invasion of privacy when the picture was taken . Postl also requested that he receive a public apology from commentator Michael Cole for giving him the name " Little Bastard . " Hornswoggle ( 2007 ) . In the lead - up to No Way Out , Finlay threatened Michael Cole , warning him to call Postl " Hornswoggle " from then on . And this became his official name . Strangely , this prompted The Boogeyman to initiate a feud with Postl . The Boogeyman teamed with a miniature person dubbed " Little Boogeyman " . The feud ended with a tag team match at No Way Out . Finlay and Postl beat The Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman . Prior to the match was the first time Postl spoke , telling Finlay that little people scared him . Later that week on " SmackDown ! " , Hornswoggle pinned the Boogeyman with a jumping DDT , in a match pitting himself and Finlay against Boogeyman and Little Boogeyman . On February 23 , his name was changed to Hornswoggle on WWE ' s website and all references to the name " Little Bastard " were removed . The meaning of Hornswoggle is to swindle , cheat , hoodwink , or hoax . The name change became official on the March 2 episode of " SmackDown ! " when Postl attacked John " Bradshaw " Layfield and Michael Cole . Afterward , Finlay intimidated Cole and told him that Postl ' s name was Hornswoggle . Despite this , Cole continued to occasionally refer to Postl as " Little Bastard " . On March 30 , 2007 , he helped Finlay beat Mr . Kennedy by performing a senton bomb off a stepladder onto Mr . Kennedy , essentially copying Kennedy ' s move , the Kenton Bomb . SmackDown ! announcers Michael Cole and JBL immediately referred to the move as the " Lepreton Bomb . " During the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 , which Finlay was involved in , Mr . Kennedy hit Hornswoggle with a Green Bay Plunge off of a ladder when Hornswoggle tried to interfere . On the following edition of " SmackDown ! " , Finlay attacked Mr . Kennedy after his match and challenged him to a handicap match with Postl as Finlay ' s partner . Before the match , Mr . Kennedy apologized for hurting Hornswoggle . Finlay accepted his apology and formed a team with Kennedy . Hornswoggle won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship after he pinned Jamie Noble in a Cruiserweight Open at The Great American Bash . The match stipulation declared that any and all people who qualified to compete in the division could enter this match . He briefly ran across the ring as the bell was rung before going back under the ring making him an official participant in the match . The other participants and commentators were unaware that he was a participant in the match until the referee counted the pin and awarded him the belt becoming a fan favorite in the process . This made him the first little person wrestler to win a championship in WWE history . He also became the lightest , shortest , and youngest ( 21 years , 51 days ) wrestler to win the Cruiserweight Championship . Hornswoggle then began a feud with Noble over the belt . The next week on " SmackDown ! " , Hornswoggle retained the title when he defeated Noble by countout . He attacked Noble in the following weeks by shoving a pie in his face , spraying him with a fire extinguisher , pushing him into Kane and causing him to get chokeslam med , and locking him in a large box . Mr . McMahon ' s illegitimate son ; Finlay ' s legitimate son ( 2007 – 2008 ) . On September 10 , in conclusion to the Mr . McMahon " illegitimate storyline " on " Raw " , Postl was revealed to be Vince ' s son in a storyline . Hornswoggle still made appearances on SmackDown ! , as well . Although his partnership with Finlay was quietly phased out , he still continued to feud with Jamie Noble . His feud with Noble ended on the September 28 edition of " SmackDown ! " when Acting General Manager Vickie Guerrero forced Hornswoggle to surrender the Cruiserweight Championship ( which was later abandoned ) , citing that his status as Mr . McMahon ' s son and his diminutive stature would eventually jeopardize his well - being . After the affair of finding out who the illegitimate son was , Mr . McMahon began giving Hornswoggle matches against competitors that were much larger than him . His reason for doing this , was that he was showing his son , " tough love . " Hornswoggle was placed into a match against The Great Khali at Survivor Series . At the event , Khali defeated Hornswoggle by disqualification when Finlay attacked Khali on Hornswoggle ' s behalf . This was the first time that Finlay appeared together with Hornswoggle since the beginning of the Hornswoggle and Mr . McMahon storyline . Finlay ' s attack on Khali started a feud between the two . At Armageddon , Finlay defeated Khali with the help of Hornswoggle . In addition , Hornswoggle also faced Khali on the 15th Anniversary of " Raw " , but Hulk Hogan made a surprise return in a one night appearance to come to Hornswoggle ' s aid . Hornswoggle appeared in the Royal Rumble match , hiding under the ring upon entering until he came out and eliminated The Miz ; Finlay appeared to protect Hornswoggle and took himself out of the match . Finlay became the only person in WWE history to be disqualified in the Royal Rumble match . On the February 18 edition of " Raw " , Hornswoggle had a scheduled steel cage match against his storyline father , Mr . McMahon . During this match , Hornswoggle was whipped with a leather belt by Mr . McMahon . Finlay tried to get involved , but was attacked and handcuffed to the ring ropes by JBL . Mr . McMahon left the ring and allowed JBL to beat up Hornswoggle while an enraged Finlay watched . Following this , WWE . com announced that Hornswoggle had kayfabe suffered internal injuries , including bleeding of the brain and spinal trauma . On February 25 , JBL claimed that Hornswoggle is not Mr . McMahon ' s son , but " in reality is the son of Finlay " . The next week on " Raw " , Finlay confirmed Hornswoggle was indeed his son , then was forced to watch helplessly as JBL assaulted Hornswoggle in his hospital bed . Postl returned to live television at WrestleMania XXIV , accompanying Finlay to the ring for his Belfast Brawl with JBL , once interfering by hitting JBL with a kendo stick , allowing Finlay to get the shot in with the shillelagh . JBL won the match by hitting Finlay with the kendo stick in the shins and following up with the Clothesline from Hell . He made his in - ring return on April 18 episode of " SmackDown " , defeating Matt Striker after a Tadpole Splash . On the April 21 edition of " Raw " , Hornswoggle was entered in the 2008 King of the Ring , but he was unsuccessful as he lost to William Regal in the first round after being submitting to the Regal Stretch in 19 seconds . As part of the 2008 WWE Supplemental Draft , Hornswoggle was drafted to the ECW brand along with Finlay . At Night of Champions , Hornswoggle and Finlay challenged John Morrison and The Miz for the WWE Tag Team Championship , but failed to win . Move to Raw , Feud with Chavo Guerrero , and D - Generation X ( 2009 – 2010 ) . On April 13 , 2009 , Hornswoggle was drafted to the Raw brand , without Finlay , as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft . Hornswoggle ' s most noted feud on Raw was against Chavo Guerrero in which the two superstars competed in a series of gimmick matches each week determined by the weekly Guest Host for " Raw " ( Bullrope Match , Blindfold Match , Sharp Dressed Man Match , etc . ) . The program began on July 7 , 2009 on " WWE Superstars " and continued on to " Raw " . On the October 26 episode of " Raw " , after several weeks of wearing D - Generation X clothing , Hornswoggle received legal notification that he was no longer allowed to wear any DX clothing . Later on in the night , he got his revenge by helping the Raw guest hosts , Kyle Busch and Joey Logano , pit DX against each other and John Cena for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series while still wearing the DX gear . On the December 21st edition of Raw , Hornswoggle tried pressing charges against DX for assault on him , but later dropped them when DX agreed to make him DX ' s official mascot . On the January 18 , 2010 edition of Raw backstage , Hornswoggle and Triple H confronted Big Show , The Miz and Jon Heder . Triple H made the match a six - man tag team match : DX and Hornswoggle against The Big Show , The Miz and Jon Heder which ended after Hornswoggle pinned Heder . On February 8 , 2010 Monday Night Raw started with Carl Edwards ' # 99 Roush Fenway Racing Aflac Ford Fusion doing burnouts in the parking lot . The car drove in to the arena , only to reveal that Hornswoggle was driving it . When he got out he jumped on the top and did the trademark DX crotch chop . Edwards , that night ' s guest host , entered through the traditional titantron with the Bella Twins , and then made the traditional second - rope ring entrance , followed by going to the top rope to perform his signature backflip . Hornswoggle appeared on the April 12 edition of Raw in the ' Baywatch Triple Threat Diva Tag ' , performing a frog splash life saving maneuver on Santino Marella . On the next Raw after he won a draft pick against Dolph Ziggler by count out , Ziggler attacked him with the sleeper hold , injuring him . Return to SmackDown , alliance with Natalya & The Great Khali ( 2010 – 2013 ) . As part of the 2010 WWE Supplemental Draft on WWE . com , Hornswoggle was drafted back to the SmackDown brand . On May 21 edition of SmackDown , he became the guest for Christian ' s segment " Peep Show " , in which Vickie and Chavo Guerrero interrupted and distracted Christian , before being attacked by Dolph Ziggler and Chavo Guerrero , while Hornswoggle hid in a box . The following week , Hornswoggle teamed up with Christian to defeat Guerrero and Ziggler in a tag team match . After a brief hiatus , he made his return on the August 20 edition of " Smackdown ! " disguised as a plant in Team Lay - Cool ' s locker room , appearing one week later in Teddy Long ' s office disguised as a plant once again . On the September 3 edition of SmackDown , an angle where Long attempted to get Hornswoggle to speak English began . He was later seen with The Dudebusters as they tried to teach him how to talk and help them " move " to Syfy . He chased Layla around in the 8 Divas Tag Match on October 1 only to get kicked by Michelle McCool . On the October 8 edition of SmackDown ! , Hornswoggle was named the official mascot for the SmackDown ! team at Bragging Rights . On the December 10th tapings of SmackDown , Hornswoggle defeated the Jack Swagger ' s Soaring Eagle mascot with a Tadpole Splash . On January 30 , 2011 , Hornswoggle entered the 2011 Royal Rumble match , helping John Cena and Kofi Kingston eliminate a few superstars , only for him to get eliminated by King Sheamus . Hornswoggle appeared on the Valentine ' s Day episode of Raw , giving chocolates to guest host Ariel Winter , who surprised him with a kiss of gratitude , prompting Hornswoggle to lift her with joy as The Great Khali looked on . On the season premiere of NXT Redemption , Hornswoggle was revealed as the pro for Titus O ' Neil . Hornswoggle also appeared in WrestleMania XXVII in Snoop Dogg & Teddy Long ' s Backstage Talent Search . Teddy Long revealed the fact that Hornswoggle couldn ' t talk so Snoop and Teddy left , which left Hornswoggle to actually rap and speak for the first time in WWE since late 2009 . After his tag team victory over Darren Young and Chavo Guerrero . Young attacked O ' Neil thus making him a heel . They later had a match against each other which Hornswoggle won . On the May 2 , 2011 episode of Raw ( The Rocks birthday episode ) Hornswoggle appeared back stage to wish The Rock a happy birthday , dressed in a costume from The Rock ' s movie " The Scorpion King " . Hornswoggle would later be confronted by Titus O ' Neil ' s previous NXT mentor , Zack Ryder . Ryder lured Titus out of the ring by pretending to attack Hornswoggle , but he quickly re - entered the ring and ambushed Titus as he climbed back in , cementing the victory . As his old Nemesis Chavo would leave the WWE , Hornswoggle was briefly the only remaining NXT mentor with a rookie still in the Redemption competition ( Darren Young was still there , without a pro ) until they were joined by the surprise entrant Derrick Bateman and his pro Daniel Bryan . Bateman mocked the contenders , saying that he was the only Rookie with a pro , implying that Hornswoggle was not a valid pro . On the Live Christmas edition of Smackdown , Hornswaggle won a battle royal to get a " Wish from Santa Claus " After a few choices , ( and help from Sheamus ) Hornswaggle got his wish to be able to talk . After this , he would start making more regular appearances , such as " Guest annoucner " , and in several skits , would make fun of Vickie Guerrero such as saying " " Excuse me " . " 3MB ( 2014 ) . Hornswoggle was revealed as 3MB ' s mascot on the April 15 episode of Main Event , thus turning heel for the first time since his debut . Though he was defeated by El Torito , he got revenge the following week , pinning him after a Tadpole Splash . That following RAW , it was revealed that their rubber match would be the kick - off to Extreme Rules and be contested in the first ever " WeeLC " match . At Payback , he was again defeated by El Torrito . with the stipulation being if he lost , he would lose his hair , which happened later after the match . June 12 , 2014 Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal were released form WWE , ending 3MB . In July on WWE Superstars the Rosebuds kidnapped Hornswoggle and turned him into a mini Adam Rose turning him face again On September 28 , 2015 , WWE announced it had suspended Postl for 30 days for violating the company ' s Wellness policy . After not having made any appearances in WWE since then , Postl was released from WWE on May 6 , 2016 . Independent circuit ( 2016−present ) . Following his release from WWE , it was confirmed that Postl signed to appear at a show co - promoted by Global Force Wrestling and WrestlePro under the ring name Swoggle and made his debut for the promotion on June 11 .