Fergal Devitt is an Iris professional wrestler better known by the ring name Finn Balor. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand. 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.
WWE SummerSlam 2019 results: Scary Bray Wyatt beats up Finn Balor
Weeks ago, news broke that Finn Balor would be taking a hiatus from WWE following tonight’s (Sun., Aug. 11, 2019) SummerSlam pay-per-view (PPV) at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. That would seem to spoil the result of his match against Bray Wyatt, his first as “The Fiend.”
Sure enough. Really, it was more about how Wyatt would be presented. That included a new entrance, complete with a newly remixed theme song and a new lantern that appears to be a model of Bray’s head. It was all very terrifying stuff.
He kept the mask on for the match, and mostly wrestled like the old Bray Wyatt but far more terrifying. Wyatt actually did some selling but when Balor went for the Coup de Grace, Bray caught him with the Mandible Claw and that put Finn down for the count. That was scary.
Famous for
WWE wrestler who is a former Universal Champion.
Early life of Finn Balor
Fill Balor was born on 25 July 1981 in Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. He holds Irish nationality and his birth sign is Leo. His birth name is Fergal Devitt and was born to his father Fintan Devitt and mother Leonie Devitt. He has three brothers and one sister but their names are not available currently. Devitt played association football and Gaelic football when he was younger, but later he deciding to become a professional wrestler and also holds a first-degree black belt in IBF submission wrestling. Regarding his education, he attended St. Cronan's School in Bray. Additionally, Devitt is an avid collector of Lego and a comic book reader and has worn face and body paint to the ring inspired by comic book characters.
Body Measurements of Finn Balor
WWE Wrestler Finn Balor has a very amazing body physique and stands a height of 5ft 11in tall with a healthy weight of 86kg. Furthermore, he attracts his fans with his amazing wrestling moves and charming smile on his face with brown eyes and dark brown hair.
Career of Finn Balor
- Devitt started his wrestling career with NWA UK Hammerlock in 2000 at the age of 18, soon winning the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship.
- In mid-2002, Devitt, along with Paul Tracey, opened NWA Ireland, his own wrestling promotion based in Ireland.
- On 8 October 2005, in Nashville Tennessee, at the NWA 57th Anniversary Show, Devitt defeated Dru Onyx for his second British Commonwealth title.
- He made his debut in a triple threat match at Soul Survivor III on 5 November, challenging for the MWF Television Championship against the champion Eddie Edwards and John Walters.
- He made his television debut on the November edition of MWF Ultra, in a match against Osirus.
- In June 2007, Devitt participated in a tournament for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) called "Reclaiming the Glory", where he was crowned a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
- Devitt signed a contract with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in March 2006.
- In April 2006, he made his NJPW debut against El Samurai, using the ring name Prince Devitt.
- He started teaming with the Control Terrorism Unit (CTU) in an apprentice–type role.
- He suffered a serious knee injury, sidelining him from the action in New Japan until early May of that year. in January 2007.
- On 27 January 2008, Devitt won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, along with his partner Minoru.
- On 30 May, Devitt entered 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament where Devitt first defeated Taiji Ishimori in the semifinals and then Kota Ibushi in the finals to win the tournament.
- On 19 June at Dominion 6.19, Devitt defeated Marufuji to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time.
- In August Devitt entered New Japan's biggest tournament of the year, the G1 Climax, as a substitute for the injured Naomichi Marufuji.
- Devitt managed to win four out of his seven matches in the round-robin stage of the tournament, including a major victory over former four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi.
- Devitt continued his streak of defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against New Japan outsiders, when he successfully defended the title against Taka Michinoku on 20 February and Kushida on 19 March.
- On 18 June at Dominion 6.18, Devitt lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship to Best of the Super Juniors winner, Kota Ibushi, ending his reign at 364 days.
- On 30 March, Devitt defeated Volador Jr. to become the new NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion.
- Devitt returned to New Japan on 8 October at King of Pro-Wrestling, challenging IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Low Ki to a title match.
- On 22 June at Dominion 6.22, Devitt defeated Tanahashi with help from Bullet Club to earn his first shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
- On 4 January 2014 at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, Devitt's fourteen-month reign as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion came to an end when he lost the title to Kota Ibushi in his fifth defense.
- On 15 May 2014, Devitt signed with WWE and join NXT.
- On 24 September, his new ring name was revealed to be Finn Balor.
- Balor made his NXT debut the next day, aiding Hideo Itami against The Ascension Konnor and Viktor).In his debut match on 23 October, he and Itami defeated Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd.
- Balor then entered an NXT Championship number one contender's tournament, defeating Curtis Axel in the first round, Itami in the semi-finals and Adrian Neville in the finals at NXT TakeOver: Rival. Balor received his title match against Kevin Owens on 25 March but was unsuccessful.
- Later, Balor defeated Owens in a ladder match to retain the title at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on 22 August.
- On 17 April, Balor became the longest-reigning NXT Champion in history by surpassing Neville's previous record of 287 days.
- On 21 April, Balor lost the NXT Championship to Joe at a live event in Lowell, Massachusetts, ending his reign at 292 days.
- On 19 July 2016, Balor was drafted to the Raw brand as the fifth overall pick in the 2016 WWE draft.
- He made his first appearance for the brand on the 25 July episode of Raw (on his 35th birthday), where he won the right to compete for the newly established WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam by first defeating Rusev, Cesaro, and Kevin Owens in a fatal four-way match and then defeating Roman Reigns.
- At SummerSlam, Balor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural Universal Champion and win his first world title.
- Raw General Manager Mick Foley later announced on Twitter that Balor would be relinquishing his newly won WWE Universal Championship due to his injury.
- Balor made his television return after WrestleMania 33 on the 3 April episode of Raw, where he teamed with his former rival Seth Rollins as the two defeated Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe in a tag team match.
- On 28 January, at the 2018 Royal Rumble, Balor entered his first royal rumble match at number 2, lasting over 57 minutes and eliminating four participants before being eliminated by John Cena.
- On 17 February at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view, Balor defeated Lashley and Rush in a two-on-one handicap match to capture the Intercontinental Championship.
- Balor faced Lashley on the 11 March edition of Raw in an Intercontinental championship rematch where Balor lost the match but Balor, using his demon persona, went on to defeat Lashley at WrestleMania 35 and regained the Intercontinental championship.
- In the 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Balor moved to Smackdown, making his debut on the 16 April edition of SmackDown Live, defeating Ali in a non-title match.
- Recently, he was attacked by a returning Bray Wyatt and at SummerSlam, Balor lost to The Fiend.
Personal life of Finn Balor
Is Finn Balor married?
Finn Balor is an unmarried man but he was linked to Bayley and Becky Lynch who are also a wrestler but he was rumored dating WWE broadcaster, Cathy Kelley. But, they confirmed themselves that they are just friends.
Birthday of Finn Balor
Wrestler Finn Balor celebrates his birthday on the 25th of July with his friends and family. Currently, he is 38 years old.
Net worth of Finn Balor
Wrestler Finn Balor is earning a good amount of money from his career and is getting a $1 Million salary as of 2019. As of 2019, his net worth is estimated to be around $2 Million.
