FINN BÁLOR

Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981)is an Irish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs in itsdevelopmental territory NXT under the ring name Finn Bálor and is the current NXT Champion in his first reign. He is best known for working for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) as Prince Devitt, where he is a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the title twice withMinoru 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 has also made appearances there, where he is a former one-time NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. He has wrestled for numerous promotions, including NWA UK Hammerlock (NWA UK), NWA Pro, New England Championship Wrestling(NECW), and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), as well as having founded NWA Ireland with Paul Tracey.He is also a former one-time British Cruiserweight Champion and a two-time NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion.

On 15 May 2014, it was reported that Devitt had signed with WWE and would be joining the promotion's developmental territory, NXT, once he obtained a visa. On 28 July, WWE officially confirmed Devitt's signing, announcing he would report to NXT that same day. On 24 September, his new ring name was revealed to be Finn Bálor, derived from Irish mythological figures Fionn mac Cumhaill and Balor; the latter is also Gaelic for "Demon King". He made his NXT debut at the television tapings the following day, coming to Hideo Itami's aid in his feud with The Ascension(Konnor and Viktor).His debut match took place during the 23 October tapings, when he and Itami defeated Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd. After weeks of feuding with The Ascension, Bálor and Itami defeated them at NXT TakeOver: R Evolution on 11 December, where Bálor debuted his signature body paint.

Bálor then entered a NXT Championship number one contender's tournament, defeating Curtis Axel in the first round on 21 January and Hideo Itami in the semi–finals on 4 February.The finals of the tournament were held at NXT TakeOver: Rival, where Bálor defeated Adrian Neville to become the number one contender to the NXT Championship.Bálor would then go on to face Kevin Owens, losing the match for the NXT title, after injuring his knee. At NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable on 20 May, Bálor defeated Tyler Breeze to once again become the number one contender.Bálor received his title shot on July 4 at The Beast in the East event, in Tokyo, Japan, where he defeated Owens to become the new NXT Champion.Bálor then successfully defended the title against Owens in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. Bálor later entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament in August, where he was paired with Samoa Joe. The two defeated The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) in the first round, on 25 August tapings of Smackdown in a dark match, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady in the semi–finals on 30 September.On 7 October, at NXT TakeOver: Respect, Bálor and Joe defeated The Mechanics (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in the semi–finals and Baron Corbin and Rhyno in the finals to win the tournament.