Finn Balor

Finn Balor is unmarried and is currently single. He is an avid collector of Lego and a comic book reader. He has worn face and body paint inspired by comic book characters in the ring.

Finn Balor was born as Fergal Devitt on July 25, 1981 in Bray, Ireland. He has three brothers and a sister. He attended St. Cronan's School in Bray.

He played football when he was a young boy, before deciding to become a professional wrestler. He holds a first-degree in black belt in IBF submission wrestling.

While growing up, he was a fan of World of Sport and The British Bulldogs, Rick Rude, and Mr. Perfect.

After his training with NWA UK Hammerlock, Finn Balor debuted at the age of 18 in 2000. Thereafter, he won the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship.

On October 8, 2005, Devitt defeated Dru Onyx at NWA 57th Anniversary Show. In late 2005, he also competed for Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF), and debuted in a match on November 5 against Eddie Edwards and John Walters.

In 2006, he lost the British Commonwealth Championship to Karl Anderson. In June 2007, he participated in the Reclaiming the Glory tournament for NWA. In the first round, he defeated Mikey Nicholls, but lost in the second round to Bryan Danielson.

In March 2006, he signed a contract with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The next month, he debuted against El Samurai. In the same year, he teamed up with Control Terrorism Unit (CTU), but his relationship with his teammates was not cordial, so he was given a warning. To mend his ways, he teamed with CTU leader Jushin Thunder Liger against Wataru Inoue and Ryusuke Taguchi.

At the Super Juniors tournament in June 2007, he scored nil and was eliminated from the competition, and from CTU. In August, he and his friend Minoru joined RISE stable, and formed a tag team ‘Prince Prince’. In January 2008, ‘Prince Prince’ won IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, but lost the championship to Akira and Jushin Thunder Liger in February, and regained it in July. But in October, they lost it to ‘No Limit’.

Finn Balor has won IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship thrice, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship six times, and Best of the Super Juniors twice. He also won NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship twice.

He has also won WWE Universal Championship and NXT Championship, once each. He also won NXT Championship No. 1 Contender Tournament in 2015, and NXT Year-End Award twice in different categories the same year.