David Finlay

Real Name: David Stephen Finlay III
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 209 lbs.
Date of Birth: May 16, 1993
From: Hanover, Germany
Pro Debut: December 22, 2012
Trained By: Fit Finlay & NJPW Dojo
Finishing Move: Trash Panda

Biography

– Finlay is the son of former WCW and WWE talent Fit Finlay
– In his debut match, Finlay defeated Big Van Walter by DQ at an EWP event in Germany. At that same event, he would team with his father to defeat Robbie Brookside & Dan Collins in an Irish Street Fight
– On October 10, 2014, Finlay defeated Veit Muller & Scotty Saxon to win the vacant POW Junior Title
– On November 8, Finlay defeated Paul Tracey to retain the POW Junior Title
– Finlay entered the 2015 Best Of The Super Juniors Tournament. Following the conclusion of the tournament, he would officially join the NJPW Young Lions program
– At Destruction in Hiroshima 2016, Finlay, Ryusuke Taguchi, Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish defeated Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma, Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask
– At Destruction in Kobe 2016, Finlay, Satoshi Kojima & Ricochet defeated BULLET CLUB (Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson & Adam Cole) to win the vacant NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– On October 8, Finlay, Kojima & Ricochet defeated CHAOS (Will Ospreay, Rocky Romero & Beretta) to retain the NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Titles
– At Power Struggle 2016, Finlay, Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Ricochet defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Angel de Oro, Fuego & Titan
– At New Year Dash 2017, Finlay, Kyle O’Reilly & Ricochet defeated Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask & Henare
– At Togi Makabe’s 20th Anniversary Show, Finlay, Juice Robinson, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA defeated Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, EVIL & SANADA)
– At Honor Rising 2017, Finlay, Juice Robinson & KUSHIDA defeated Gedo, Jado & Silas Young
– At Sakura Genesis 2017, Finlay, Jushin Liger & Manabu Nakanishi defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka
– At Dominion 2017, Finlay, Shota Umino & Tomoyuki Oka defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Hirai Kawato & Tetsuhiro Yagi
– At Destruction in Fukushima 2017, Finlay & Juice Robinson defeated Bad Luck Fale & Leo Tonga. They repeated the result at the equivalent event in Hiroshima
– At Power Struggle 2017, Finlay defeated Katsuya Kitamura
– At Sakura Genesis 2018, Finlay, Juice Robinson & Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated CHAOS (Jay White, Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Wrestling Hinokuni 2018, Finlay, Ryusuke Taguchi, Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask defeated CHAOS (Rocky Romero, Jay White, SHO & YOH)
– At Dominion 2018, Finlay & Juice Robinson defeated CHAOS (Jay White & YOSHI-HASHI)
– At Destruction in Beppu 2018, Finlay & Ren Narita defeated Shota Umino & Toa Henare
– Finlay had a brief run in Mexico’s CMLL in October 2018
– At New Year Dash 2019, Finlay & Juice Robinson defeated Best Friends (Chuckie T & Beretta) by DQ
– Finlay & Juice Robinson won the 2019 World Tag League, defeating Los Ingobernables de Japon (EVIL & SANADA) in the final
– At Wrestle Kingdom 14, the rechristened FinJuice defeated The Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Titles, but would lose them back less than a month later
– At New Year Dash 2020, FinJuice, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi defeated Bullet Club (Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
– At Impact Sacrifice 2021, FinJuice defeated The Good Brothers (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) to win the Impact Tag Team Titles
– At Rebellion 2021, FinJuice defeated The Good Brothers to retain the Impact Tag Team Titles
– At Under Siege 2021, FinJuice & Eddie Edwards defeated The Good Brothers & Kenny Omega
– On the May 20, 2021 episode of Impact, FinJuice defeated Ace Austin & Madman Fulton to retain the Impact Tag Team Titles
– At Slammiversary 2021, FinJuice defeated Madman Fulton & Shera
– At the Turning Point 2021 pre-show, FinJuice defeated Raj Singh & Rohit Raju
– Finlay returned to New Japan for the 2022 G1 Climax Tournament
– At the Battle In The Valley 2023 pre-show, Finlay defeated Bobby Fish. On the event itself, Finlay attacked Jay White, announcing himself as the new leader of Bullet Club
– At Sakura Genesis 2023, Bullet Club (Finlay, El Phantasmo & KENTA) defeated Tama Tonga, Hikuleo & Master Wato. Following the match, Finlay and KENTA attacked El Phantasmo, with assists from Gedo and Taiji Ishimori, kicking Phantasmo out of Bullet Club
– At Capital Collision 2023, Finlay defeated AR Fox
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2023, Finlay defeated Tama Tonga to win the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Dominion 2023, Finlay defeated El Phantasmo to retain the NEVER Openweight Title
– At Impact/NJPW Multiverse United 2, BULLET CLUB (Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Clark Connors, Ace Austin, Chris Bey & KENTA) defeated Josh Alexander, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, El Phantasmo, PCO & The DKC
– At Power Struggle 2023, Finlay defeated Tanga Loa
– At Wrestle Kingdom 18, Finlay defeated Jon Moxley & Will Ospreay to become the first IWGP Global Champion
– At New Year Dash 2024, Bullet Club War Dogs (Finlay, Clark Connors, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin & Drilla Moloney) fought United Empire (Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP & HENARE) to a no-contest
– At Battle In The Valley 2024, Finlay defeated TJP
– At Windy City Riot 2024, Bullet Club (Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & KENTA) defeated Eddie Kingston, Jeff Cobb, Homicide & TJP
– At Wrestling Dontaku 2024, Finlay defeated Nic Nemeth to regain the IWGP Global Title
– At the 2024 All Together Sapporo event, Finlay, Gabe Kidd & YO-HEY defeated Kaito Kiyomiya, Alejandro & Kengo
– On June 16, Finlay defeated SANADA to retain the IWGP Global Title