32 Facts About Finn Balor

Finn Balor is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Balor and is a member of The Judgment Day.

Finn Balor is a two-time winner of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, having won in 2010 and 2013, as well as being a founding member and the original leader of the Bullet Club stable.

Also during his time in NXT, Finn Balor became the first co-winner of the inaugural Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Samoa Joe.

Shortly after arriving on the main roster, Finn Balor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title in their pay-per-view debut, the second ever Irish world champion in WWE as well as becoming the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days following his main roster debut by becoming the inaugural WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam 2016.

Finn Balor lost the British Commonwealth Championship to Karl Anderson in March 2006.

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Finn Balor was originally going to be called King David until people started questioning why the 24-year-old would be a king already.

Finn Balor eventually turned heel and started teaming with the Control Terrorism Unit in an apprentice–type role.

Finn Balor's momentum was halted in January 2007, when he suffered a serious knee injury, sidelining him from in-ring action in New Japan until early May of that year.

Finn Balor made his NXT debut the next day, aiding Hideo Itami against The Ascension .

Finn 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.

Joe came out and chased Corbin away before turning on Finn Balor and attacking him, which ignited a feud between the two.

At NXT TakeOver: The End, Finn Balor lost to Joe in the first ever NXT steel cage match in a rematch for the NXT Championship, marking his first TakeOver loss, and subsequently his first loss under his "Demon" persona.

On 19 July 2016, Finn Balor was drafted to the Raw brand as the fifth overall pick in the 2016 WWE draft, later declaring that he should have been the first pick.

At SummerSlam, Finn Balor defeated Seth Rollins to become the inaugural Universal Champion and win his first world title.

On 22 February 2017, Finn Balor returned to NXT to assist Shinsuke Nakamura, who was outnumbered by Andrade "Cien" Almas and Bobby Roode.

On 1 January 2018 episode of Raw, Finn Balor teamed with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to defeat Elias and The Miz Touareg in a six–man tag team match.

On 28 January, at the 2018 Royal Rumble, Finn Balor entered his first Royal Rumble match at number 2, lasting over 57 minutes and eliminating four participants before being eliminated by John Cena.

Three weeks later, at the Greatest Royal Rumble event, Finn Balor unsuccessfully challenged for the Intercontinental Championship in a fatal four–way ladder match against Rollins, Miz and Samoa Joe.

On 12 January 2019 at NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool, Finn Balor made a surprise appearance as Travis Banks's replacement in his match against Jordan Devlin, as Banks was attacked by Devlin earlier that day, and subsequently defeated Devlin.

Finn Balor, using his "Demon" persona, went on to defeat Lashley at WrestleMania and regained the Intercontinental Championship.

The following night on Raw, Finn Balor defeated the returning Sami Zayn in an impromptu title defense.

At Super ShowDown, Finn Balor successfully defended his title against Andrade under his "Demon" persona.

The following night on Raw, Finn Balor was assaulted by "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt after his match.

On 22 April 2020 episode of NXT, Finn Balor was scheduled to have a match against Velveteen Dream, but Finn Balor was knocked out by an unknown attacker before he could leave his dressing room.

Two weeks later, Finn Balor concluded that there was a "snake hiding in the long grass back there" and that whoever attacked him wanted a push.

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Finn Balor assured the audience that it won't be a push, but rather a squash.

At NXT TakeOver 31, Finn Balor made a successful title defense against Kyle O'Reilly.

On 28 February 2022 episode of Raw, Finn Balor defeated Damian Priest to win the WWE United States Championship for the first time in his career.

Finn Balor was originally going to be called King David until people started questioning why the 24-year-old would be a king already.

Finn Balor is good friends with fellow professional wrestlers Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Tama Tonga, and Dru Onyx.

Finn Balor is an avid comic book reader and collector of Lego, and has worn face and body paint inspired by comic book characters when wrestling.

Finn Balor is a supporter of English football team Tottenham Hotspur FC.