32 Facts About Finn Balor

1.

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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5.

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

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6.

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

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7.

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

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8.

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.

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9.

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

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10.

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.

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11.

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

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12.

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.

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13.

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.

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14.

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

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15.

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

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16.

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.

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17.

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.

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18.

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.

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19.

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.

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20.

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

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21.

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

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22.

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

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23.

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

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24.

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.

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25.

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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26.

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

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27.

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

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28.

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.

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29.

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

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30.

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

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31.

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.

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32.

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

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