David Finlay Jr.
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| David Finlay | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David John Finlay III |
| Born | 15 May 1993 Achim, Germany |
| Residence | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Family | Dave Finlay (father) |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | David Finlay David Finlay Jr. David Finlay III |
| Billed height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 88 kg (194 lb) |
| Billed from | Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Trained by | Dave Finlay |
| Debut | December 22, 2012 |
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David John Finlay III (born 15 May 1993) is a German-born Northern Irish professional wrestler known simply as David Finlay. He is currently signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is currently in his first reign as one third of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima.
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Early career (2012–2015)[edit]
On December 22, 2012, Finlay made his debut in professional wrestling at the European Wrestling Promotion when was against Big Van Walter.[1] On the same day, he and his father defeated Danny Collins and Robbie Brookside in a Irish Street match.[1] He later competed in various independent promotions like Universal Independent Wrestling,[2] All Star Wrestling[3] and World of Unpredictable Wrestling. On October 10, 2014, Finlay won his first professional wrestling title the POW Junior Championship in a three-way match.[4]
New Japan Pro Wrestling (2015–present)[edit]
On May 7, 2015, it was announced that Finlay was hired by the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro Wrestling and it was announced that he would participate on the Best of the Super Jr. XXII and that he would be entering in the B block. In his debut match in NJPW and his first match at the Best of the Super Juniors, he lost to Alex Shelley, and he also had personal attire. At end of the tournament, Finlay lost all his qualifying matches. Later, he would compete as one of NJPW's "Young Lions", a class of rookie wrestlers who work mostly against each other early on, wearing all black gear and with no particular ring character, all part of the structured learning process in NJPW. He would later compete with and win some matches against fellow Young Lion Jay White. On May 19, Finlay was called to replace Matt Jackson at the 2016 Best of the Super Juniors.[5] On May 21 to June 7, Finlay participated at the tournament and only scored 2 points defeating the veteran Gedo. On September 1 Finlay was involved at the Lions Gate Project 3 where he debuted a new wild attire and new finisher named Prima Nocta and he also defeated GO Asakawa. After that Finlay was given a push at the company and he started to win more matches.
On September 25, 2016, Finlay won his first championship in NJPW. Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima defeated Bullet Club (Adam Cole and Matt and Nick Jackson) to win the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship, where he graduated from his "Young Lion" status. This led to a match on October 10 at King of Pro-Wrestling, where Finlay and Ricochet unsuccessfully challenged The Young Bucks for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[6] Finlay and Ricochet entered the 2016 Super Jr. Tag Tournament, defeating Gedo and Will Ospreay. Finlay and Ricochet lost at the semifinals to ACH and Taiji Ishimori.
In wrestling[edit]
- Finishing moves
- Air Raid Crash (Running over the shoulder back to belly piledriver)
- European uppercut
- Prima Nocta
- Signature moves
- German suplex
- Granby roll
- Kamikaze
- Scarf hold
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- Power Of Wrestling
- POW Junior Championship (1 time)[4]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kreikenbohm. "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » David Finlay » Matchesirst=Philip". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » David Finlay » Matches". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Wrestlers Database » David Finlay » Matches". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Titles Database » POW Junior Championship". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ↑ "【緊急決定！】『Best of the Super Jr.』のAブロックにデビッド・フィンレー、Bブロックにチェーズ・オーエンズが代打出場！ 【SJ23】". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). May 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-19.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Rose, Bryan (2016-10-09). "NJPW King of Pro Wrestling live results: Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Titles Database » NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Championship". cagematch.net. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
External links[edit]
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- Profile on cagematch.net
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