David Finlay (wrestler)

This article is about the professional wrestler born in 1993. For his father, also a professional wrestler, see Fit Finlay. For other people with similar names, see David Finlay.

David Finlay
Finlay in November 2023
Birth nameDavid Stephen Finlay
Born (1993-05-16) 16 May 1993 (age 31)
Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Spouse(s)
Ana Scott
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(m. 2018)​
RelativesFit Finlay (father)
Brogan Finlay (brother)
Dave Finlay Sr. (grandfather)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)David Finlay
David Finlay Jr.
Billed height182 cm (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Billed weight105 kg (231 lb)[1]
Billed fromAtlanta, Georgia[2]
Trained byFit Finlay
NJPW Dojo
Satoshi Kojima
Debut22 December 2012

David Stephen Finlay[a] (born 16 May 1993) is a German-born American professional wrestler. He is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is the current and longest reigning IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion in his record-setting second reign. Although NJPW recognises Finlay as the seventh leader of Bullet Club, he predominately acts as the leader of the War Dogs sub-group.

Born in Germany to Northern Irish parents, he is a fourth-generation professional wrestler; his father, Fit Finlay, trained him[3] before he received additional training from Satoshi Kojima and the NJPW Dojo.[3][4] He frequently partnered with Juice Robinson as the team FinJuice; they are one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. Along with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima, he is also a former NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Since joining and leading Bullet Club, Finlay has become a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion, and he became the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion in January 2024, later regaining the title a second time four months later.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference njpw was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Atlanta, G. A. (21 January 2019). "David Finlay". www.rohwrestling.com.
  3. ^ a b "David Finlay Jr". Puroresu Central. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "David Finlay <<Wrestlers database>>". CAGEMATCH.


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