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{{Infobox Wrestler
{{Infobox Wrestler
|name=Finn Bálor
|name=Finn Bálor
|names=C.T.U Ranger Red (II)<br>Fergal Devitt<br>'''Finn Bálor'''<br>[[Chris Benoit|Pegasus Kid]] (II)<br>Prince Devitt
|names=C.T.U Ranger Red (II)<br>Fergal Devitt<br>'''Finn Bálor'''<br>[[Chris Benoit|Pegasus Kid]] (II)<br>Prince Devitt<br>'''The Demon'''
|image= Finn Balor Wm31Axxess.jpg
|image= Finn Balor Wm31Axxess.jpg
|caption=Bálor at WrestleMania 31 Axxess in March 2015
|caption=Bálor at WrestleMania 31 Axxess in March 2015
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'''Fergal Devitt''' (born 25 March 1981) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He issigned to [[WWE]], where he performs on the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] brand under the ring name '''Finn Bálor'''. He is a member of [[The Judgment Day]] and is one half of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions with [[Damian Priest]] in their second reign with both the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Raw Tag Team Championship]] and [[WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|SmackDown Tag Team Championship]]. He is also well known by his former ring name '''Prince Devitt'''.
'''Fergal Devitt''' (born 25 March 1981) is an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]. He is signed to [[WWE]], where he performs on the [[WWE Raw|Raw]] brand under the ring name '''Finn Bálor'''. He is a member of [[The Judgment Day]]. He is also well known by his former ring name '''Prince Devitt'''.


Devitt is previously known for his work in [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling|New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW). During his time there, he was a three-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]] and six-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], holding the title with [[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru]] twice and with [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] four times. Devitt was also the winner of the [[Best of the Super Juniors|Be]] [[Best of the Super Juniors|st of the Super Juniors]] tournament twice in 2010 and 2013. With New Japan's working promotion with [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL), he made appearances for them and won the [[NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship|NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion]] once. Devitt was the leader of the [[Bullet Club]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|stable]].
Devitt is previously known for his work in [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling|New Japan Pro Wrestling]] (NJPW). During his time there, he was a three-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]] and six-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion]], holding the title with [[Minoru Tanaka (wrestler)|Minoru]] twice and with [[Ryusuke Taguchi]] four times. Devitt was also the winner of the [[Best of the Super Juniors|Be]] [[Best of the Super Juniors|st of the Super Juniors]] tournament twice in 2010 and 2013. With New Japan's working promotion with [[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] (CMLL), he made appearances for them and won the [[NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship|NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion]] once. Devitt was the leader of the [[Bullet Club]] [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|stable]].


Devitt signed with [[WWE|WWE's]] [[WWE NXT|NXT]] in 2014. He started using his current name. Bálor won the [[NXT Championship]] twice. He held the title the first time for 292 days. This was the longest time anyone had been champion until [[Adam Cole]] broke the record on 19 March 2020. During his time in NXT, Bálor became the first co-winner of the [[Dusty Rhodes]] [[Tag team|Tag Team]] Classic. His partner was [[Samoa Joe]]. Shortly after going to the [[WWE Raw|main roster]], Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at their first [[pay-per-view]]. He was the second [[Irish people|Irish]] world champion in WWE (after [[Sheamus]]). Balor is the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days after joining the main roster. He became the first [[WWE Universal Championship|WWE Universal Champion]] at [[SummerSlam (2016)|SummerSlam 2016.]] Bálor is also a two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Champion]] and a one-time [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]].
Devitt signed with [[WWE|WWE's]] [[WWE NXT|NXT]] in 2014. He started using his current name. Bálor won the [[NXT Championship]] twice. He held the title the first time for 292 days. This was the longest time anyone had been champion until [[Adam Cole]] broke the record on 19 March 2020. During his time in NXT, Bálor became the first co-winner of the [[Dusty Rhodes]] [[Tag team|Tag Team]] Classic. His partner was [[Samoa Joe]]. Shortly after going to the [[WWE Raw|main roster]], Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at their first [[pay-per-view]]. He was the second [[Irish people|Irish]] world champion in WWE (after [[Sheamus]]). Balor is the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days after joining the main roster. He became the first [[WWE Universal Championship|WWE Universal Champion]] at [[SummerSlam (2016)|SummerSlam 2016]]. Bálor is also a two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Champion]], a one-time [[WWE United States Championship|United States Champion]], and a two-time Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion with [[Damian Priest]] with both the [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|Raw Tag Team Championship]] and [[WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|SmackDown Tag Team Championship]]..


==WWE (2014–present)==
==WWE (2014–present)==
=== NXT ===
=== NXT ===
On 28 July 2014, WWE said that they had signed Devitt to a contract and that he would join [[WWE NXT|''NXT'']] that same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-signs-fergal-devitt-26515616|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=WWE signs Fergal Devitt to NXT|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
On 28 July 2014, WWE said that they had signed Devitt to a contract and that he would join [[WWE NXT|''NXT'']] that same day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-signs-fergal-devitt-26515616|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=WWE signs Fergal Devitt to NXT|publisher=WWE|archive-date=2015-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616225408/http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwe-signs-fergal-devitt-26515616|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On September 24, 2014, it was announced that his new ring name would be Finn Bálor. This name comes from the [[Celtic mythology|Irish mythological]] figures [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]] and [[Balor]]. Balor is [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] for "Demon King".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TFjjOe_pw|accessdate=2014-11-16|title=NXT GM William Regal comments on Finn Bálor's NXT debut|work=WWE|publisher=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/88543/details-behind-prince-devitts-new-wwe-persona.html?p=1|accessdate=2014-11-16|title=Details Behind Prince Devitt's New WWE Persona|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
On September 24, 2014, it was announced that his new ring name would be Finn Bálor. This name comes from the [[Celtic mythology|Irish mythological]] figures [[Fionn mac Cumhaill]] and [[Balor]]. Balor is [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] for "Demon King".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TFjjOe_pw|accessdate=2014-11-16|title=NXT GM William Regal comments on Finn Bálor's NXT debut|work=WWE|publisher=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/article/88543/details-behind-prince-devitts-new-wwe-persona.html?p=1|accessdate=2014-11-16|title=Details Behind Prince Devitt's New WWE Persona|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
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***[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving stomp|Coup de grace]] (Diving double leg foot stomp)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2014/11/13/22070461.html|accessdate=2014-12-13|title=NXT: Neville gives Zayn another big loss|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
***[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Diving stomp|Coup de grace]] (Diving double leg foot stomp)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2014/11/13/22070461.html|accessdate=2014-12-13|title=NXT: Neville gives Zayn another big loss|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
**'''As Prince Devitt'''
**'''As Prince Devitt'''
***''Bloody Sunday'' ([[DDT (professional wrestling)#Lifting DDT|Lifting]] [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Single underhook DDT|single underhook DDT]], he sometimes does it from the [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Elevated DDT|top rope]])
***''Bloody Sunday'' ([[DDT (professional wrestling)#Lifting DDT|Lifting]] [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Single underhook DDT|single underhook DDT]], he sometimes did it from the [[DDT (professional wrestling)#Elevated DDT|top rope]])
***[[Brainbuster]]
***[[Brainbuster]]
***''Devitt's End'' ([[Professional wrestling holds#Fujiwara armbar|High-angle Fujiwara armbar]])
***''Devitt's End'' ([[Professional wrestling holds#Fujiwara armbar|High-angle Fujiwara armbar]])
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**"Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deviantandnaiveted.bandcamp.com/track/last-chance-saloon-bullet-club-theme|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=Last Chance Saloon (Bullet Club Theme)|publisher=DeviantandNaiveTed.Bandcamp.com}}</ref> (NJPW; 2013–2014; used while a part of [[Bullet Club]])
**"Last Chance Saloon" by Deviant and Naive Ted<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deviantandnaiveted.bandcamp.com/track/last-chance-saloon-bullet-club-theme|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=Last Chance Saloon (Bullet Club Theme)|publisher=DeviantandNaiveTed.Bandcamp.com}}</ref> (NJPW; 2013–2014; used while a part of [[Bullet Club]])
**"Real Rock 'n Rolla (Breaking Point) (Tokyo Dome ver.)" by Yonosuke Kitamura (NJPW; 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12530|accessdate=2014-12-13|title=待望の第3弾! 12月10日（水）発売「NJPWグレイテストミュージックIII」の収録内容が遂に決定!!|publisher=New Japn Pro Wrestling (in Japanese)}}</ref>
**"Real Rock 'n Rolla (Breaking Point) (Tokyo Dome ver.)" by Yonosuke Kitamura (NJPW; 2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=12530|accessdate=2014-12-13|title=待望の第3弾! 12月10日（水）発売「NJPWグレイテストミュージックIII」の収録内容が遂に決定!!|publisher=New Japn Pro Wrestling (in Japanese)}}</ref>
**"Catch Your Breath" by CFO$ (WWE; 2014-2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wwe-nxt-catch-your-breath/id950842684|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=WWE NXT: Catch Your Breath (Finn Bálor) - Single|publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
**"Catch Your Breath" by CFO$ (WWE; 2014–2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wwe-nxt-catch-your-breath/id950842684|accessdate=2014-09-03|title=WWE NXT: Catch Your Breath (Finn Bálor) - Single|publisher=[[iTunes]]}}</ref>
**'''"I AM DANGER"''' by Def Rebel (WWE; 2022-present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE: I AM DANGER (Finn Bálor) - def rebel on iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wwe-i-am-danger-finn-b%C3%A1lor-single/1642812963|access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref>
**'''"I AM DANGER"''' by Def Rebel (WWE; 2022–present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE: I AM DANGER (Finn Bálor) - def rebel on iTunes|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/wwe-i-am-danger-finn-b%C3%A1lor-single/1642812963|access-date=2024-01-12}}</ref>


== Championships and accomplishments ==
== Championships and accomplishments ==
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| image1 = Fergal Devitt.jpg
| image1 = Fergal Devitt.jpg
| caption1 = Devitt is a three-time [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]
| caption1 = Devitt is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship{{!}}IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
| image2 = NXT Champion Finn Balor.jpg
| image2 = NXT Champion Finn Balor.jpg
| caption2 = Bálor is a two-time [[NXT Champion]], and also holds the record for longest combined reign at 504 days
| caption2 = Bálor is a two-time [[NXT Championship|NXT Champion]], and also holds the record for longest combined reign at 504 days.
| image3 = Finn Bálor as Intercontinental Champion.jpg
| image3 = Finn Bálor as Intercontinental Champion.jpg
| caption3 = Bálor is a two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Champion]]
| caption3 = Bálor is a two-time [[WWE Intercontinental Championship|[WWE Intercontinental Champion]].
}}
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* '''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'''
* '''[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]]'''
** NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time)<ref name=CMLL033012>{{cite web|url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Viernes 30 de Marzo '12 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |work=[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] |date=31 March 2012 |archive-date=20 September 2012 |access-date=1 April 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship (1 time)<ref name=CMLL033012>{{cite web|url=http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920014015/http://cmll.com/02_resultados/super_viernes/super_viernes_cmll.htm |title=Viernes 30 de Marzo '12 |last=Salazar López |first=Alexis A. |work=[[Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre]] |date=31 March 2012 |archive-date=20 September 2012 |access-date=1 April 2012 |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''Insane Championship Wrestling'''
* '''[[Insane Championship Wrestling]]'''
** ICW Zero-G Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Mike|date=31 March 2014|title=Prince Devitt comments on his wrestling future|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=84656&p=1|access-date=31 March 2014|work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref>
** ICW Zero-G Championship (1 time)<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Mike|date=31 March 2014|title=Prince Devitt comments on his wrestling future|url=http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=84656&p=1|access-date=31 March 2014|work=Pro Wrestling Insider}}</ref>
* '''Kaientai Dojo'''
* '''Kaientai Dojo'''
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** Best of the Super Juniors (2010, 2013)<ref name=BOSJ2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1646|title=(Results) New Japan, 6/13/10|date=13 June 2010|access-date=13 June 2010|publisher=Strong Style Spirit|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312040134/http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1646|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BOSJ2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=727 |title=Best of the Super Jr. XX |access-date=9 June 2013 |work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615005439/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=727 |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref>
** Best of the Super Juniors (2010, 2013)<ref name=BOSJ2010>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1646|title=(Results) New Japan, 6/13/10|date=13 June 2010|access-date=13 June 2010|publisher=Strong Style Spirit|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312040134/http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1646|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=BOSJ2013>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=727 |title=Best of the Super Jr. XX |access-date=9 June 2013 |work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615005439/http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=727 |archive-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref>
** J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament (2010, 2011) – with Ryusuke Taguchi and Hirooki Goto<ref name=JSportsCrown6Finals>{{cite web |url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/result/index.php?COM=result_main&SRNO=162&TKNO=3 |title=「このチームでメキシコに行こう！」6人タッグ王者・後藤＆田口＆デヴィットの"Apollo555"誕生!! |work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=30 June 2010 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702024247/http://www.njpw.co.jp/result/index.php?COM=result_main&SRNO=162&TKNO=3 |archive-date=2 July 2010 }}</ref><ref name=JSportsCrown6FinalsSSS>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1709|title=(Results) New Japan, 6/30/10|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=30 June 2010|access-date=30 June 2010|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312040249/http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1709|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=JSportsSixMan2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=338|title=「J Sports Crown」 ～無差別級6人タッグトーナメント～|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|access-date=23 June 2011|language=ja}}</ref>
** J Sports Crown Openweight 6 Man Tag Tournament (2010, 2011) – with Ryusuke Taguchi and Hirooki Goto<ref name=JSportsCrown6Finals>{{cite web |url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/result/index.php?COM=result_main&SRNO=162&TKNO=3 |title=「このチームでメキシコに行こう！」6人タッグ王者・後藤＆田口＆デヴィットの"Apollo555"誕生!! |work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]] |date=30 June 2010 |access-date=30 June 2010 |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702024247/http://www.njpw.co.jp/result/index.php?COM=result_main&SRNO=162&TKNO=3 |archive-date=2 July 2010 }}</ref><ref name=JSportsCrown6FinalsSSS>{{cite web|url=http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1709|title=(Results) New Japan, 6/30/10|work=Strong Style Spirit|date=30 June 2010|access-date=30 June 2010|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312040249/http://www.puroresufan.com/njpw/?p=1709|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=JSportsSixMan2011>{{cite web|url=http://www.njpw.co.jp/match/detail_result.php?e=338|title=「J Sports Crown」 ～無差別級6人タッグトーナメント～|work=[[New Japan Pro-Wrestling]]|access-date=23 June 2011|language=ja}}</ref>
* '''''[[New York Post]]'''''
** Faction of the Year (2023) {{small|as part of [[The Judgment Day]]}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Staszewski|first=Joseph|date=26 December 2023|title=The Post's 2023 pro wrestling awards|url=https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/sports/the-posts-2024-pro-wrestling-awards/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227120049/https://nypost.com/2023/12/26/sports/the-posts-2024-pro-wrestling-awards/|archive-date=27 December 2023|access-date=29 December 2023|work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref>
* '''NWA UK Hammerlock'''
* '''NWA UK Hammerlock'''
** NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (2 times)<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|title=Fergal Devitt profile|access-date=8 July 2009|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027042956/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nwapro">{{cite web|url=http://www.nwapro.net/oz/superstars/fergal-devitt.html |title=Fergal Devitt – Bio |access-date=28 March 2009 |publisher=NWA Pro – Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219101100/http://www.nwapro.net/oz/superstars/fergal-devitt.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
** NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (2 times)<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|title=Fergal Devitt profile|access-date=8 July 2009|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027042956/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="nwapro">{{cite web|url=http://www.nwapro.net/oz/superstars/fergal-devitt.html |title=Fergal Devitt – Bio |access-date=28 March 2009 |publisher=NWA Pro – Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219101100/http://www.nwapro.net/oz/superstars/fergal-devitt.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
** Faction of the Year (2023) {{small|as part of [[The Judgment Day]]}}
** Ranked No. 3 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2016.html|access-date=1 September 2016|work=The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
** Ranked No. 3 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]]'' in 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016|url=http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/2016.html|access-date=1 September 2016|work=The Internet Wrestling Database}}</ref>
* '''Revolution Pro Wrestling'''
* '''Revolution Pro Wrestling'''
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** Most Underrated (2018)<ref>{{cite web|last=Stoughton|first=Derek|date=22 March 2019|title=2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Revealed|url=https://wrestlingrumors.net/derekstoughton/2018-wrestling-observer-newsletter-awards-revealed/|access-date=23 March 2019|work=Wrestling Rumors}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 March 2019|title=BONUS SHOW: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2019/03/17/bonus-show-wrestling-observer-newsletter-awards/|access-date=23 March 2019|work=Post Wrestling}}</ref>
** Most Underrated (2018)<ref>{{cite web|last=Stoughton|first=Derek|date=22 March 2019|title=2018 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Revealed|url=https://wrestlingrumors.net/derekstoughton/2018-wrestling-observer-newsletter-awards-revealed/|access-date=23 March 2019|work=Wrestling Rumors}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=17 March 2019|title=BONUS SHOW: Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards|url=https://www.postwrestling.com/2019/03/17/bonus-show-wrestling-observer-newsletter-awards/|access-date=23 March 2019|work=Post Wrestling}}</ref>
* '''[[WWE]]'''
* '''[[WWE]]'''
** [[WWE Universal Championship]] ([[WWE Universal Championship#Reigns|1 time, inaugural]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Werner|first1=Barry|date=21 August 2016|title=Finn Balor captures first WWE Universal championship|url=http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/finn-balor-captures-first-wwe-universal-championship-082116|access-date=7 September 2016|website=Fox Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Universal Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/universal-championship|publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)]]}}</ref>
** [[WWE Universal Championship]] ([[WWE Universal Championship#Reigns|1 time, first]])<ref>{{cite web|last1=Werner|first1=Barry|date=21 August 2016|title=Finn Balor captures first WWE Universal championship|url=http://www.foxsports.com/wwe/story/finn-balor-captures-first-wwe-universal-championship-082116|access-date=7 September 2016|website=Fox Sports}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Universal Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/universal-championship|publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)]]}}</ref>
** [[NXT Championship]] ([[NXT Championship#Reigns|2 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=NXT Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/nxt-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|2 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Intercontinental Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/intercontinental-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[WWE Intercontinental Championship]] ([[List of WWE Intercontinental Champions|2 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Intercontinental Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/intercontinental-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[WWE United States Championship]] ([[List of WWE United States Champions|1 time]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE United States Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/united-states-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[WWE United States Championship]] ([[List of WWE United States Champions|1 time]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE United States Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/united-states-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[NXT Championship]] ([[NXT Championship#Title history|2 times]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=NXT Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/nxt-championship|publisher=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
** [[WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|World Tag Team Championship]]{{Efn|During his first two reigns, the title was called "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship" and was defended together with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed Tag Team Championship.}} ([[List of WWE Tag Team Championship reigns by length|3 times, current]]) – with [[Damian Priest]] (2), and [[JD McDonagh]] (1, current)<ref>{{cite web|title=WWE Raw Tag Team Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/raw-tag-team-championship|publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)]]}}</ref>
** [[WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship]]{{Efn|Defended together with the Raw Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed Tag Team Championship.}} ([[WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship#Reigns|2 times]]) – with Damian Priest<ref>{{cite web|title=WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|url=https://www.wwe.com/titlehistory/smackdown-tag-team-championship|publisher=[[WWE|World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)]]}}</ref>
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** Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) – with [[Samoa Joe]]<ref name=NXTRespect>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/10/07/22560127.html|title=Bayley is the Iron Woman against Banks at NXT TakeOver: Respect|last=Howell|first=Nolan|date=7 October 2015|access-date=8 October 2015|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
** [[Grand Slam (professional wrestling)#Revised format (established 2015)|17th Grand Slam Champion (under current format; 24th overall)]]
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** [[Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic]] (2015) – with [[Samoa Joe]]<ref name=NXTRespect>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2015/10/07/22560127.html|title=Bayley is the Iron Woman against Banks at NXT TakeOver: Respect|last=Howell|first=Nolan|date=7 October 2015|access-date=8 October 2015|work=Slam! Sports|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref>
** NXT Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2015)<ref name="NXT-Rival">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_83281.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT Takeover report 2/11: Zayn vs. Owens NXT Title match, Women's Title semi-main event, Neville vs. Balor, Itaml; Overall Reax|date=11 February 2015|access-date=12 February 2015|author=James, Justin|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
** NXT Championship #1 Contender's Tournament (2015)<ref name="NXT-Rival">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/wwenxtreport/article_83281.shtml|title=James's WWE NXT Takeover report 2/11: Zayn vs. Owens NXT Title match, Women's Title semi-main event, Neville vs. Balor, Itaml; Overall Reax|date=11 February 2015|access-date=12 February 2015|author=James, Justin|publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch}}</ref>
** Slammy Award (1 time)
*** Faction of the Year (2024) – as a member of [[The Judgment Day]]
** NXT Year-End Award (3 times)<ref>{{cite web|author=WWE.com Staff|title=The first-ever NXT Year-End Awards will be presented Jan. 13 at 8/7 C on WWE Network|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/wwe-nxt-year-end-awards-2015|access-date=14 January 2016|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
** NXT Year-End Award (3 times)<ref>{{cite web|author=WWE.com Staff|title=The first-ever NXT Year-End Awards will be presented Jan. 13 at 8/7 C on WWE Network|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/wwenxt/wwe-nxt-year-end-awards-2015|access-date=14 January 2016|publisher=WWE}}</ref>
*** Male Competitor of the Year (2015)<ref name="NXTawards">{{cite web|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Zack|title=1/13 Zim's WWE NXT Live Coverage: Battle Royal to determine Bayley's next challenger for the NXT Women's Championship, Dash and Dawson vs. The Ascension, plus Elias Sampson and Tommaso Ciampa in action|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2016/01/13/113-zims-wwe-nxt-live-coverage-battle-royal-to-determine-bayleys-next-challenger-for-the-nxt-womens-championship-dash-and-dawson-vs-the-ascension-plus-elias-sampson-and-tommaso-ciampa-in-ac/|access-date=13 January 2016|website=prowrestling.net}}</ref>
*** Male Competitor of the Year (2015)<ref name="NXTawards2">{{cite web|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Zack|title=1/13 Zim's WWE NXT Live Coverage: Battle Royal to determine Bayley's next challenger for the NXT Women's Championship, Dash and Dawson vs. The Ascension, plus Elias Sampson and Tommaso Ciampa in action|url=http://prowrestling.net/site/2016/01/13/113-zims-wwe-nxt-live-coverage-battle-royal-to-determine-bayleys-next-challenger-for-the-nxt-womens-championship-dash-and-dawson-vs-the-ascension-plus-elias-sampson-and-tommaso-ciampa-in-ac/|access-date=13 January 2016|website=prowrestling.net}}</ref>
*** Overall Competitor of the Year (2015)<ref name="NXTawards" />
*** Overall Competitor of the Year (2015)<ref name="NXTawards2" />
*** Match of the Year (2020) {{small|vs. [[Kyle O'Reilly]] at [[NXT TakeOver: 31]]}}<ref>{{cite web|author=WWE.com Staff|date=30 December 2020|title=2020 NXT Year-End Award Winners|url=https://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-year-end-award-winners-announced-revealed|access-date=1 March 2021|work=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>
*** Match of the Year (2020) {{small|vs. Kyle O'Reilly at NXT TakeOver: 31}}<ref>{{cite web|author=WWE.com Staff|date=30 December 2020|title=2020 NXT Year-End Award Winners|url=https://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/wwenxt/article/nxt-year-end-award-winners-announced-revealed|access-date=1 March 2021|work=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)}}</ref>

== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
== References ==

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Finn Bálor
Bálor at WrestleMania 31 Axxess in March 2015
Born (1981-03-25) 25 March 1981 (age 43)
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)C.T.U Ranger Red (II)
Fergal Devitt
Finn Bálor
Pegasus Kid (II)
Prince Devitt
The Demon
Billed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Billed weight86 kg (190 lb)
Billed fromBray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Trained byNWA UK Hammerlock
Andre Baker
Johnny Moss
Jon Ryan
New Japan Inoki Dojo
Debut2000

Fergal Devitt (born 25 March 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Bálor. He is a member of The Judgment Day. He is also well known by his former ring name Prince Devitt.

Devitt is previously known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). During his time there, he was a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, holding the title with Minoru twice and with Ryusuke Taguchi four times. Devitt was also the winner of the Be st of the Super Juniors tournament twice in 2010 and 2013. With New Japan's working promotion with Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), he made appearances for them and won the NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion once. Devitt was the leader of the Bullet Club stable.

Devitt signed with WWE's NXT in 2014. He started using his current name. Bálor won the NXT Championship twice. He held the title the first time for 292 days. This was the longest time anyone had been champion until Adam Cole broke the record on 19 March 2020. During his time in NXT, Bálor became the first co-winner of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. His partner was Samoa Joe. Shortly after going to the main roster, Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at their first pay-per-view. He was the second Irish world champion in WWE (after Sheamus). Balor is the quickest wrestler in WWE history to win a world title at 27 days after joining the main roster. He became the first WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam 2016. Bálor is also a two-time Intercontinental Champion, a one-time United States Champion, and a two-time Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion with Damian Priest with both the Raw Tag Team Championship and SmackDown Tag Team Championship..

WWE (2014–present)

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NXT

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On 28 July 2014, WWE said that they had signed Devitt to a contract and that he would join NXT that same day.[1]

On September 24, 2014, it was announced that his new ring name would be Finn Bálor. This name comes from the Irish mythological figures Fionn mac Cumhaill and Balor. Balor is Gaelic for "Demon King".[2][3]

In wrestling

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Championships and accomplishments

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Devitt is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion.
Bálor is a two-time NXT Champion, and also holds the record for longest combined reign at 504 days.
Bálor is a two-time [WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ During his first two reigns, the title was called "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship" and was defended together with the SmackDown Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed Tag Team Championship.
  2. ↑ Defended together with the Raw Tag Team Championship as the Undisputed Tag Team Championship.

References

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  4. ↑ "NXT: Neville gives Zayn another big loss". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2014-12-13.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ "NJPW "Best of the Super Juniors 2009" 6/14/09 report". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Rising Sun Soliloquy Newsletter #33 – New Japan – Results – NJPW, 7/10/09 (SXW)". WrestleView. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
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  8. ↑ "Resolution '09". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  9. ↑ "『Super Jr.』参戦選手決定! 全日本から "レンタル移籍"のBushi、ロウ・キー、そしてドラゲーの"超・鳥人"Pacが初参戦!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-03.
  10. ↑ "『Super Jr.』出場メンバー決定!! DDTからケニー・オメガ! ドラゲーからリコシェ! CMLLのティタンも再来日!!". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-09-03.
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  12. ↑ "プリンス・デヴィット". New Japan Pro Wrestling (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
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