Finn Balor: 10 things you didn't know about the WWE superstar

Finn Balor is one of WWE‘s best performers, with his incredible athleticism and wrestling ability wowing fans down the years.

Balor made his name as Prince Devitt in Japan before joining WWE in 2014, debuting on the NXT brand. He was NXT Champion before moving to Raw and winning the Universal Championship. He has since won the US and Intercontinental Titles, as well as the NXT Title for a second time.

Balor’s talents have been largely underutilised on the main roster but with him now the leader of Judgement Day and Triple H calling the shots, things are looking up. Finn is set to take on Edge in an “I Quit” match at Extreme Rules on Saturday October 8th.

Taking this into consideration, there still might be a few things about the Irishman that fans are still not aware of, so GiveMeSport takes you through 10 things you didn’t know about Finn Balor…

After training in the UK at NWA Hammerlock, the real-life Fergal Devitt made his debut on 23rd November 2001. He quickly captured the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship. A sign of things to come.

Finn, along with friend Paul Tracey, set up NWA Ireland, a training school, in the early 2000s. Here he began training a 15-year-old Becky Lynch and a 12-year-old JD McDonagh.

He signed a contract with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in Match 2006, making his debut a month later under the ring name Prince Devitt. He later stated that the name change was due to Fergal being hard to pronounce for Japanese fans, and him being too young to be called King.

The Prince wrestled on the Wrestle Land briefly in mid-2006 as the Pegasus Kid, debuting under a mask. He reverted back to his original name shortly after.

In 2007, NWA held a tournament to crown a new World Heavyweight Champion.