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Anti-Hero Overview


Finn Bálor (Formerly Known as "Prince Devitt" in His NJPW Days) is One of the Primary Protagonist from WWE and a Irish WWE NXT Professional Wrestler whom has a Demon Alter Ego. His normal look is just normal generic ring grear which says Bálor in the Trunks while His demonic look is covered in warpaint and WWE NXT.

He is a Now Friend (briefly an All times Archenemy) of AJ Styles who is a No Longer Client of Jordan Omogbehin and an All times Rival of Grayson Waller. Bálor is also a Mixed Tag Team Partner of Liv Morgan due to Them uniting Forces as Bálor's Styles Livs against the Mysterious Teams, Judgement Days such as Edge, Damian and Rhea.

He was portrayed by Himself, only.

Personalities[]

Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name, Finn Bálor.

Devitt is widely known for his tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as Prince Devitt, where he is a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, having held the title twice with Minoru and four times with Ryusuke Takaguchi. [9] He is also 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 of the Bullet Club stable. Through NJPW's working relationship with Mexican promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), Devitt also wrestled there, becoming a one-time NWA World Historic Middleweight Champion. He also wrestled for numerous independent promotions, becoming a one-time ICW Zero-G Champion, one time RPW British Cruiserweight Champion and a two-time NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion.

After signing with WWE's developmental system, NXT, and adopting his current ring name, Bálor become a one-time NXT Champion, with his reign being the longest in the title's history at 292 days (although WWE recognize it at 293). Also during his time in NXT, Bálor became to first co-winner of the inaugural Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Samoa Joe. Shortly after arriving on the main roster, Bálor became the first wrestler in WWE history to win a world title in their pay-per-view debut, 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 Universal Champion at SummerSlam 2016., and he holds the shortest reign for the WWE Universal Championship for only 22 hours.

Synopsis[]

Original Timeline[]

WWE NXT[]

His debut match took place during the 23 October tapings, when He and Hideo Itami defeats Justin Gabriel and Tyson Kidd. After weeks feuding with the Ascension, Bálor and Itami defeats Them at NXT Takeover: R Evolution on 11 December. Bálor also debuts His Signature Body Paint that Day. Bálor then entered a NXT Championship Number One Contender's Tournament, defeating Curtis Axel in the First Round, Hideo Itami in the Semi-Finals on, and Adrian Neville in the Finals on at NXT Takeover: Rival. Bálor received his title match against Kevin Owens on 25 March, but he was unsuccessful in the championship after injuring his knee.

NXT Champion[]

After defeating Tyler Breeze at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable,Bálor received another title shot against Owens, which took place at The Beast in the East event, in Tokyo, Japan, where Bálor defeated kevin Owens to become the NXT Championship.

In his first title defense, Bálor defeated Kevin Owens in a ladder match at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn on, Bálor later entered the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament , where he was paired with Samoa Joe, and the two defeated The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) in the first round, SmackDown in a dark match, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassaday in the quarter-finals on , Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson in the semi-finals and Baron Corbin and Rhyno in the finals, on 7 October, at NXT TakeOver: Respect, to win the tournament.

After his title match with Apollo Crews, Joe turned on Bálor and attacked him, which began a feud between the two, throughtout November and December, and a title match, at NXT TakeOver: London, where Bálor defeated Samoa Joe to retain.

At NXT TakeOver: Dallas, Bálor successfully defended his title in a rematch against Joe. On 17 April, Bálor became the longest reigning NXT Champion in history . On 21 April, Bálor lost the NXT Championship to Joe at a non-televised live event , ending his reign at 292 days. On 8 June, Bálor was defeated by Joe in the first ever NXT steel cage match in a rematch for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: The End, in what was his first TakeOver PPV loss, and subsequently his first loss under his "Demon" persona. Bálor wrestled his final NXT match on 30 July, when he teamed with Shinsuke Nakamura to defeat Bobby Roode and Samoa Joe in a tag team match.

WWE Raw[]

On 19 July, Bálor was drafted to the Raw brand as the fifth overall pick in the returning WWE brand split , he made his first appearance for the the brand on the 25 July episode of Raw , in which he won the right to compete for the newly created WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam by defeating Rusev, Cesaro, and Kevin Owens in a fatal four-way match and then defeating Roman Reigns.

Current Timeline[]

WWE SmackDown Women's Championship (2023)[]

On May 5, 2023 during a 3 on 3 Mixed Tag Team Match with the Judgement vs the LWO. Rhea Ripley handed him the Smackdown Women's Championship making him the first transgender wrestler to convert from male to female and went back to male again. As seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9e0ZM0da8&ab_channel=WWE at the time stamp of 1:18.

Weaknesses[]

  • Against Larger Opponents in Size such as Bobby Lashley or Brock Lesnar, Bálor is often forced to goes into His Demon Form to defeats Them.

Quotes[]

(The Only Thing You're gonna have handed to Ya at SummerSlam is Your Ass.) Finn Balor to Seth Rollins Prior to Their Match at SummerSlam.

Galleries[]

Main Articles: Finn Balor/Galleries.

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