David Stephen Finlay III
Biography
David Finlay is a German-born American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), joining the promotion in March 2026 after leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he competed from 2015 to 2026.
In NJPW, Finlay led Bullet Club from 2023 until the faction’s disbandment in early 2026 and became a two-time and longest-reigning IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion, with a record 245-day second reign. He also won the New Japan Cup in 2025 and, alongside Juice Robinson as FinJuice, they won the World Tag League in 2019 and became one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, while Finlay is also a one-time NEVER Openweight Champion and a one-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima.
Outside NJPW, he is a one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with Robinson and one-time POW Junior Champion.
He is the son of retired Irish professional wrestler David Finlay Jr., best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2000 under the ring name Fit Finlay and in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2010 under the mononymous name Finlay.
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Full filmography
- All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite (2019) as David Finlay
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as (David Finlay
- New Japan Pro Wrestling (1972) as David Finlay
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision (2023) as David Finlay
- TNA iMPACT! (2004) as David Finlay
- TNA iMPACT! (2004)
- NJPW STRONG (2020) as David Finlay
- AEW Revolution 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- AEW Dynasty 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Japan Cup (2005) as David Finlay
- AEW Double or Nothing 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6 (2026) as David Finlay
- NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14 (2022) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5 (2021) as David Finlay
- NJPW Royal Quest III (2023) as David Finlay
- NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018 (2018) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026 (2026) as David Finlay
- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (2025) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2 (2021) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 6 (2021) as David Finlay
- NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8 (2021) as David Finlay
- NJPW Windy City Riot 2022 (2022) as David Finlay