David Stephen Finlay III
Acting · Born 1993-05-16 · age 33 · Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
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.
Titles
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
TNA iMPACT!
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
AEW Dynasty
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
AEW Revolution 2026
AEW All In: London
AEW Redemption 2026
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
New Japan Pro Wrestling
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall 2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
NJPW Resurgence 2025
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
AEW All In 2026: London - Buy In
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2021
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2018
IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 2021
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Northern Rising
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
NJPW The New Beginning USA 2026
NJPW STRONG
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2023
NJPW Capital Collision 2023
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 2
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
NJPW New Japan Showdown In Los Angeles
NJPW G1 Climax 25: Day 19 (Final)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2024
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2016
NJPW Honor Rising: Japan 2016 - Day 2
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2016
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Resurrection
NJPW G1 Climax 35: Day 13
NJPW Yuji Nagata Produce Blue Justice XVI
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 6
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2026
NJPW Road to The New Beginning 2026 - Day 10
NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023