David Stephen Finlay III
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.
Acting
TV
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
as David Finlay
2019
TV
TNA iMPACT!
as David Finlay
2004
TV
TNA iMPACT!
2004
TV
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
as David Finlay
2023
Movie
AEW Dynasty 2026
as David Finlay
2026
Movie
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
as David Finlay
2026
Movie
AEW Revolution 2026
as David Finlay
2026
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 16
as David Finlay
2023
Movie
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
as David Finlay
2023
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
as David Finlay
2018
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
as David Finlay
2019
TV
New Japan Pro Wrestling
as (David Finlay
1972
TV
New Japan Pro Wrestling
as David Finlay
1972
Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2021
as David Finlay
2021
Movie
NJPW Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall
as David Finlay
2017
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
as David Finlay
2020
Movie
NJPW x AEW x CMLL x ROH x STARDOM: Wrestle Dynasty
as David Finlay
2025
Movie
NJPW Resurgence 2025
as David Finlay
2025
Movie
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2025
as David Finlay
2025
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
as David Finlay
2026
Movie
IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls
as David Finlay
2023
Movie
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
as David Finlay
2024
Movie
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 2021
as David Finlay
2021
Movie
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
as David Finlay
2017