David Finlay Jr.

David Finlay interests me as a study in legacy and self-definition. Born in Hanover into a renowned wrestling family, he could have leaned entirely on the name, but instead he forged himself in New Japan's brutal apprenticeship before emerging in AEW as the leader of The Dogs. Winning the World Trios titles and commanding his own stable signals a wrestler who has shed the prospect label for genuine authority. I find his cross-continental path, European roots feeding both Japanese and American rings, very of-the-moment. I always root for performers who honor their lineage while insisting on their own identity, and Finlay does just that.

Name (English)

David Finlay Jr.

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・フィンレー

Reading

でびっど・ふぃんれー

Born

May 16, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rooster

Origin

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Occupation

professional wrestler

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/supersuperdave/
• Xhttps://x.com/Thedavidfinlay
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Finlay%20(wrestler)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27999454

Tags

• Lower Saxony
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.