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My Take
Fit Finlay is one of those wrestlers who earned his reputation the old-fashioned way — by being genuinely, legitimately tough. Born in Belfast in 1958, he came up through the European wrestling circuit long before the WWE machine existed, grinding through British and Irish promotions where you had to actually know what you were doing. By the time he landed in WCW in the mid-90s and later WWE in 2005, he was already a grizzled veteran, and that no-nonsense stiffness never left him. I always respected how he carried himself — no flashy gimmick, just a mean old-school brawler who could make any match feel real. His behind-the-scenes work as a producer and trainer at the WWE Performance Center feels like exactly the right second act for a guy whose entire career was built on craft over spectacle.
Overview
David John "Fit" Finlay, Jr. (born 31 January 1958) is a Northern Irish former professional wrestling trainer and wrestler. He is signed to WWE as a trainer and assistant coach at the Performance Center, as well as a producer. He is best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 1996 to 2000, and in WWE from 2005 to 2010 under the mononymous name Finlay.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Fit Finlay
- Name (Japanese)
- デイブ・フィンレー
- Reading
- でいぶ・ふぃんれー
- Born
- January 31, 1958 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dog
- Origin
- Belfast, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- professional wrestler
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.