WWE Irish Wrestlers
| WWE Name | Real Name | Born | Joined WWE | Titles |
| Women | ||||
| Becky Lynch “The Man” | Rebecca Quin | Limerick | 2015 | Women’s Smackdown 2015 |
| Velvet McIntyre | ?? | Ireland | Women’s Tag Team Champion (x2) Women’s Champion (x1) | |
| Men | ||||
| Finn Balor “Demon King” | Fergal Davitt | Bray, co. Wicklow | ?? | Universal Champion 2016 |
| Sheamus | Stephen Farrelly | Dublin | 2009 | World Champion (x4) USA Champions (x2) Raw Tag Team Champion (x4) |
| Danno O’Mahony | ?? | Ballydehod, Co. Cork | None | |
| Finley | Dave Finlay | Belfast | 2001 | United States Champion (x1) |
| Killian Dane | Dave Mackle | Belfast | 2018 | NXT Tag-Team Champion (x1) |
Report
Six Irish-Born wrestlers have won titles with WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, the most notable of which are Becky Lynch (aka “The Man”) who won the inaugural Women’s Smackdown Championship in 2016, Finn “Demon King” Balor who beat Seth Rollins to win the inaugural Universal Championship, and Sheamus, who won the World Title four times.
References
Websites
[1] The Circular (2018) 5 Irish Wrestlers who achieved mainstream success with WWE [Internet] Available from: http://thecircular.org/5-irish-wrestlers-who-achieved-mainstream-success-with-wwe/ [Accessed 21 September 2019]
Images
[2] Becky Lynch WWE Facebook (2020) Photo, January 21, 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/83001548_2496579183941929_2963653989746343936_o.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=W6fCHcHC8QQAX-8Ppo8&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&_nc_tp=6&oh=bcae12c1ab5debedd9ee7a1af08ac971&oe=5EC9334D [Accessed 1 February 2020]
[3] Pinterest (2020) WWE Logo [Internet] Available from: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/bb/f7/34bbf762319412d2c8a0759fa7417adc.png [Accessed 1 Febraury 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Richard Conville, Conor Lynch, Maurice Lynch, Robert Byron & Dylan Brennan.
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