David Finlay (wrestler)  David Finlay III (born 16 May 1993) is a German-born American professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) under the ring name David Finlay. He is a fourth-generation professional wrestler, following a tradition started by his great-grandfather John Lidell. He is the son of Dave Finlay and was trained by him prior to his professional wrestling debut, with additional training in the NJPW Dojo as a "young lion" in Japan. Finlay is a longtime ally and partner of Juice Robinson, teaming under the moniker FinJuice. The duo are one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions. Finlay, along with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima, is a former NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion. Finlay was born on 16 May 1993, in Hanover to parents Dave Finlay and Melanie Duffin. He has stated that he wanted to be a wrestler since he was young, being inspired by watching his father wrestle. Finlay grew up in a wrestling family, as his father, grandfather and both great-grandfathers were all professional wrestlers, and his paternal aunt was a referee. Finlay made his professional wrestling debut on 22 December 2012 for German promotion European Wrestling Promotion (EWP) defeating Big Daddy Walter by disqualification. Later that evening, he teamed up with his father for an tag team match against Robbie Brookside and Dan Collins, which they won. This match served as his father's retirement match. In 2014, Finlay became the inaugural Power of Wrestling Junior Champion. He held the title for 314 days before vacating it on 20 August 2015, due to his signing with New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Finlay entered the 2015 Best of the Super Juniors tournament hosted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling, but failed to win, losing all his matches in the tournament and ending with a final tally of 0 points. After the tournament, Finlay was announced as a "young lion". He would carry this moniker until September 2016, Finlay announced he was no longer a young lion. At the Destruction in Kobe event on 25 September, he won the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship with Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima by defeating Bullet Club (Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson and Adam Cole). They lost the titles at Wrestle Kingdom 11 on 4 January 2017 to Los Ingobernables de Japon (Evil, Bushi and Sanada). At Wrestling Dontaku in May, Finlay was defeated by Cody.