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| Fergal Devitt | |
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| Born | July 25, 1981 Dublin, Ireland |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Fergal Devitt Pegasus Kid II Prince Devitt |
| Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Billed weight | [undue weight? – discuss] |
| Trained by | NWA UK Hammerlock Andre Baker |
| Debut | 2000 |
Fergal Devitt (born July 25, 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt.
Career
Early Career
Growing up, Devitt played soccer and Gaelic football, but he always had a dream of becoming a professional wrestler. He fulfilled this dream when he debuted for NWA UK Hammerlock in 2000 at the relatively young age of eighteen. After graduating, his wrestling career started quickly, and he started touring Ireland, The United Kingdom, and even The United States. In mid-2002 Devitt opened up NWA Ireland, his own wrestling club in Ireland along with his co-promoter and fellow graduate of NWA UK Hammerlock, Paul Tracey; the company became the sister promotion of British counterpart under the same banner. In November 2005, he was invited to train at New Japan's Los Angeles Dojo, where he continued to study in the art of professional wrestling. After impressing many promoters and trainers, he was invited to train in New Japan's main dojo in Japan, where, in early 2006, he began training in the Japanese style of professional wrestling.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
In April 2006, he made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut against El Samurai, becoming the first foreign wrestler in many years to graduate from New Japan's world famous dojo. Although still relatively young, Devitt has made remarkably quick progress and has been compared by many to another New Japan foreign dojo graduate - Chris Benoit. In May 2006, New Japan started doing some brand-exclusive events, and Devitt debuted for their WRESTLE LAND promotion as Pegasus Kid II, an homage to the man he had been recently compared to in Chris Benoit.
During his tour of New Japan in late August/early September, he started competing under his real identity as an Irish superstar. He eventually turned heel and started teaming with the Control Terrorism Unit (CTU) in an apprentice-type role. While teaming with CTU, he began a losing streak, aggravating his fellow teammates to such a degree that they didn't want anything to do with him anymore. This led to him being given one final chance on October 6, where he rose to the occasion and impressed his CTU teammates enough to continue his association with them. To solidify his status with the stable, Devitt teamed with CTU leader, Jushin Liger to take on Wataru Inoue & Ryusuke Taguchi. In a huge twist, Devitt was the one to make the final cover on Inoue following a stiff brainbuster. From then on he was officially recognised as a member of the CTU.
His momentum was halted in January 2007, when he suffered a serious knee injury, sidelining him from action in New Japan until early May of that year. Since then, he has returned to action, showing great improvement and has been recently touted by fellow CTU teammate, Minoru, to win the 2007 Best of The Super Jr's Tournament in June 2007. However, this was not meant to be, as Devitt scored no points in the event.
He entered the tournament for the National Wrestling Alliance called Recaliming the Glory in June of 2007 to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight Champion after the title was stripped from TNA. In the first round he faced Australian wrestler Mikey Nicholls to obtain the victory, but lost in the second round to Bryan Danielson.
He is also scheduled wrestle in a tournament at an NWA show to be held in Perth, Western Australia. This tournament will crown the first ever NWA Australian Heavyweight Champion.
In Wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves