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'''Fergal Devitt''' (born July 25, 1981)<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|title=Fergal Devitt profile|accessdate=2009-07-08|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref name=NJPW/> is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] currently contracted by [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]], where he is the current [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]. He is better known by his [[ring name]], '''Prince Devitt''', as well as the alter ego of '''Pegasus Kid II'''.
'''Fergal Devitt''' (born July 25, 1981)<ref name="OWOW">{{cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/f/fergal-devitt.html|title=Fergal Devitt profile|accessdate=2009-07-08|publisher=Online World of Wrestling}}</ref><ref name=NJPW/> is an [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] currently contracted by [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]], where he is the current [[IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship|IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion]]. He is better known by his [[ring name]], '''Prince Devitt''', as well as the alter ego of '''Pegasus Kid II'''.


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Fergal Devitt
Born (1981-07-25) 25 July 1981 (age 43)[1]
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Fergal Devitt[3]
Pegasus Kid (II)[3][2]
Prince Devitt[4]
Billed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Billed weight178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)[1]
Trained byNWA UK Hammerlock[3]
Andre Baker[3]
Johnny Moss[3]
Jon Ryan[3]
New Japan Inoki Dojo[3]
DebutJune 2000[3][2][1]

walley is his boyfriend and he loves him very much

Fergal Devitt (born July 25, 1981)[3][1] is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. He is better known by his ring name, Prince Devitt, as well as the alter ego of Pegasus Kid II.

Devitt has wrestled for numerous promotions, including NWA UK Hammerlock, NWA Pro, New England Championship Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, as well as having founded NWA Ireland with Paul Tracey.[5] Devitt is a two time NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion, and has held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship four times, twice with both Minoru[5] and Ryusuke Taguchi.[3]

Career

Early career

After training there, Devitt debuted for NWA UK Hammerlock in 2000 at the relatively young age of eighteen, soon winning the NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship. After graduating, his wrestling career started quickly, and he started touring Ireland, the United Kingdom, and 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. As part of NWA Ireland, Devitt has trained numerous wrestlers, including Rebecca Knox.[6]

On October 8, 2005, in Nashville Tennessee, at the NWA 57th anniversary show, Devitt defeated Dru Onyx for his second British Commonwealth title. After the match both participants were invited to the New Japan Inoki Dojo in Santa Monica, California to train.[4] During late 2005, Devitt also began competing for the Millennium Wrestling Federation (MWF). He made his debut in a triple threat match at Soul Survivor III on November 5, challenging for the MWF Television Championship against the champion Eddie Edwards and John Walters.[7] He made his television debut on the November edition of MWF Ultra, in a match against Osirus.[7] 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. He lost the British Commonwealth Championship to Karl Anderson in March 2006.[4]

New Japan Pro Wrestling

The day after losing the British Commonwealth Championship, Devitt signed a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling in March 2006.[4] In April 2006, he made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut against El Samurai using the ring name Prince Devitt.[8] In May 2006, New Japan started doing some brand-exclusive events, and Devitt debuted for their WRESTLE LAND promotion as Pegasus Kid II, which led to comparisons between Devitt and the original Pegasus Kid, Chris Benoit.[9]

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 and 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. Afterwards, he returned to action, showing great improvement and was 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. In November 2007, TNA made a tour of NJPW, where Senshi and Christopher Daniels defeated Devitt and Minoru.

On January 27, 2008, Devitt and Minoru won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship together, Devitt's first major title reign.[10][11] They lost the championship to AKIRA and Jushin Liger in February, before regaining the title on July 21.[11] After a near three-month reign they lost the championship to No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) in October.[11] Devitt currently teams with Ryusuke Taguchi as Apollo 55[12] and on July 5, 2009, at Circuit 2009 New Japan Soul they defeated The Motor City Machineguns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.[13] On May 30 Devitt entered the 2009 Best of the Super Juniors tournament. After winning his block in the round robin stage of the tournament, Devitt advanced to the semifinals, where he defeated Kota Ibushi. In the end, Devitt was defeated in the finals of the tournament by Koji Kanemoto.[14] In December Devitt entered the 2009 Super J Cup. After defeating Atsushi Aoki, Danshoku Dino and YAMATO, Devitt was once again defeated in the finals of the tournament, this time by Naomichi Marufuji.[15] On January 4, 2010, at Wrestle Kingdom IV in Tokyo Dome Devitt and Taguchi successfully defended the titles against Averno and Último Guerrero.[16] On April 21 Devitt and Taguchi were stripped of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, after not defending them for 30 days.[17] On May 8 the two entered a tournament in an attempt to regain the Championship, but were defeated in the finals by the team of El Samurai and Koji Kanemoto.[18]

On May 30 Devitt entered the 2010 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and two weeks later finished second in his block with five victories, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.[19][20] On June 13 Devitt first defeated Taiji Ishimori in the semifinals and then Kota Ibushi in the finals to win the tournament and earn a shot at Naomichi Marufuji's IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship.[21] On June 19 Devitt defeated Marufuji to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time.[22] On June 28, 2010, Devitt, teaming up with Taguchi and Hirooki Goto entered the J Sports Crown 6 Man Openweight Tag Team Tournament.[23] Two days later the trio defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi, TAJIRI and KUSHIDA in the finals to win the tournament.[24][25] Devitt made his first successful Junior Heavyweight Championship title defense on July 11, defeating Pro Wrestling Noah's Atsushi Aoki.[26] Just over a week later, on July 19, Devitt and Taguchi defeated Koji Kanemoto and El Samurai to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the second time as a team.[27] In August Devitt entered New Japan's biggest tournament of the year, the G1 Climax, as a substitute for the injured Naomichi Marufuji.[28] Devitt managed to win four out of his seven matches in the round robin stage of the tournament, including a major victory over former four-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi, but finished fifth in his block and missed advancing to the finals by a single point.[29][30] On October 11 Devitt and Taguchi lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi.[31]

NWA International

He entered the tournament for the National Wrestling Alliance called Reclaiming the Glory in June 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 and won, but lost in the second round to Bryan Danielson at an NWA Empire show in North Tonawanda, New York.[32]

Personal life

Devitt played soccer and Gaelic football when he was younger, before deciding to become a professional wrestler.[33] He holds a first degree black belt in IBF submission wrestling.[7] Devitt was a fan of the World of Sport show when he was a child.[33] He was also a fan of the British Bulldogs, Shawn Michaels, Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Koko B. Ware and Savio Vega.[34]

Devitt is good friends with fellow professional wrestler, Dru Onyx.[34]

In wrestling

  • Finishing moves
  • Signature moves
  • "Irish Young Gun"[2]

Championships and accomplishments

References

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