Fergal Devitt
Ring name(s)	Fergal Devitt[1] Pegasus Kid II[1] Prince Devitt[2]
Billed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[3]
Billed weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)[3]
Born	25 July 1981 (1981-07-25) (age 28) Dublin, Ireland
Resides	Wicklow, Ireland
Trained by	NWA UK Hammerlock[1] Andre Baker[1] Johnny Moss[1] Jon Ryan[1] New Japan Inoki Dojo[1]
Debut	2000[1]

Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981)^[1] is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling. 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.^[3] Devitt is a two time NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion, and has held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship three times with Minoru^[3] and Ryusuke Taguchi.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Early career 1.2 New Japan Pro Wrestling 1.3 NWA International 2 Personal life 3 In wrestling 4 Championships and accomplishments 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] 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.^[4]

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.^[2] 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.^[5] He made his television debut on the November edition of MWF Ultra, in a match against Osirus.^[5] 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.^[2]

[edit] New Japan Pro Wrestling

The day after losing the British Commonwealth Championship, Devitt signed a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling in March 2006.^[2] In April 2006, he made his New Japan Pro Wrestling debut against El Samurai using the ring name Prince Devitt.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.

In January 27, 2008, Devitt and Minoru won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship together, Devitt's first major title reign.^[8][9] They lost the championship to AKIRA and Jushin Liger in February, before regaining the title on July 21.^[9] After a near three-month reign they lost the championship to No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro) in October.^[9] Devitt currently teams with Ryusuke Taguchi^[10] 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.^[11]

[edit] NWA International

He entered the tournament for the National Wrestling Alliance called Recaliming 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.^[12]

[edit] Personal life

Devitt played soccer and Gaelic football when he was younger, before deciding to become a professional wrestler.^[13] He holds a first degree black belt in IBF submission wrestling.^[5] Devitt was a fan of the World of Sport show when he was a child.^[13] He was also a fan of the British Bulldogs, Shawn Michaels, Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Koko B. Ware and Savio Vega.^[14]

Devitt is good friends with fellow professional wrestler, Dru Onyx.^[14]

[edit] In wrestling

• Finishing moves

• Brainbuster
• Devitt's End^[1] (High Fujiwara armbar)^[1]
• Diving double foot stomp^[15]
• Prince's Throne (Fireman's carry double knee gutbuster)
• Shingata Prince's Throne (Canadian backbreaker lift twisted into a double knee gutbuster)

• Signature moves

• Backflip kick
• Belly to back suplex
• Enzuigiri
• European uppercut
• Missile dropkick
• Somersault plancha
• Stepover toe-hold
• Tornado kick

• With Ryusuke Taguchi

• Finishing moves
  • Apollo 55 (Powerbomb (Taguchi) / double knee backbreaker (Devitt) combination)
  • Blackhole Vacation (Elevated double chickenwing by Taguchi dropped into a double knee gutbuster by Devitt)

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

• NWA UK Hammerlock
  • NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[2]

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (3 times, current) - with Minoru (2) and Ryusuke Taguchi (1)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• NWA Pro profile
• Online World of Wrestling profile