David Finlay is not afraid to let spite guide him and he is fully aware of what fans have said and are saying about him.
He doesn't care. Finlay is preparing for one of the most important matches of his career at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Windy City Riot. On a card full of big matches, Finlay is a part of one of the night's biggest and he's gearing up, once again, to prove the doubters wrong.
That's something that he's done for much of his career, according to Finlay who, in an interview with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, stated that he's used to proving people wrong.
"To be honest with you, I was fully aware of the controversy of when I first took over Bullet Club and to quote Michael Jordan, ‘I took that shit personally.’ I'm the kind of guy, if you put a cap on what you think I can do, I am going to prove you wrong in spite of you. Honestly, that's pretty much all of the War Dogs. We formed the group and everybody was like, ‘Who the hell are these guys?’ So we were like, ‘Well, we're going to show you.’ I think the Global title run was another one of those where people were like, ‘What is this?’ Look at the run I had. I think I had the best championship run in New Japan for 2024," Finlay said.
Finlay is taking on Zack Sabre Jr. at Windy City Riot, happening Friday, April 11 at the WinTrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.
Fans can view the full lineup of the show below:
NJPW Windy City Riot (4/11)
- IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) vs Shota Umino
- Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Konsuke Takeshita
- Zack Sabre Jr. vs David Finlay
- Rocky Romero & El Phantasmo vs Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Titan)
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship - Ironman Match: Gabe Kidd (c) vs Tomohiro Ishii
- NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championships: World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) (c) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight & KUSHIDA)
- NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship Number One Contendership: AZM vs Mina Shirakawa
- TJP vs Tom Lawlor
Fightful will have coverage of NJPW Windy City Riot on April 11.
Check out Fightful's full interview with David Finlay embedded at the top of this page.
