Fergal Devitt (aka Finn Bálor) is a professional wrestler who is currently making his name on the world stage with the WWE and this week he joins Jarlath to discuss the journey that took him from Bray to Florida. Fergal speaks about the guidance councillor at school who believed in him and the teacher who didn't, not getting paid for the first 6 years of his career, sleeping on the floor of the Hammerlock wrestling school and the role of an apprentice wrestler in Japan where he spent 8 years.
Fergal also talks about how completing 1,000 hindu squats in one set daily has strengthened him mentally, training at the WWE development facility, becoming Finn Balór in the ring, turning heel, experiencing loneliness on the road and how Father Ted and Lyons tea calms him down after performing in front of 10,000 wrestling fans.
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