10 current wrestlers who were legends even before joining WWE

Two wrestlers who started the trend of Indie wrestlers in WWE.
Two wrestlers who started the trend of Indie wrestlers in WWE

#8 Finn Balor

The Founder and Leader of Bullet Club.
The Founder and Leader of Bullet Club

New Japan Pro Wrestling has given so many world-class Superstars to the WWE in the past 4 years, and it was the arrival of Finn Balor that started this process back in 2014.

In the past 4 years, not only did Balor hold the NXT Championship for the longest time in history, he also became the inaugural Universal Champion at Summerslam 2016.

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The reason for Balor's success as a Superstar in WWE can be attributed to his successful 8-year tenure in NJPW as Prince Devitt.

Not only did he have critically acclaimed matches against and along Kota Ibushi and Jushin Liger, he formed the most popular stable in the wrestling world right now - The Bullet Club.

Balor, or Devitt's work in NJPW earned him a number of accolades. He held the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title three times for over 3 cumulative years and held that divisions Tag-Team title six times.

In addition to that, he was twice the winner of Best of Super Juniors Cup, winning it in 2011 and 2013.

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Edited by Akhilesh Tirumala
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