The arse-kicking history of Irish Superstars: photos | WWE

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International star Finn Bálor from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, has all the tools to be a future WWE Champion.

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Sheamus became the first Irish-born WWE Champion in 2010.

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Irish-born Danno O'Mahony was the most popular competitor in America in 1935.

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Few Superstars have been as tough as "The Belfast Bruiser" Finlay.

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In 1986, Velvet McIntyre beat The Fabulous Moolah to win the Women's Title.

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Danny McShain was one of the ring's most hated men during the 1940s and '50s.

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Dublin's Becky Lynch is one of the fastest-rising female competitors in WWE NXT.

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County Cork's Skull Murphy was as mean as he was ugly.

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Finlay's grandfather and father were both wrestlers in Europe.

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He was never a big star, but wrestling fans in Detroit might remember "Irish" Mickey Doyle.

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Davey O’Hannon was considered to be vastly underrated by many wrestling pundits.

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“The Duke of Dorchester” Pete Doherty took his share of beatings, but he never stopped fighting.

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