| FinJuice | |
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 .jpg) Robinson (left) and Finlay (right) | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Juice Robinson David Finlay |
| Name(s) | FinJuice David Finlay and Juice Robinson |
| Billed heights | Robinson: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1] Finlay: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] |
| Debut | August 2017 |
| Years active | 2017–2022 |
| Trained by | NJPW Dojo |
FinJuice was an Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team consisting ofDavid Finlay andJuice Robinson. The team name consists of Finlay's surname and Robinson’s first name Juice. Trained in the dojo of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling promotion, the two came together as a team, in August 2017. In December 2019, the duo won the2019 World Tag League, followed by the IWGP Tag Team Championship in January 2020 atWrestle Kingdom 14. FinJuice have also worked forRing of Honor andImpact Wrestling, where they are formerImpact World Tag Team Champions. As of 2023, both Finlay and Robinson are currently members ofBullet Club branches in different promotions, with David Finlay being currently signed toNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as the leader of Bullet Club and BC War Dogs andJuice Robinson toAll Elite Wrestling as a member of Bullet Club Gold.
Both David Finlay and Juice Robinson, entered the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) dojo in 2015 and made their debuts for the promotion during the same year. After Finlay and Robinson joined theTaguchi Japan stable in January 2017, Finlay and Robinson formed a tag team named "FinJuice", consisting of Finlay's surname and Robinson’s first name Juice. FinJuice worked mostly on the mid-card during the year, sometimes in tag team or multi-man tag matches. On July 7, 2018 at G1 Special in San Francisco, Robinson defeatedJay White to win theIWGP United States Heavyweight Championship.[3] On September 15 at Destruction in Hiroshima, FinJuice teamed with their Taguchi Japan stablemate Ryusuke Taguchi unsuccessfully challengingBullet Club (Taiji Ishimori,Tama Tonga andTanga Loa) for theNEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On September 30 at Fighting Spirit Unleashed, Robinson lost the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship toCody.[4] In November, FinJuice took part in the2018 World Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of eight wins and five losses, failing to advance to the finals. Their final block match againstBest Friends (Beretta andChuckie T) ended by disqualification, when Chuckie T attacked Finlay with a chair.[5]
On January 4, 2019, atWrestle Kingdom 13 in Tokyo Dome, Robinson regained the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship defeating Cody in a rematch.[6] On February 2 on the second night of The New Beginning in USA, Robinson successfully defended the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship against Beretta. On February 23 in the second night of Honor Rising: Japan, FinJuice unsuccessfully challengedThe Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe andMark Briscoe) for theROH World Tag Team Championship. During the match, Finlay suffered a shoulder injury, sidelining him for eight months. On June 5, Robinson lost the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship to the debutingJon Moxley.[7] At King of Pro-Wrestling, Robinson was defeated byLance Archer in a no disqualification match for the vacant IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Robinson was attacked by Archer until Finlay returned from injury and made the save. On November 9 at New Japan Showdown in San Jose, Finlay unsuccessfully challenged Archer for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. From November 16 until December 8, Robinson and Finlay took part in the 2019 World Tag League, which the two won by defeating former IWGP Tag Team ChampionsLos Ingobernables de Japón (EVIL andSANADA) in their last round-robin match.[8]
On January 4, 2020 on the first night ofWrestle Kingdom 14 in Tokyo Dome, Finlay and Robinson defeated the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship.[9] They lost the titles back to the Guerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa) on February 1 at The New Beginning in USA. In August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Finlay and Robinson were unable to work on NJPW events in Japan, leading them to take part in NJPW Strong series. However, due to a leg injury, Robinson was forced to miss the series. Despite Robinson's injury, Finlay reached the finals of the New Japan Cup USA losing to KENTA in the finals on August 21. From November 15 until December 6, Robinson and Finlay took part in the 2020 World Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of six wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, Robinson and Finlay were defeated in the finals byGuerrillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa).[10]
In January 2019, FinJuice took part inRing of Honor (ROH)'s television tapings the formation of Lifeblood, with the goal of bringing honor back to ROH; the stable includedTracy Williams,Bandido,Mark Haskins andTenille Dashwood. Lifeblood defeatedJay Lethal's handpicked team ofJonathan Gresham,Flip Gordon,Dalton Castle andJeff Cobb in the main event.[11] Finlay and Robinson, representing Lifeblood, participated in theTag Wars Tournament. In the first round, they defeated Alex Coughlin and Karl Fredericks, and in the semi-finals, they won in a three-way match over Lethal and Gresham and Coast 2 Coast (LSG and Shaheem Ali). In the final, they were defeated byVillain Enterprises (Brody King andPCO).[12] FinJuice left Ring of Honor in June due to wanting to return to their home promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling, as well as citing complains about low salary from ROH.[13]
On February 13, 2021, atNo Surrender, FinJuice appeared on Impact in a pre-taped vignette, announcing that FinJuice would make their debut at the Impact tapings, as part of a partnership between Impact and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.[14][15] Three days later, on the following week'sImpact!, they made their debut and defeatedReno Scum.[16] On March 13, atSacrifice, FinJuice defeatedThe Good Brothers (Doc Gallows andKarl Anderson) to win theImpact World Tag Team Championship.[17] They successfully defended their titles against Gallows and Anderson in a rematch atRebellion.[18] On the May 20 episode ofImpact!, FinJuice lost the tag team titles toViolent By Design (Rhino andJoe Doering), ending their reign at 65 days.[19] They would return to the company atSlammiversary, defeatingMadman Fulton andShera.[20]
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| Preceded by | World Tag League winners 2019 | Succeeded by |