Finlay: Good, Bad, and Lucky!

About two or three years ago, my memory is a little fuzzy, a man who loves to fight debuted in the WWE. His name was Finlay and he wrestled for the SmackDown brand.

I was intrigued by the promos done each week to build up to his debut. He did not disappoint with his disqualifications from matches due to his constant beatings and refusal to listen to the referees.

I liked Finlay and was excited. My favorite wrestling superstars included Orton, HBK, and Shelton Benjamin. I happily added Finlay to this list.

He really showed his brawling skills when he feuded with Bobby Lashley. The Feud started after a simple match between the two went awry. I'm sitting in front of my television with a bowl of cereal (Lucky Charms) and suddenly the match ended on DQ and the two fought until they were separated.

Continuous no-holds-barred fights broke out between them week after week. Each time, the intensity increased. Finlay also had that nifty shalaylay. His opponents never knew what it was but received a good hunch when they were knocked out cold by it.

I just loved his theme song. Those bagpipes were awesome! I believe he captured the U.S. title—if I'm not mistaken or he at least fought for it.

I was just awaiting Finlay's push. But instead we got a little guy popping up from under the ring during Finlay's matches—"little bastard" as Michael Cole and Tazz would refer to him. It wasn't that bad I suppose. Maybe WWE wanted to add some flavor to Finlay's Irish gimmick—no problem.

Later, we were informed that the "little bastard" was named Hornswoggle. Afterwards, WWE gives us what seemed like a promising storyline to us—Vince McMahon has another child. OH...poor Linda! She must be devastated!

Anyway, all signs pointed to Ken Kennedy (McMahon's middle name is Kennedy) and it looked great since Kennedy could wrestle and cut promos to go with it. Unfortunately, WWE choked up like they had previously and Hornswoggle ended up being McMahon's son.

Vince tried to rid himself of Hornswoogle through numerous attempts to hurt him. I must have fallen asleep or something because the next thing that I knew, Finlay says that Hornswoggle was his son.

Oh boy (-_-). The "I love to fight bagpipes" theme changes to some sort of "yellow brick road" or "pot of gold" theme. Should I be worried yet? Ahh...Finlay is still Finlay. He turns face...oh boy (-_-).

He feuds with JBL and ends up opening WrestleMania 24 with him in a belt-fast brawl in which he fought for his son and lost. After he was banished to the dungeon...oops! I meant drafted to ECW.

I should stay calm...shouldn't I? He still loves to fight and he can fight his way out of the dungeon...I mean ECW. Then he puts on that silly green hat. All of a sudden that leprechaun from the Lucky Charms box starts appearing in my head.

So now, we're in 2009 and Finlay still loves to fight—for his son and his pot-o'-gold. How many times did he fight Mark Henry? "Heart stars and horseshoes, clovers and blue moons, pots of gold and rainbow, and me red balloon."

Oh the agony...oh the pain! Maybe Finlay will add a green bow tie, an umbrella, a red balloon, and a horseshoe for good luck.

The part that really gets me is that I had forgotten about Finlay until I had a bowl of Lucky Charms—inspiring me to write this article. Hope you guys enjoyed...maybe the pot of gold is over in Mike Knox's beard. (Shout out to Shane)