9 Irish wrestlers who have appeared in WWE

The Original Irish Lass Kicker of WWE: Velvet McIntyre

Velvet McIntyre brought it to her opponents in the WWF / WWE

Growing up in Ireland with three brothers, she was prepared to join WWF after finishing high school and beginning her training under Sandy Barr.

Before joining WWF/WWE, she wrestled for All-Star Wrestling, NWA Pacific Northwest, Mid-South Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, and the American Wrestling Association.

McIntyre began her singles career against The Fabulous Moolah at WrestleMania 2 and went on to capture the WWF Women’s Championship on 3rd July 1986. She held it for only six days. For the rest of her WWF/WWE career, she constantly lost matches before the women’s division went on hiatus in 1990.

She retired in 1998 after discovering she was pregnant with twins.

Big Damo / Killian Dain from Belfast, Northen Ireland

Killian Dain made a name for himself as Big Damo on the UK independent scene

Upon joining the WWE, he went by the name Damo before joining SAnitY and changing his name to Killian Dain. SAnitY had their line-up set, with Dain working alongside his future wife Nikki Cross, Eric Young, and Alexander Wolfe.

The team, excluding Cross, were drafted to SmackDown during the 2018 Superstar Shake-up, but disappointed on the main roaster. It seemed that the powers that be didn’t know what to do with them.

By the 2019 Superstar Shake-up, the team was split up. Eric Young headed to Monday Night RAW, while Wolfe joined Imperium in NXT UK. Dain returned to NXT with an even darker look.

By September 2020 he formed a dysfunctional odd couple tag team with Drake Maverick. Dain was released from his contract on 25th June 2021.