10 Hidden Meanings Behind Wrestling Moves

Finn Bálor's Irish, so obviously everything about his wrestling persona has to be reductively based around his ethnicity, from his Demon alter-ego inspired by the island's legend of Finn McCool, to the annoying diacritic in his name absolutely everybody forgets to include.

Naturally then, this also extends to his wide array of moves, but unlike his compatriot Sheamus, the provenance of some of Finn's nomenclature is a bit, shall we say, troublesome.

Bálor's 1916, despite being an inverted variant of the lifting single-underhook DDT he used in NXT, is not so called because it's a reverse 619. Rather, it draws its name from a key historical moment in Irish history. During Easter weekend in April 1916, Irish republicans launched an armed rebellion against British occupants, with the objective of establishing an independent Ireland. It was ultimately suppressed by the superior military strength of the British forces, resulting in the loss of 485 lives.

Eight months after the Easter Rising, Ireland declared its independence after Sinn Féin, who had swept to an election landslide in the south, refused to take their seats.

It might have been over a century ago, but the 1916 name remains a tad inflammatory given the streak of sectarianism which continues to run through The Six Counties in the north. However, it's nowhere near as touchy as its name before Bálor's move to WWE, when it was known as 'Bloody Sunday' in reference to the massacre of 28 unarmed Catholic civilians by British soldiers in January 1972. The mass shooting was one of the bloodiest incidents of The Troubles, the effects of which are still being felt to this day.