Despite its worldwide recognition, it all started with four foreign dojo boys in Japan who became friends, traveled together, and tried to make a name for themselves.
Devitt would enter into the Japanese dojo system, becoming a "young boy" in their developmental system, the first Gaijin to train this way for 20 years.
Finn Balor: “I would be woken up at 7.30. We’d have to clean the toilets, clean the ring, sweep the streets, and hose it down because of all the cat pee on the street outside. We’d prepare the food and wash the senior wrestlers."