{"id":212669,"date":"2026-02-27T13:07:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=212669"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:12:28","slug":"fred-rosser-says-david-finlay-has-to-be-ready-for-him-reveals-how-fit-finlay-mentored-him-in-wwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/02\/27\/fred-rosser-says-david-finlay-has-to-be-ready-for-him-reveals-how-fit-finlay-mentored-him-in-wwe\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Fred Rosser says David Finlay has to be ready for him at The New Beginning USA PPV, reveals how Fit Finlay mentored him in WWE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1080063409\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fred Rosser said he believes that David Finlay has to prepare for him ahead of their match at NJPW\u2019s The New Beginning PPV tonight in Trenton, NJ. Very few can prepare for me, Sean,\u201d said Rosser in a new interview on the Radican Worldwide podcast available now for PWTorch VIP members. \u201cVery few can prepare for me. Very few can keep up with this motor. And if Finlay wants to fly on me, I\u2019m gonna swat him out the air like a fly. If he wants to try to out-wrestle me, I\u2019m a whoo, I\u2019m a do my damndest to put all of this 225 pounds into his sternum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if he wants to out, if he wants to out-strike me, he better give me his best shot because he\u2019s got to realize New Jersey, Trenton is my home. It\u2019s my territory and I\u2019m not going to go easy on him. Friday nights are made to fight and it\u2019s time for Finlay to fight the Sun tan Superman. Mr. No Days Off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosser also talked about how David Finlay\u2019s father, Fit Finlay, was a mentor to him when they worked in WWE together. \u201cAnd, you know, people got to understand his dad, Fit Finlay, was a huge mentor to me when I was with WWE,\u201d said Rosser. \u201cHe was one of my favorite producers to work with. Fit Finlay completely changed my style of attacking, of fighting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo, he\u2019s got to realize, Dave Finlay, this Friday, he\u2019s going to see a lot, a lot of his dad in me, which is very, very, very, scary. So, just in case his mind is playing tricks on him, Finlay if your mind is playing tricks on you, and you\u2019re not ready, get ready because it is time to go to work with Mr. No Days Off.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The complete card for NJPW The New Beginning USA PPV tonight is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Yota Tsuji vs. Andrade El Idolo \u2013 IWGP Global Hvt. Championship match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Ricochet vs. Taiji Ishimori \u2013 AEW National Title match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Knockout Brothers vs. Gates of Agony \u2013 IWGP Hvt. Tag Team Championship match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Tomohiro Ishii vs. Boltin Oleg \u2013 Strong Openweight Championship match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Syuri vs. Athena \u2013 IWGP Women\u2019s Championship match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">El Phantasmo vs. Konosuke Takeshita \u2013 NJPW World TV Championship match<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">El Desperado &amp; Kushida vs Jordan Oliver &amp; Alec Price<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Fred Rosser vs. David Finlay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rosser is a former WWE Tag Team Champion and also a former NJPW Strong Openweight Champion. He currently is a trainer at the NJPW Academy in Los Angeles, Calif. He will be wrestling David Finlay at the The New Beginning USA PPV on Feb. 27 in Trenton, NJ. You can purchase the PPV on NJPW World\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.njpwworld.com\/live-event\/61273\/details?playlist_id=2335\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can sign up to become a PWTorch VIP member and listen to Rosser\u2019s new interview on Radican Worldwide where he talks his career in WWE, NJPW, being a trainer at NJPW Academy, his upcoming match against David Finlay on PPV on The New Beginning USA PPV, and more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorchvipinfo.com\/\">here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2552358704\"><div id=\"pwtor-4151721594\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fred Rosser said he believes that David Finlay has to prepare for him ahead of their match at NJPW\u2019s The New Beginning PPV tonight in Trenton, NJ. Very few can prepare for me, Sean,\u201d said <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/02\/27\/fred-rosser-says-david-finlay-has-to-be-ready-for-him-reveals-how-fit-finlay-mentored-him-in-wwe\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Fred Rosser says David Finlay has to be ready for him at The New Beginning USA PPV, reveals how Fit Finlay mentored him in WWE\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":212674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4247,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-interview-highlights","category-news_japan","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/02\/IMG_4904.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212669"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212679,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212669\/revisions\/212679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}