Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to
Dave Finlay after a chokeslam on the steel floor by The Undertaker. Finlay then began making occasional appearances on "Raw" to protect Hornswoggle from Mr. McMahon, who had been showing him "tough love". After Hornswoggle was injured in a Steel Cage match by John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Layfield revealed that Finlay was Hornswoggle's father, and not McMahon. A week after, on 3 March, Finlay admitted to this fact. At WrestleMania XXIV he was defeated by Layfield in a Belfast Brawl, where Hornswoggle also reappeared. As part of the 2008 WWE supplemental draft, Finlay was drafted to the ECW brand. He and Hornswoggle challenged