Rich Swann

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Rich Swann 2019
Data
Ring name El Negro Mysterio
Rich Ichikawa
Rich Money
Rich Swann
Swann Hansen
height 168 cm
Fighting weight 76 kg
birth February 15, 1991 (age 29)
Baltimore , Maryland , United States
Trained by Adam Flash
Darren Wyse
DJ Hyde
Drew Gulak
Ray Alexander
Ruckus
Sabian
debut 2008

Richard Swann (born February 15, 1991 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA ) better known by his ring name Rich Swann is an American wrestler who was under contract with World Wrestling Entertainment from 2015 to 2018 . His greatest achievement is winning the WWE Cruiserweight Championship .

Career

Independent Leagues (2008-2015)

On August 23, 2008 he played his first match against Frankie Frizzo in the wrestling league PWU: Wrestle-Reality , which he lost. He then played several matches in other leagues, including: Combat Zone Wrestling , Dragon Gate USA , Pro Wrestling Guerrilla , Evolve , Full Impact Pro , Maryland Championship Wrestling and Jersey All Pro Wrestling . Swann also performed for leagues outside the US, in Europe. He made appearances for the German wrestling league Westside Xtreme Wrestling and the English wrestling league Revolution Pro Wrestling . He celebrated great success in the USA, as well as in Europe and Japan. At Evolve, he won the Open the United Gate Championship with Johnny Gargano . At Full Impact Pro he was able to win the FIP World Heavyweight Championship twice and also win the FIP Tag Team Championship with Roderick Strong . In the Japanese league Dragon Gate he was able to win the Open the Owarai Gate Championship and with Naruki Doi and Shachihoko Boy he also won the Open the Triangle Gate Championship . At Revolution Pro Wrestling he won the Undisputed British Tag Team Championship with Ricochet .

World Wrestling Entertainment

NXT (2015-2016)

In the summer of 2015, Swann signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. He made his debut on October 30, 2015 at an NXT house show. He played his first individual match in the WWE on November 20, 2015 at an NXT house show when he lost to Riddick Moss. On January 20, 2016, he made his television debut on the NXT edition when he lost to Baron Corbin . He then worked for NXT as a jobber. On March 31, 2016, Swann was confirmed as one of the first participants in the Cruiserweight Classic . The Cruiserweight Classic began on June 23, when he defeated Jason Lee in the first round. The second round was recorded on July 14, 2016. In the second round he was able to prevail against Lince Dorado. In the quarterfinals, which took place on August 26, 2016, he lost to eventual winner TJ Perkins . On October 23, he took part in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic 2016 with No Way Jose . In the first round they defeated Drew Gulak and Tony Nese. In the second round they were eliminated by The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar), the eventual winners.

Main roster (2016-2018)

In the August 22, 2016 edition of Raw , Swann was announced as part of the Cruiserweight Division. He took part in the Cruiserweight Classic and made it to the quarterfinals there.

On September 19, 2016, Swann made his Raw debut and played a Fatal 4 Way Match against Cedric Alexander, The Brian Kendrick and Gran Metalik, which The Brian Kendrick won. When the new show WWE 205 Live debuted on November 29, 2016, Swann won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship from The Brian Kendrick. He lost the title to Neville at the Royal Rumble on January 29, 2017 .

Rich Swann was arrested on December 10, 2017. He is said to have assaulted his wife, the wrestler Vannarah Riggs, during an argument and pushed them into his car. WWE then suspended Swann indefinitely. On January 25, 2018, he was acquitted on all charges for lack of evidence. On February 15, 2018, WWE announced the termination of the contract on its website.

Independent scene

After the termination of his contract, Rich Swann had appearances for The Crash Lucha Libre , House of Hardcore and Southside Wrestling (United Kingdom) as well as in his old promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. On June 2, 2018, Swann made his debut in major league wrestling . There he initially worked with various tag teams and then tried his hand at being an individual wrestler, but without much success.

Impact Wrestling (since 2018)

At the same time as MLW, he also started working for Impact Wrestling on June 21, 2018 . There he was allowed to win the vacant Impact X Division Championship in a match against Ethan Page , Jake Crist and Trey Miguel at PPV Impact Wrestling Homecoming on January 6, 2019 . He held the title for 194 days and was named X-Division Star of the Year at the Impact Year End Awards . On July 19, 2019, he lost the title to Jake Crist.

successes

title

  • Dragon Gate
    • 1 × Open the Owarai Gate Championship
    • 1 × Open the Triangle Gate Championship (with Naruki Doi and Shachihoko Boy)
  • Evolve
    • 1 × Open the United Gate Championship (with Johnny Gargano)
  • Full Impact Pro
    • 1 × FIP Tag Team Championship (with Roderick Strong )
    • 2 × FIP World Heavyweight Championship
  • NWA Florida Underground Wrestling
    • 1 × FUW Flash Championship
  • Real Championship Wrestling
    • 1 × RCW Cruiserweight Championship
  • Revolution Pro Wrestling
    • 1 × Undisputed British Tag Team Championship (with Ricochet )
  • The wrestling revolver
    • 1 × PWR Scramble Championship
    • 1 × PWR Tag Team Championship - with Jason Cade

Web links

Commons : Rich Swann  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ WrestleReality results from August 23, 2008 cagematch.de, accessed on 31 December 2016
  2. ↑ WWE: Updates on possible new signings cagematch.de, accessed on December 31, 2016
  3. ↑ WWE NXT Live Results November 20, 2015 cagematch.de, accessed January 1, 2017
  4. ↑ WWE NXT edition January 20, 2016 results
  5. ↑ WWE: First participants in the Global Cruiserweight Series announced cagematch.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  6. ^ WWE Cruiserweight Classic results from June 23, 2016 cagematch.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  7. ↑ WWE Cruiserweight Classic results from July 14, 2016 cagematch.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  8. ↑ Cruiserweight Classic results from August 26, 2016 cagematch.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  9. ↑ 8/26 WWE Cruiserweight SPOILERS - Full taping results from the Elite 8 Round and D-Bryan involvement -. In: pwtorch.com. August 27, 2016, Retrieved March 8, 2020 (American English).
  10. ↑ WWE Monday Night Raw # 1217 results + report from Memphis, Tennessee from September 19, 2016 (incl. Videos + complete pre-show) wrestling-infos.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  11. ↑ WWE 205 LIVE # 1 Results + Report from Columbia, South Carolina ( November 29, 2016 ) wrestling-infos.de, accessed on January 1, 2017
  12. ↑ Royal Rumble 2017 results and report wrestling-infos.de, accessed on January 30, 2017
  13. ↑ Rich Swann arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment. In: f4wonline.com. December 10, 2017, accessed March 8, 2020 .
  14. ↑ ALL CHARGES AGAINST WWE STAR RICH SWANN DISMISSED | PWInsider.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Rich Swann and WWE part ways . In: WWE . ( wwe.com [accessed February 15, 2018]).
  16. ↑ IMPACT Wrestling Staff: Exclusive: X-Division Star & Finisher of the Year - Impact Wrestling. In: Impact Wrestling. Retrieved March 8, 2020 (American English).
  17. ^ Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2017 - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
  18. ↑ ADAIR Cole: 2013 SoCal Year End Awards. In: SoCalUNCENSORED.com. May 30, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2020 (American English).
  19. ↑ PWR Scramble Championship «Title Database« CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Swann, Rich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Swann, Richard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American wrestler
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , Maryland , USA