Davey Richards is an thirteen-time world tag team champion, having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times, as well as a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and the TNA World Tag Team Champion with Eddie Edwards five times.
58 Facts About Davey Richards
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Davey Richards has won several titles in the Independent circuit, most notably the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, PWG World Championship, the FIP World Heavyweight Championship twice and the PWG World Tag Team Championship three times.
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Davey Richards was the winner of several tournaments that highlight the top performers of the United States, most notably East Coast Wrestling Association's Super 8 Tournament in 2006 and PWG's Battle of Los Angeles in the same year.
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Davey Richards spent time training with Paul Orndorff in Atlanta, while working at the same time at a Duracell factory an hour-and-a-half drive away in Cleveland, Tennessee.
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Davey Richards later returned for a three-way match with Human Tornado and Puma; during the match Richards established himself as a villain by removing Puma's mask and revealing him as T J Perkins, starting a rivalry between the two.
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Davey Richards went back to tag team competition to win the tag championship for a second time with Strong defeating B-Boy and former partner, Super Dragon, only to lose the belts back to their former champions the following night.
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Davey Richards spent his time with PWG in a number of singles matches until the fall of 2007 at European Vacation II, he and Dragon reunited to defeat rivals Kevin Steen and El Generico.
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Davey Richards returned to the company sixty days later, competing in the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, teaming up with Super Dragon.
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Davey Richards defeated Kenny Omega on February 27,2010, at As the Worm Turns to win the PWG World Championship for the first time.
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On September 13,2010, Davey Richards was stripped of the title, when he was unable to defend it due to other booking commitments.
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Davey Richards returned to PWG during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend on January 29,2011, in a match, where he defeated by Low Ki.
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On June 3,2006, Davey Richards made his debut with Ring of Honor at Destiny by defeating Jimmy Rave.
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Nevertheless, the two wrestled on that glass, resulting in numerous cuts on both men's bodies, and Davey Richards went on to win the rematch.
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The next night, Davey Richards faced his mentor in a singles match at Fight of the Century; he was unable to secure a victory.
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In early 2007, Davey Richards helped Roderick Strong turn on Strong's former Generation Next partner Austin Aries.
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Later that night, Davey Richards attacked Kevin Steen's knee with a pipe.
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Davey Richards went on to face ROH World Championship contender Tyler Black in a losing effort at Proving Ground Night 1.
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At Proving Ground Night 2, Davey Richards lost to Steen in a singles match and after the show, he attacked Generico's knee with a chair.
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Davey Richards faced his former mentor Kenta in a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match, which took place at Supercard of Honor IV in Houston.
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The next weekend, Davey Richards defeated Kevin Steen in a singles match, before he and Edwards defeated Steen and Jay Briscoe in a two out of three falls match to retain the World Tag Team Championship.
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In September 2009, Davey Richards defeated Bryan Danielson in Danielson's penultimate match.
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On January 29,2010, ROH announced that Davey Richards had signed a contract renewal with the company.
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Davey Richards refused assistance from Shane Hagadorn, his manager, during the match, and attacked Hagadorn afterwards when Hagadorn claimed credit for making Davey Richards the best wrestler in the world, ending their association.
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On September 11,2010, at Glory By Honor IX, Jim Cornette announced that Davey Richards had signed a new contract with Ring of Honor.
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At the following pay-per-view, Final Battle 2010 on December 18, Davey Richards unsuccessfully challenged Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship.
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On June 26,2011, at Best in the World 2011, Davey Richards defeated his own tag team partner Eddie Edwards to win the ROH World Championship for the first time.
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At Final Battle 2011, Davey Richards successfully defended the championship against Edwards.
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At the January 7,2012, tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Davey Richards formed Team Ambition with Kyle O'Reilly, opposite Eddie Edwards and Adam Cole.
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On June 24 at Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis, Davey Richards received his final shot at the ROH World Championship as long as Steen was champion, but was unsuccessful in his attempt to regain the title.
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On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, Davey Richards reunited with Eddie Edwards in a tag team match, where they defeated Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly.
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In 2010 Davey Richards was invited to take part in New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament along with fellow North American and ROH wrestler, Kenny Omega.
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On December 11,2010, Davey Richards received a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Prince Devitt.
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On May 26, Davey Richards entered the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and after winning six out of his eight round robin stage matches, which included a win over the reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt, Davey Richards finished second in his block and advanced to the semifinals of the tournament.
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Davey Richards has done extensive tours of Japan, debuting in 2007 with Pro Wrestling Noah.
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Davey Richards made a tour of the company again the following summer, competing in tag team matches.
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Davey Richards was scheduled to return to Noah on November 27,2013, working an entire tour, which would culminate in him challenging Taiji Ishimori for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.
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On May 2,2009, Davey Richards defeated Tyler Black via forfeit for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, his first singles title.
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Davey Richards would regain the title a month later at DGUSA Fearless.
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Davey Richards has competed twice in German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling's 16 Carat Gold tournament.
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In mid-2009, Davey Richards began competing for Dragon Gate USA and performed at the promotion's Open the Untouchable Gate show, where he defeated Shingo Takagi.
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Davey Richards began competing for DGUSA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and completed a tour with them in December 2009.
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From June 30 to July 2,2012, Davey Richards took part in World Wrestling Council's Anniversario weekend in Puerto Rico.
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On January 5,2017, Davey Richards made his return to TNA, helping Edwards retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, by stopping Lashley from hitting Edwards with the title.
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Davey Richards faced Lashley on January 6,2017, at One Night Only: Live in a losing effort.
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On July 24,2017, Davey Richards officially announced his departure from TNA to become a doctor.
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On September 17,2017, Davey Richards announced he would be undergoing knee surgery, forcing him to cancel his bookings for the rest of the year.
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On November 4, Davey Richards announced he would be taking all of 2018 off from professional wrestling due to his studies.
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On March 10,2021, it was announced by Global Syndicate Wrestling that Davey Richards will be returning to professional wrestling in June.
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On June 23,2022, Davey Richards won the MLW National Openweight Championship by defeating Alex Kane at MLW Pay-per-view Battle Riot IV but on January 7,2023, his reign as champion came to an end when he was defeated by Johnny Fusion at another MLW Pay-per-view by the name of Blood and Thunder of year 2023.
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At Slammiversary, on June 19,2022, Davey Richards returned to Impact Wrestling, teaming with Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Frankie Kazarian, and Nick Aldis to defeat Honor No More.
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In 2008, Davey Richards married Jennifer, better known as female professional wrestler Christie Summers.
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The couple separated sometime in 2010, leading Davey Richards to reevaluate his retirement plans.
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In January 2015, Davey Richards began dating fellow Impact wrestler Lauren Williams, better known as Angelina Love.
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On July 30, Williams announced on her Twitter account that she and Davey Richards were expecting their first child, a boy named David Vincent Davey Richards, born on March 17,2016.
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The couple divorced amicably sometime in 2017 and in 2019 Davey Richards married a woman named Melissa, becoming stepfather to her two children from a previous relationship.
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Davey Richards released a statement through social media denying the allegations.
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Davey Richards has stated that no criminal charges have been filed and there is no evidence this incident took place.
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Davey Richards has stated he was retiring in order to not tarnish the reputations of his coworkers, training team and the wrestling industry as a whole.