Ian Riccaboni was born on January 13,1987 and is an American professional wrestling commentator, sports broadcaster, author, and politician.
29 Facts About Ian Riccaboni
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Ian Riccaboni is signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Ring of Honor and All Elite Wrestling.
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Ian Riccaboni graduated from Salisbury High School in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania, in 2005.
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Ian Riccaboni graduated from New York University in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in media and communications, in May 2010 with a master's degree in education management from the University of Pennsylvania and in February 2025 with a Master of Business Administration from Lehigh University.
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Ian Riccaboni spent his early summers as a batboy for the Allentown Ambassadors of the independent Northern League.
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In early 2006, Ian Riccaboni was cast for an MTVU commercial for their Best Music on Campus competition, competing on guitar, harmonica, and vocals.
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Ian Riccaboni graduated NYU as the Class of 2009 president and received the President's Service Award.
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Ian Riccaboni has been married since October 6,2012, to his wife Sarah.
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Ian Riccaboni began writing as a full-time contributor to USA Today-award-winning blog Phillies Nation in November 2011.
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In 2012, Phillies Nation began producing Phillies Nation TV and Ian Riccaboni began appearing on the show, interviewing minor leaguers and Philadelphia Phillies fans, including Marc Summers and Tony Luke.
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In 2014, Ian Riccaboni conducted a four-part interview with Curt Simmons for the show and in 2015 interviewed Brad Lidge and Bobby Shantz.
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Ian Riccaboni was to interview Hefron as part of his beat interviewing famous Philadelphia Phillies fans.
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Ian Riccaboni phoned Cage about getting started in professional wrestling after the completion of the segment before beginning to work with the Monster Factory as an interviewer and commentator.
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Ian Riccaboni started as a personality with Ring of Honor at Future of Honor 2 in July 2014.
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Ian Riccaboni called his first match with Ring of Honor on Saturday January 3,2015, which featured Cheeseburger and Chris LeRusso.
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In May 2015, Ian Riccaboni made his debut as a ring announcer with Ring of Honor, announcing the first match at Global Wars '15's television taping.
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Ian Riccaboni served as an in-arena host for Ring of Honor live events and a commentator for Future of Honor and Women of Honor matches before assuming the role of lead announcer starting with the February 25,2017, episode.
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Ian Riccaboni called his first Pay Per View with ROH at ROH 15th Anniversary Show alongside Kelly and Colt Cabana.
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In 2018, Ian Riccaboni was commentator for the ALL IN broadcast with Don Callis, Sean Mooney, Excalibur, Alicia Atout, Justin Roberts, and Bobby Cruise Ian Riccaboni served as the lead play-by-play announcer with Excalibur, Callis, and others joining throughout the night.
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In November 2019 at the Ring of Honor event "Unauthorized", Riccaboni wrestled the first match of his career, teaming with Camera Man Gator, Colt Cabana, Gary Juster, and Todd Sinclair to defeat Brian Johnson and Shane Taylor Promotions in a ten-man tag team match.
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Ian Riccaboni represented Ring of Honor at Impact Wrestling's Hard To Kill calling the ROH World Championship bout between Jonathan Gresham and Chris Sabin.
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Ian Riccaboni became the first commentator to appear on both a ROH Pay Per View and an Impact Pay Per View and did so within 28 days between Hard to Kill and Final Battle.
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Ian Riccaboni became the target of Chris Jericho and the Jericho Appreciation Society following Jericho's ROH World Championship victory over Claudio Castagnoli at AEW Grand Slam.
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Ian Riccaboni would call all of Jericho's World Title defenses, including Jericho's defense at Full Gear, making Ian Riccaboni the first-ever to call Pay Per View bouts for ROH, Impact, GCW, NJPW, and AEW, doing so all in the same calendar year.
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In July 2023, it was reported that Ian Riccaboni signed a multi-year contract with AEW.
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Ian Riccaboni has since served as a backup commentator for AEW.
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Ian Riccaboni was a member of the Upper Dublin Historical Commission and teaches at Holy Family University in Philadelphia.
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Ian Riccaboni has been involved in multiple efforts to raise money for LGBTQ causes.
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On July 31,2023, Ian Riccaboni was appointed as a member of the Salisbury Township School District School Board, filling a vacant seat created by a resignation.