Richard Anthony Swann was born on February 15,1991 and is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling.
77 Facts About Rich Swann
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Rich Swann is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Impact X Division Champion and Impact Digital Media Champion.
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Rich Swann wrestles for Combat Zone Wrestling, where he is the current CZW World Heavyweight Champion in his first reign.
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Swann is known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the name Rich Swann, which is his ring name today.
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Additionally, Swann has competed for promotions such as Full Impact Pro, Evolve, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling, Dragon Gate and Major League Wrestling.
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Rich Swann is a former RevPro British Tag Team Champion, FIP World Heavyweight Champion, FIP Tag Team Champion, Open the United Gate, Open the Owarai Gate and Open the Triangle Gate Champion.
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In 2018, Rich Swann signed with Impact Wrestling winning the Impact X Division Championship and later winning the Impact World Championship becoming the second African-American to hold that championship and the third African-American world champion in the history of the company after Ron Killings and Bobby Lashley.
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In 2021, Rich Swann would unify the Impact World Championship and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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Richard Anthony Swann was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 15,1991.
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Rich Swann's father was killed by his girlfriend when Rich Swann was 12 years old.
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Rich Swann's mother died when he was 16, after which Swann "fell in with a rough crowd" and began using cocaine.
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However, after his supplier died of a heart attack, Rich Swann, with help from his aunt, stopped using cocaine, got an apartment and finished high school.
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Rich Swann originally started training for professional wrestling at the age of 14 in 2005 under Adam Flash, Darren Wyse and Ray Alexander in York, Pennsylvania.
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Rich Swann made his debut in 2008, working under the ring names Rich Money and El Negro Mysterio.
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Rich Swann's influences include Psicosis, Eddie Guerrero, Chavo Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Jerry Lynn, Super Crazy and The Hardy Boyz.
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On January 30,2010, Rich Swann formed the "Irish Driveby" tag team with Ryan McBride, defeating the Spanish Armada in their first match together.
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On January 14,2012, Rich Swann received another shot at the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was unable to dethrone Sami Callihan.
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On July 24,2010, Rich Swann made his debut for Dragon Gate USA, defeating Scott Reed at the tapings of the Enter the Dragon 2010 pay-per-view.
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However, after Aries was defeated by Masato Yoshino, Rich Swann seemingly turned down his offer.
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On January 28,2011, at United: NYC, Rich Swann was defeated by Aries in a singles match.
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On June 3 at Fearless 2011, Rich Swann was defeated in a singles match by Blood Warriors leader Cima, following interference from Aries.
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On November 13 at Freedom Fight 2011, Rich Swann earned a big win, when he pinned Blood Warriors member Akira Tozawa in a tag team match, where he and Chuck Taylor faced Tozawa and BxB Hulk.
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Six days later, Rich Swann returned to Japan and Dragon Gate.
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Rich Swann returned to Dragon Gate in February 2012 and on February 9, took part in a fourteen-man tag team match, where Blood Warriors defeated Junction Three, which, as a result, was forced to disband.
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On March 31 at Mercury Rising 2012, Rich Swann took part in a six-way "Chuck Taylor Invitational" match, which was won by El Generico.
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Later that same event, Rich Swann saved Johnny Gargano from Chuck Taylor, chasing his former stablemate out of the arena.
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Two days later at Freedom Fight 2012, Rich Swann defeated Taylor in a No Disqualification match.
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On February 14,2013, Rich Swann returned to Dragon Gate, teaming with Masato Yoshino in a tag team match, where they defeated Jimmy Kagetora and Jimmy Kanda.
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On July 28 at Enter the Dragon 2013, Dragon Gate USA's fourth anniversary event, Rich Swann teamed up with his World-1 International stablemate Ricochet to unsuccessfully challenge The Young Bucks for the Open the United Gate Championship.
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Post-match, Rich Swann was attacked by the Premier Athlete Brand of Anthony Nese, Caleb Konley and Su Yung, leading to Gargano returning to the ring and chasing the three away.
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On November 6,2009, Rich Swann made his debut in his hometown for Maryland Championship Wrestling, unsuccessfully challenging Adam Carelle, later known as Adam Cole, for the MCW Rage Television Championship.
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Rich Swann made his second appearance for the promotion on March 20,2010, when he unsuccessfully challenged Bandido Jr.
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On January 16,2010, Rich Swann won his first professional wrestling title, defeating Lince Dorado to become the inaugural Real Championship Wrestling Cruiserweight Champion.
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Rich Swann returned to the promotion on February 19,2011, when he unsuccessfully challenged Frightmare for the Chikara Young Lions Cup.
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On September 20,2014, Rich Swann returned to take part in the 2014 Rey de Voladores tournament, but was defeated by Shynron in a four-way match, involving Chuck Taylor and Tigre Uno.
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On November 7,2010, Rich Swann made his debut for the German Westside Xtreme Wrestling promotion, teaming with Bernd Fohr, Greg Excellent and Zack Sabre Jr.
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On December 3,2010, Rich Swann made Full Impact Pro debut, entering the 2010 Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup and defeating Grizzly Redwood in his first round match.
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Rich Swann returned to FIP on October 11,2013, when he unsuccessfully challenged Trent Barreta for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship.
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Rich Swann was stripped of the title due to an injury on February 20,2015.
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Rich Swann was the last man eliminated by Daga, who, as a result, retained his title.
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On November 1,2013, Rich Swann won a six-way match for the Florida Underground Wrestling Flash Championship.
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Rich Swann lost the title to Jesus De Leon on September 26,2014.
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On October 27,2012, Rich Swann made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, losing to Roderick Strong.
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On January 12,2013, Rich Swann teamed up with Ricochet for the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament.
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Rich Swann returned to PWG on August 30 to take part in the 2013 Battle of Los Angeles, but was eliminated from the tournament in his first round match by Michael Elgin.
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Rich Swann then entered his third consecutive Battle of Los Angeles on August 29,2015, but was defeated in the first round by Marty Scurll.
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Rich Swann made his first televised appearance on the January 20,2016, episode of NXT, losing to Baron Corbin.
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On June 13,2016, Rich Swann was announced as a participant in the upcoming Cruiserweight Classic tournament.
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On January 29,2017, Rich Swann lost the Cruiserweight Championship to Neville at Royal Rumble.
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Rich Swann was announced to be making appearances for both the House of Hardcore promotion and the United Kingdom's Southside Wrestling Entertainment.
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On June 2,2018, Rich Swann made his debut in Major League Wrestling defeating Kotto Brazil.
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On January 12,2019, Rich Swann was defeated by Dragon Lee, in a match where he wrestled as a heel.
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Rich Swann made his debut for Impact Wrestling on June 21,2018, defeating Trevor Lee.
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At Homecoming, Rich Swann defeated Ethan Page, Jake Crist and Trey Miguel in an Ultimate X match to win the vacant Impact X Division Championship.
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At United We Stand, Rich Swann defeated Flamita to retain the X Division Championship.
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At Impact Wrestling Rebellion, Rich Swann defeated Callihan in an oVe Rules match to retain the X Division Championship.
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At Slammiversary XVII, Rich Swann defeated Johnny Impact to retain the X Division Championship.
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At No Surrender, Rich Swann received a shot at the Impact World Championship, but lost to Sami Callihan.
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Rich Swann made his return from injury in the main event of Slammiversary on July 18,2020, competing in an elimination match for the Impact World Championship, eliminating Eric Young, who attacked Rich Swann and re-injured his knee with a steel chair.
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At the event, Rich Swann defeated Young to win the Impact World Championship for the first time.
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At No Surrender, Rich Swann retained the Impact World Championship against Tommy Dreamer during the latter's fiftieth birthday.
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At Sacrifice, Rich Swann defeated Moose to unify the Impact World Championship and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.
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At Rebellion, Omega defeated Rich Swann, ending his reign as Impact World Champion.
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At Under Siege, Swann returned to save Willie Mack from getting beat down by W Morrissey.
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Rich Swann went on to face Morrissey at Against All Odds in a losing effort.
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Rich Swann reteamed with Mack to go after the Impact World Tag Team Championship, but failed to get them from The Good Brothers in multi team matches at Slammiversary and Emergence, and a regular tag team match at Victory Road.
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At Bound for Glory, Swann competed in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet match, where the winner could choose any championship match of their choice, but was eliminated by eventual winner Moose and W Morrisey.
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On January 8,2022, at Hard To Kill, Rich Swann took part in a 10-man Hardcore War against The Good Brothers and Violent By Design in a winning effort.
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At Against All Odds, Rich Swann lost the title to Myers in a Dot Combat match, ending his reign at 35 days.
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At Victory Road, Rich Swann teamed with Heath and Alexander in a six-man tag match against Honor No More, which they lost.
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At Bound for Glory, Rich Swann competed in the Call Your Shot Gauntlet, eliminating Eric Young but was eliminated by Steve Maclin.
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On January 13,2023, at Hard To Kill, Rich Swann lost to Steve Maclin in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
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At the event, Rich Swann failed to beat Alexander for the title.
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Rich Swann made his first and only appearance as a playable character in the video game WWE 2K18.
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Rich Swann married his girlfriend of five years, Vannarah Riggs, a fellow professional wrestler better known as Su Yung, in March 2017.
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Rich Swann was released from Alachua County Jail later that same day and told to get in contact with court services.
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On January 25,2018, all charges against Rich Swann were dismissed, when a determination was made by prosecutors that there was "insufficient evidence" to move forward with the case.