1. Richie Steamboat is known for wrestling in WWE's developmental territories Florida Championship Wrestling and NXT, and was the second FCW Grand Slam Champion having won the Florida Heavyweight Championship, Florida Tag Team Championship, and Jack Brisco 15 Championship.
Richie Steamboat was offered a place on the Junior Olympic wrestling team, but turned it down.
Richie Steamboat later trained with Harley Race for approximately four months.
In January 2009, Richie Steamboat vacated both the EWA Missouri Heavyweight and the EWA Georgia Heavyweight Championships in order to wrestle in Japan.
On July 9,2009, Richie Steamboat was part of the WLW show held in conjunction with the Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Richie Steamboat made his Pro Wrestling Noah debut under the name 'Ricky Steamboat Jr.
In mid-2009, Richie Steamboat wrestled for the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico.
Richie Steamboat trained in Europe for a few months, and toured England with All Star Wrestling in October 2009.
Blood debuted in FCW on February 18,2010, under the ring name Richie Steamboat and lost to Heath Slater in his first match for the promotion.
In December 2010, Richie Steamboat formed a tag team with Seth Rollins, with the pair defeating Jacob Novak and Mahal in their first match as a team.
In late 2011, Richie Steamboat interfered in a fatal four-way match for the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship, and accidentally superkicked Husky Harris.
Leo Kruger later defeated the pair in a triple threat match to retain the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship, and the following week, Richie Steamboat lost to Harris in a No Hold Barred match.
On January 13,2012, at the FCW television taping, Richie Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow by two falls to one to win the FCW Jack Brisco 15 Championship.
On July 20,2012, at a live event, Richie Steamboat defeated Rick Victor to win the FCW Florida Heavyweight Championship.
Richie Steamboat returned from injury and decisively pinned Ohno on the November 21,2012 episode of NXT to end the feud.
In March 2023, Ricky revealed that Richie Steamboat is married to his wife, Anna, a lawyer, and together, they have four children.