Richard Swann
Birthday: 1991-02-15
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Synopsis
Richard Allen Swann is an American professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling. He is a former one-time Impact World Champion, former one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion and a former one-time Impact X Division Champion. Swann is also known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the name Rich Swann, which is his ring name today. In WWE, he is a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Additionally, Swann has competed for promotions such as Full Impact Pro, Evolve, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), Dragon Gate and Major League Wrestling (MLW). He 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. In 2018, 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 (after Bobby Lashley) and the third African-American world champion in the history of the company after Ron Killings and Bobby Lashley. In 2021, Swann would unify the Impact World Championship and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Overall, Swann is a five-time world champion in wrestling.
Acting
IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2022
as Rich Swann
On January 8th IMPACT Wrestling is coming with its first big event of the year - it's Hard to Kill 2022 straight from The Factory in Dallas, Texas. The lineup has well over 8 matches and 5 of them are with titles on the line.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 2021
as Rich Swann
All eyes will be glued on Nashville, Tennessee as, for the first time ever, All Elite Wrestling and IMPACT Wrestling will collide in the Impact Zone as AEW World Champion Kenny Omega will team up with the IMPACT Tag Team Champions The Good Brothers to face the IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann, Chris Sabin & Moose in a six-man tag team match. Also, for the first time in nearly eight years, new IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Champions will be crowned as Havok & Nevaeh will take on Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz in the finals of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship Tournament.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 2021
as Rich Swann
Sacrifice is a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling and the 12th event in the Sacrifice chronology.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion
as Rich Swann
IMPACT Wrestling is bringing another rebellion of worlds colliding as this evening of global pro wrestling superstars includes Trey Miguel facing off against Sami Callihan, Deonna Purrazzo defending her IMPACT Knockouts Championship against Tenille Dashwood, FinJuice defend their IMPACT World Tag Team Championships against The Good Brothers, Josh Alexander and TJP take on Ace Austin in a three-way match for the X-Division Championship, and IMPACT World Champion Rich Swann & AEW World Champion Kenny Omega defend their respective titles against each other in a Title vs. Title match.
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GCW rSpring Break
as Rich Swann
On April 9th Joey Janela's Spring Break 5 becomes a rSpring Break - fka JJSB5 and is live on FITE. The main event is for the GCW World Title where Rickey Shane Page defends his title agains Nick Gage.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence
as Rich Swann
Emergence was a professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. It was taped on August 15 and 16, 2021 and aired exclusively on Impact Plus on August 20, 2021. It was held at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It was the second event in the Emergence chronology, and the first to air exclusively on Impact Plus.
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IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point
as Rich Swann
Turning Point (2020) will be the upcoming fourteenth Turning Point professional wrestling event produced by Impact Wrestling. The event will be streamed live on Impact Plus. It took place on November 14, 2020 at Skyway Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It's time for Rich Swan to defend his title against Sami Callihan. Deonna Purrazzo and Su Yung will make a rematch at Turning Point. This time it will be contested under No Disqualification rules. Will The North continue to assert their dominance over the tag team division or will The Good Brothers crack open a beerski after becoming IMPACT Tag Team Champions for the very first time?
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WWE Royal Rumble 2017
as Rich Swann
The 30th event under the Royal Rumble chronology the 2017 Royal Rumble event took place at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
