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Davey Richards
Born (1983-03-01) March 1, 1983 (age 41)[1]
Othello, Washington[1]
Websitehttp://d-richards.net
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Dave Richards[2]
Davey Phoenix[1]
Davey Richards[1]
Billed height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Billed weight205 lb (93 kg)[3]
Billed fromOthello, Washington[3]
Trained byBuddy Lee Parker[2]
Paul Orndorff[2]
Tony Kozina[1]
DebutJune 2004[1]

Wesley Richards[1] (born March 1, 1983)[1] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Davey Richards.

Richards is currently not under contract with any promotion, opting to work for several companies on the independent circuit; Ring of Honor (ROH)[3] and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)[4] are generally where he spends the majority of his time, but Richards also competes in ROH's sister promotion, Full Impact Pro (FIP), Evolve, and Dragon Gate USA. Aside from his work in the United States, Richards has also worked internationally, most notably in Pro Wrestling Noah through ROH's involvement in the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance, a global organization of cooperative promotions that allow their competitors to travel abroad to other companies.[5]

Richards is a five time World Tag Team Champion, having won the PWG World Tag Team Championship three times in PWG (with Super Dragon twice and Roderick Strong once), as well as winning the ROH Tag Team Championship twice (once with Rocky Romero and Eddie Edwards respectively). He has also won the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, the premier title of FIP. Richards was the winner of several tournaments that highlight the top performers of the region: East Coast Wrestling Association's (ECWA) Super 8 Tournament in 2006 and PWG's Battle of Los Angeles in the same year.[4][6]

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Prior to entering the world of professional wrestling, Richards was an accomplished amateur wrestler in high school, as well as learning Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Richards began training in 2004 with Tony Kozina before making his debut in June of the same year in the Washington-based company, Pro Wrestling War against a wrestler named Mr. Sexy.[7]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2005–present)

Richards after defeating Excalibur at a PWG show in 2005

In April 2005, he began wrestling for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) in California; he debuted in an eight-man tag match for the first All Star Weekend.[8] He 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 (subsequently wrestling under his real name, T.J. Perkins) mask, starting a rivalry between the two.[1] Richards then began to work more extensively in tag team matches with his new partner, Super Dragon; the two managed to win the PWG World Tag Team Championship from El Generico and Tornado, which led to a seven-month reign, defeating a variety of teams before losing the championship to Chris Bosh and Scott Lost in May of the following year. Following the loss, Richards entered singles competition to be in the company's annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament by defeating, Ronin, Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, and finally Cima, a guest from Japan's Dragon Gate promotion, in the finals.[1]

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. 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.[1] The two held the championship until January 2008 when the team no-showed the Pearl Habra show; this resulted in them being stripped of the championship, and led to a sixty-day suspension. They returned to the company sixty days later, competing in the Dynamite Diumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament with Super Dragon. After they were eliminated in the first round by the team of Steen and Generico, Dragon took time off due to a shoulder injury, and Richards returned to singles competition.

Ring of Honor

Debut and Kenta's protégé (2006–2007)

Richards at an ROH event in 2006.

On June 3, 2006, Richards made his debut with Ring of Honor (ROH) at Destiny by defeating Jimmy Rave.[3][9] This was the start of a rivalry with Rave, who challenged Richards to a rematch at In Your Face on June 17. During the match, the pre-match ritual of fans throwing toilet paper at Rave backfired when one roll hit the chandelier above the ring, breaking some glass that scattered in the ring. Nevertheless, the two wrestled on that glass, resulting in numerous cuts on both men's bodies, and Richards went on to win the rematch.[10]

Soon after, Richards was chosen as the American protégé of Kenta, a junior heavyweight from the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, who was on loan to the company as part of the talent exchange agreement between the two, the Global Professional Wrestling Alliance. On August 4, the two teamed together to face the Briscoe Brothers with Richards ending up getting pinned.[11] The next night, Richards faced his mentor in a singles match at Fight of the Century; he was unable to secure a victory.[12]

No Remorse Corps (2007–2008)

In early 2007, Richards helped Roderick Strong turn on Strong's former Generation Next partner Austin Aries. Together, Richards and Strong formed the No Remorse Corps, a contingency out to hinder Aries in endeavors;[13] the pair was later joined by Rocky Romero.[14] The No Remorse Corps was involved in a feud with Aries's faction The Resilience.[15] In early 2008, Richards and Romero won the ROH World Tag Team Championship from The Age of the Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black), which led to a four-month reign before losing to the Briscoe Brothers. Following a victory of Strong over rival Erick Stevens, Richards himself turned on his mentor after revealing his allegiance to Larry Sweeney and his group, Sweet 'n' Sour, Inc. This was followed by Strong attempting to gain a measure of revenge before Richards won a match between the two.

The American Wolves (2008–present)

It was announced by Sweeney on the ROH Newswire that he would team up Richards and Eddie Edwards to create The American Wolves. The Wolves would first team in a triple threat tag team elimination match at All-Star Extravaganza IV against the Briscoes and the unofficial European Union (Claudio Castagnoli and Nigel McGuinness). They eliminated the European Union but ultimately were defeated by the Briscoes. Later that night, Richards attacked Kevin Steen's knee with a pipe. The next night at Final Battle 2008 they teamed with Go Shiozaki against Brent Albright, Erick Stevens and Roderick Strong in a losing effort. They later attacked the Briscoes, attacking the already injured Mark Briscoe's knee putting him out of action. Kevin Steen and El Generico tried to make the save, but were laid out by the Wolves.

Richards in the ring in 2008

Beginning in 2009, after defeating Strong twice with different tag partners The Wolves gained their first World Tag Team Championship match against Steen and Generico at Motor City Madness, where they were defeated. Richards went on to face ROH World Championship contender Tyler Black in a losing effort at Proving Ground Night 1. At Proving Ground Night 2, Richards lost to Steen in a singles match and after the show, he attacked Generico's knee with a chair. At Stylin' & Profilin', The American Wolves and Chris Hero defeated Steen, Generico and Bobby Dempsey, which granted the Wolves another title shot. Before their tag team title shot in New York City, Richards was hand picked by ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness to be his tag team partner in a match against Generico and Kenta, but Richards and McGuinness lost the match. Richards faced his former mentor Kenta in a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match, which took place at Supercard of Honor IV in Houston. Despite losing, Richards received a standing ovation at the end of the match.[16] As the American Wolves gained contendership for the ROH World Tag Team titles, they lost their initial match against Steen and Generico, but the Wolves attacked Steen before putting Generico through a table.

On April 10 at a television taping of Ring of Honor Wrestling, The American Wolves were able to capture the World Tag Team Titles from Steen and Generico in a Tables are Legal match.[17] At Tag Title Classic, the Wolves took on the team of Bryan Danielson and Tyler Black. The match ended in 45-minute time-limit draw, the first time in ROH history that a World Tag Team Championship match had ended in a time-limit draw. The next weekend, 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.[18]

In September 2009, Richards defeated Bryan Danielson in Danielson's penultimate match. The next night, at Glory By Honor VIII: The Final Countdown in New York, NY, Richards and Edwards retained the titles against Steen and Generico in Ladder War II. On December 19, at Final Battle 2009, the Wolves lost the Tag Team Championship to the Briscoe Brothers.[19]

On January 29, 2010, ROH announced that Richards had signed a contract renewal with the company.[20] Richards is scheduled to compete in the tournament to determine the inaugural ROH World Television Champion at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings on February 5 and 6, where he will face Delirious in the first round.[21][22]

Other promotions

Richards has also done extensive tours of Japan, debuting in 2007 with Pro Wrestling Noah.[23] He made a tour of the company again the following summer, competing in tag team matches.

On April 8, 2006, Richards won the ECWA Super 8 Tournament after defeating Scott Lost, Milano Collection A.T., and Charlie Haas. After winning this tournament, Richards began competing in many different organizations, including NWA Anarchy, Ring of Honor and ROH's sister promotion Full Impact Pro (FIP). On May 2, 2009 Richards defeated Tyler Black via forfeit for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, his first singles title. While on tour in Japan for Dragon Gate in December 2009, Richards lost the FIP title to Masaaki Mochizuki.[24] He would regain the title a month later at DGUSA Fearless.

In mid-2009, Richards began competing for Dragon Gate USA and performed at the promotion's Open the Untouchable Gate show, where he defeated Shingo Takagi.[25] After his match, Bryan Danielson praised Richards and touted him as the best wrestler in the world, but Richards attacked Danielson claiming that he already deserved that title.[25] On November 28, Richards competed in a tournament to determine the inaugural DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Champion, but lost to Yamato in the first round.[26] After BxB Hulk won the championship later that night, Richards challenged him to a championship match before attacking him.[26] He also began competing for DGUSA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and completed a tour with them in December 2009.[24][27]

In 2009, Richards, along with FIP booker Sal Hamaoui and Dragon Gate USA vice president Gabe Sapolsky founded the company, Evolve, which saw Richards in the main event of the first show, Evolve 1, on January 16 in the following year, defeating Kota Ibushi.[28] On January 29, 2010, it was announced that Richards will no longer be involved with either Dragon Gate USA or Evolve because he signed a new contract with ROH.[29][20]

In wrestling

Richards performing the cloverleaf on Austin Aries.

Championships and accomplishments

References

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