Davey Richards

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Davey Richards
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Ring name(s) Davey Richards
Billed height 5 ft 3 in
Billed weight 155 lb
Born March 1, 1983
Othello, Washington
Trained by Tony Kozina
Debut June 2004

David "Davey" Richards (born March 1, 1979 in Othello, Washington) is an American professional wrestler. Richards is currently working for several promotions, most notably Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South and Full Impact Pro.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Pro Wrestling Guerrilla

Davey Richards debuted in 2004. In 2005, he began wrestling for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he unmasked Puma. He would go on to face T.J. Perkins (the former Puma) in one-on-one as well as tag team contests. Richards also competed against such stars as Rocky Romero and Quicksilver. In October 2005, Richards teamed up with Super Dragon to win the PWG Tag Team Titles. They held the titles for many months, defeating teams such as Disco Machine and Excalibur, El Generico and Quicksilver, Los Luchas, the Kings of Wrestling, Arrogance, and Christopher Daniels and AJ Styles. They finally lost the titles to Arrogance (Chris Bosh and Scott Lost) in May 2006. On September 3, 2006 he became PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2006 tournament champion by defeating CIMA from Japan's Dragon Gate promotion in the finals. Davey Richards has stated that his goal in wrestling is to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.

On April 8, Richards won the 2006 Super 8 tournament. He defeated Scott Lost, Milano Collection AT, and Charlie Haas. After winning this tournament, Richards began competing in many different organizations, including NWA Anarchy, Full Impact Pro, and Ring of Honor.

On November 17, 2006, Richards won the PWG World Tag Team Championship for a second time, teaming up with Roderick Strong to defeat the champions, B-Boy and Super Dragon. The next night, in the main event of the show, the duo lost the belt to the men they'd won them from.

On October 27, 2007, Night 2 of PWG's European Vacation II Richards and Super Dragon were able to defeat Kevin Steen and El Generico for the PWG World Tag Team Championships giving Richards his third reign, Dragon his fifth, and the teams second reign.

However, after no-showing the January 27th "Pearl Habra" show, Dragon and Richards were stripped of the titles, which were awarded to Joey Ryan and Scott Lost, and suspended for sixty days.

[edit] Ring of Honor

At Destiny on June 3, 2006, Richards made his ROH debut, defeating Jimmy Rave[1]. This loss upset Jimmy Rave, who challenged Davey to a rematch at In Your Face, but under dangerous circumstances. The pre-match ritual of fans throwing toilet paper at Rave turned dangerous 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[2].

Soon after debuting in ROH, Richards was chosen as the American protégé of KENTA, a junior heavyweight from the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH. On August 4, the two teamed together to face the Briscoe Brothers; Richards was pinned after a Spike Jay Driller[3]. The next night, Richards faced his mentor in a one-on-one match at Fight of the Century; he was unable to secure a victory, ultimately falling victim to KENTA's go 2 sleep[4].

In early 2007, Roderick Strong turned on former Generation Next partner Austin Aries with the help of Richards. Together, the two formed the No Remorse Corps[5], later joined by Rocky Romero[6]. The No Remorse Corps is involved in a feud with Aries's faction The Resilience[7].

On June 14, 2007, ROH announced in their Newswire that Richards would be making his debut in Japan on June 25 as a representative of ROH on a three week tour with Pro Wrestling NOAH. Davey Richards is teaming with 'American Dragon' Bryan Danielson in Pro Wrestling NOAH's NTV Jr Heavyweight Cup.

On January 26, 2008 Richards and fellow No Remorse Corps member Rocky Romero captured the ROH World Tag Team Championships from The Age of The Fall (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) in an Ultimate Endurance Match that also included The Hangmen Three (BJ Whitmer and Brent Albright) and Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson. They would hold onto the titles until April 12 when Mark and Jay Briscoe recaptured them at Injustice. On June 8, 2008 fellow No Remorse Corps stablemate Roderick Strong defeated Erik Stevens in a brutal Fight Without Honor to end their year long feud. Richards cut the celebrations short though, turning on Strong and joining Sweet & Sour Inc.

[edit] In wrestling

  • Finishing and signature moves

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

  • AWA Washington Tag Team Champion (1 time) – with Tony Kozina
  • NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with C-Flo
  • NWA Top Ranked Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)
  • Other
  • Has an uncle that punched out a horse[8]
  • Has an uncle that was featured on hit TV show COPS[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ rohwrestling.com (June 3). Ring of Honor Official results. “Davey Richards beats Jimmy Rave in his ROH debut”
  2. ^ rohwrestling.com (June 17). Ring of Honor Official results. “Davey Richards defeated Jimmy Rave”
  3. ^ rohwrestling.com (August 4). Ring of Honor Official results. “The Briscoes defeated KENTA and Davey Richards”
  4. ^ rohwrestling.com (August 5). Ring of Honor Official results. “KENTA defeated Davey Richards”
  5. ^ rohwrestling.com (February 18). Ring of Honor Newswire. “Roderick Strong and Davey Richards form the No Remorse Corps”
  6. ^ rohwrestling.com (April 1). Ring of Honor Newswire. “Rocky Romero joins the No Remorse Corps”
  7. ^ rohwrestling.com (April 15). Ring of Honor Newswire. “The No Remorse Corps against Austin Aries's The Resilience”
  8. ^ {{cite web| url = http://www.live4wrestling.com/editoriali/showarticle.php?nome=Raffy`s%20Cabana%20Eng&numero=32 | title = Live4Wrestling Super Dragon Interview | author = live4wrestling.com | date = July | year = 2006 | quote = He’s going to be really great one day. I think he’s good as it is, and he looks like a wrestler. He’s going to make it somewhere, and be known before you know it. Plus, apparently his uncle punched out a horse.
  9. ^ live4wrestling.com (July). Live4Wrestling Super Dragon Interview. “Another uncle was on the hit TV show "Cops". When you come from a family like that, you are destined to be a great professional wrestler.”

Is actually 5' 2", 155 lb.

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