Shaun Ricker
Nascimento : 1982-11-11, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
História
Shaun Ricker is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to WWE, performing on the SmackDown brand as a manager under the ring name LA Knight. Ricker is also known for his time with Impact Wrestling (2015–2019, as Eli Drake). Ricker has also worked extensively on the U.S. independent wrestling circuit, and has been signed by prominent promotions like Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (2010–2013, under his real name) and the National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2021, as Eli Drake).
Ricker began his wrestling career in 2003 on the independent circuit. He later joined the then-NWA-affiliated Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (then called either "NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood" or "NWA: Hollywood") in 2010. After leaving CWFH in 2013, Ricker signed a developmental contract with WWE and performed on NXT (then, a minor production with a hybrid, reality TV/wrestling format) as "Slate Randall." WWE released him in 2014. Ricker signed with Impact Wrestling (then called Total Nonstop Action Wrestling [TNA], until rebranding in 2017) in 2015. Ricker found great success in Impact/TNA, holding the Impact Global Championship, the TNA King of the Mountain Championship, and the Impact World Tag Team Championship (with Scott Steiner), once each. He also won Impact's Feast or Fired briefcase twice.
After leaving Impact in 2019, Ricker signed with the recently-rebooted NWA, and held the NWA World Tag Team Championship (with James Storm) once. Ricker left the NWA in 2021 to re-sign with WWE. His character name changed to "LA Knight," and he was again assigned to NXT (which, while he was gone, had developed into a major production on par with WWE's top 2 TV franchises: Raw and Smackdown). He is considered one of the best promo cutters of the modern professional wrestling era Outside of wrestling, Ricker appeared as a cast member on the TNT reality series The Hero, hosted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. He also appeared in an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine in 2015.
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The 2024 Elimination Chamber (known as No Escape in Germany) is the upcoming 14th Elimination Chamber professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Optus Stadium in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
LA Knight
The 2024 Royal Rumble is the upcoming 37th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the second Royal Rumble to be held at the stadium after the 2021 event, though the first with ticketed fans in attendance. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2024 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania XL. The men can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.
LA Knight
WWE Crown Jewel 2023 is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the fifth Crown Jewel event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
LA Knight
The 2023 Fastlane is the upcoming seventh Fastlane professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, and will be the first Fastlane held since 2021, subsequently making it the first held to be held on a Saturday and in October. This will also be WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event held in Indianapolis since Clash of Champions in September 2016, which was at the same arena when it was formally known as Bankers Life Fieldhouse (the arena changed its name to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in 2021). The name of the event originally referred to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania", however, this was dropped for 2023 due to the event taking place six months after WrestleMania 39.
LA Knight
The 2023 Payback is the upcoming seventh Payback professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place during Labor Day weekend on Saturday, September 2, 2023, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will be the first Payback held since 2020. This also marks the first Payback held on a Saturday and in September, as well as the first to livestream on Peacock in the United States and Binge in Australia. This will also be WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event held in Pittsburgh since Extreme Rules in July 2018, which was at the same arena. The theme of the event is wrestlers seeking payback against their opponents.
LA Knight
The 2023 SummerSlam is the upcoming 36th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, returning the event to its traditional August slot after the previous year's event was held in July. This will also be the first SummerSlam to be livestreamed on Binge in Australia. This also marks WWE's first event to be held at Ford Field since WrestleMania 23 in April 2007, and the first SummerSlam to be held in Michigan since 1993.
LA Knight
The 2023 Money in the Bank is the upcoming 14th annual Money in the Bank professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American promotion WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at The O2 Arena in London, England. This will be the first Money in the Bank to be held outside of the United States as well as WWE's first major event to be held in London since Insurrextion in May 2002 and England in general since Insurrextion in June 2003. It will also be the first Money in the Bank to livestream on Binge in Australia.
LA Knight
Thirty men and 30 women compete in two huge Royal Rumble Matches as The Road to WrestleMania officially begins at the Alamodome. Bray Wyatt returns to take on LA Knight in a Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match.
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NXT 2.0's best and brightest Superstars converge on American Airlines Center in Dallas. Bron Breakker challenges Dolph Ziggler for the coveted NXT Championship. NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose collides with Cora Jade, Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray in a Fatal 4-Way Match. Carmelo Hayes puts his NXT North American Title on the line in a Ladder Match.
LA Knight
NXT TakeOver Takes Place on December 5. 2021 at WWE Performance Center
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For the first time in NXT history, the black and gold brand caps off SummerSlam weekend as Karrion Kross defends his NXT Championship against Samoa Joe, NXT UK Champion Walter defends his title against Ilja Dragunov, Dakota Kai looks to take the NXT Women's Championship from Raquel González, and "The Undisputed Finale" gets underway as Adam Cole takes on Kyle O'Reilly in a 2 Out of 3 Falls match.
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One of the biggest NXT events of the Summer comes to you directly where you live as NXT Women's Champion Raquel Gonzalez defends her championship against Ember Moon, Cameron Grimes takes on LA Knight in what is being called a "Million Dollar Match", and NXT Champion Karrion Kross defends his championship against Johnny Gargano, Kyle O'Reilly, Pete Dunne, and Adam Cole in a Fatal Five Way Match.
LA Knight
For the first-time ever, NXT is bringing two whole nights of what the black and gold brand can bring for WrestleMania weekend as night one of this two-night event features NXT UK Champion Walter defending his gold against Tommaso Ciampa, a #1 Contender's Gauntlet Eliminator Match for a North American Championship Match at night two, and the NXT Women's Championship on the line as Io Shirai defends her title against Raquel Gonzalez.
LA Knight
A massacre is sure to happen at the Capitol Wrestling Center on St. Valentine's Day as the finals of the Men's and Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic are underway, Johnny Gargano defends his North American Championship against Kushida, Io Shirai takes on Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez for the NXT Women's Championship in a Triple Threat Match and Finn Bálor goes one-on-one with Pete Dunne in order to defend his NXT Championship.
Eli Drake
ROH was in Baltimore, Maryland for their Best in the World pay-per-view live on the HonorClub and FITE streaming services.
Eli Drake
The final night of the six person tag team tournament comes to a close.
Eli Drake
Bar Wrestling held the first round of their trios tournament, Three's Company, on February 20 in Los Angeles.
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IMPACT Wrestling presents One Night Only: New Beginnings, in partnership with Pennsylvania Premiere Wrestling, from Holy Family Academy in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. In the main event, IMPACT World Champion Johnny Impact goes one-on-one with former champion Eli Drake. Plus Sami Callihan takes on Rich Swann, former best friends collide yet again when Eddie Edwards battles Moose in a Philly Street Fight, KM faces DeSean Pratt, Fallah Bahh meets Evander James and âThe Smoke Show" Scarlett Bordeaux steps into the ring against Christina Marie.
Eli Drake
A professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling that took place on January 6, 2019, at The Asylum in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Willie Mack over Ray Rosas via sitout piledriver. [12'46] Heather Monroe over Rebel Kel via Michinoku Driver. DoomFly (Eli Everfly and Delilah Doom) over Wakanda Vice (Watts and Scorpio Sky) when Everfly pined Sky via rollup. [13'07] Luchasaurus and Brian Cage over RockNES Monsters (Yuma and Kevin Martenson). [12'27] Peter Avalon over Joey Ryan in a thumb wrestling match (Referee: Douglas James). [1'08] LAX (Santana and Ortiz) over Violence Unlimited (Brody King and Tyler Bateman).
Eli Drake
A wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on October 14, 2018, at the Melrose Ballroom in Astoria, New York. It's the fourteenth event under the Bound for Glory chronology.
Eli Drake
There are always companies that get attention for one thing or another. Bar Wrestling is the new company of Joey Ryan, founded last year and has so far 20 events under his belt. It stands out for being simply wrestling, in fact they still do not have titles, and as its name says, it is usually done in a bar (this is done in a theater). The fans are on the edge of the ring in a way very similar to how is Beyond Wrestling or the Irish OTT Wrestling.
Eli Drake
IMPACT Wrestling presents One Night Only: Night of the Dummies, in association with Xcite Wrestling, from American Legion in Binghamton, New York. In featured matchups, Eli Drake takes on Eddie Edwards, Moose goes one-on-one with KM, IMPACT World Tag Team Champions LAX take on Z&E â DJZ & Andrew Everett, Alisha Edwards faces Rebel in Knockouts action, plus Homicide, Fallah Bahh and Richard Justice will all be in action, while Sean Carr meets Brute VanSlyke and Wagner Brown collides with Axel Lennox.
Eli Drake
Bar Wrestling presents Aunt May
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Redemption is LIVE on Pay Per View on April 22nd from Orlando, FL on a night that is shaping up to be incredible! The Main Event features World Champion Austin Aries defending his title against Pentagon Jr. and Fenix from Lucha Underground!
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The One Night Only Series continues with One Night Only: Cali Combat! Premiering on Global Wrestling Network Friday, May 11th at 8PM EST, see three different IMPACT championships defended on one wild card! See Austin Aries vs Eli Drake and much more!
Eli Drake
It all changes on Friday, April 6th in New Orleans at WrestleCon. For the first time ever, we will see the Stars of IMPACT Wrestling vs. the Luchadors of Lucha Underground in action!
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Bar Wrestling 7: A Christmas Special
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Bound for Glory (2017) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on November 5, 2017 at the Aberdeen Pavilion in Ottawa, Ontario. It was the thirteenth event under the Bound for Glory chronology, the second and last Impact pay-per-view event of 2017. The show was headlined by Eli Drake vs Johnny Impact for the Impact Global Championship
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Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA BAR Wrestling’s fourth event, Autumn in LA, is a women’s showcase that boasts one of the best main events the company has produced thus far. This event was held on September 7, 2017. Amazing Kong vs Taya Valkyrie Chelsea Green & Ivy Quinn vs Katarina Leigh & Scarlett Bordeaux Christina Von Erie vs Shotzi Blackheart Heather Monroe vs Ruby Raze Brian Cage, Eli Drake, Hot Young Briley & Joey Ryan vs Ethan Carter III, JTG, Luchasaurus & X-Pac Candice Le Rae vs Tessa Blanchard You can get this event on DVD or Blu Ray at Highspots.com Also streaming at Highspots Wrestling Network
Eli Drake
Slammiversary XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on July 2, 2017 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the thirteenth event under the Slammiversary chronology and the first event in the 2017 Impact Wrestling PPV schedule. The event included special appearances by Impact Wrestling alums Shark Boy and James Mitchell.
Eli Drake
Back in May of this year, there was a brief panic when all of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla's Social Media changed over to Bar Wrestling. Many feared the worst, that PWG had folded or been re-branded. But as it turned out, it was because PWG co-founder and former owner Joey Ryan was starting his own promotion, called Bar Wrestling, and still had control of the old accounts. PWG resumed life as normal, and on June 8, Bar Wrestling launched it's first event in Baldwin Park, California.
Eli Drake
Bound for Glory (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It took place on October 2, 2016 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida.
Eli Drake
From Impact Zone at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida U.S.A. it's TNA Knockouts Champion Sienna vs. Allie vs. Jade vs. Madison Rayne vs. Marti Belle and Ethan Carter III faces off against Drew Galloway.
Eli Drale
"Broken" Matt Hardy and EC3 try to settle an old score, Bram battles "Cowboy" James Storm, Moose collides with Eli Drake and much more!
Eli Drake
Slammiversary (2016) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It will take place on June 12 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It will be the twelfth event under the Slammiversary chronology and the first event in the 2016 TNA PPV schedule
Eli Drake
Day 1 of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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Day Two of the Lucha Libre World Cup
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Aired on May 20, 2016.
Eli Drake (Host)
The biggest stars collide on a very special episode of TNA Impact Wrestling!
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Twenty-four men and two women compete in a tournament for $100,000. It consisted of tag team matches in which the partners were randomly drawn in a lottery and teams had to work together to advance to the main event Battle Royal, with the grand prize of US$100,000. Some of the matches took place on January 7 and 9, 2016, from the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania while the other took place on January 30–31, 2016, from the Wembley Arena at London, England and the Barclaycard Arena at Birmingham, England, and aired on PPV on March 4, 2016.
Eli Drake
TNA LockDown 2016: Impact Wrestling special features "Broken" Matt Hardy, The Dollhouse, ECIII, Gail Kim, Beer Money, and all your favorite stars!
Eli Drake
One Night Only: Rivals 2 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where TNA held a series of matches featuring various TNA wrestlers renewing their heated feuds in TNA History. The show was taped in parts on January 5– 7, 2016, at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and was shown on PPV on February 5, 2016.
Eli Drake
Aired live on January 8, 2016.
Eli Drake
Bound for Glory (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). It is scheduled to take place on October 4, 2015 at the Cabarrus Arena in Concord, North Carolina. It will be the eleventh event in the Bound for Glory chronology and the second pay-per-view event of 2015.
Shaun Ricker
TNA held a series of matches featuring 10 Gut Check participants competed in singles matches and tag match against 10 members of the active roster: if they would win, they would move on to compete in the main event match where the winner of that match earns an appearance on the next live Impact Wrestling. It took place on February 16, 2015, from Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and was shown in PPV on September 4, 2015.
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A very special episode of Impact Wrestling hosts TNA Turning Point as the war between TNA and GWF rages on!
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On a very special episode of Impact, TNA presents No Surrender!
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Kurt Angle and Eric Young collide in an unforgiving stretcher match.
