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Willie Mack
Background information
Born	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Genres	Country
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2003 – Present
Labels	Open Road Recordings
Website	www.williemack.com

Willie Mack is a country music singer-songwriter born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and raised in Chico, Texas.^[1] He has had his songs recorded by Sara Evans, Collin Raye, The Oak Ridge Boys and Mark Wills, among others.^[2] So far he has charted five singles on the Canadian country singles chart: "Gonna Get Me a Cadillac," "Don't Waste Your Pretty," "Golden Years," "Headlights & Tailpipes" and "Love Like That."

Biography[link]

Mack attended Belmont University, and signed a publishing deal with Famous Music after graduating.^[3] In 2004, Mack released his first album, Average Guy. He had a hand in writing every song on the project.^[4] The first single, "We Can't All Be From Texas," reached the top 10 on the Texas Music Chart^[5] and was used by George W. Bush during his 2004 election campaign.^[6] It was also played in the stadium during the stadium of the 2004 college football game between Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Texas Longorns (the Red River Shootout.)

When Canadian artists such as George Canyon, Adam Gregory and Brad Johner began recording Mack's songs, he started making trips to Canada and writing with Canadian songwriters.^[7] One of those songwriters was Jason McCoy, who would become the co-producer of Mack's second album and the co-writer of its first single, "Gonna Get Me a Cadillac."^[3] The album, Headlights & Tailpipes, was recorded in Toronto, Nashville and Texas.^[1] It was released in July 2007 in Canada on Open Road Recordings.^[8] Once again, Mack wrote or co-wrote all twelve tracks.^[3] The album's second single, "Don't Waste Your Pretty," peaked at #94 on the all-genre Canadian Hot 100.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

Music videos[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official Site

Héctor Garza
Garza (bottom) wrestling against Místico
Ring name(s)	Héctor Garza, Jr. Héctor Garza
Billed height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Billed weight	95 kg (210 lb)[1]
Born	(1969-06-12) June 12, 1969 (age 43)[2] Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Billed from	Monterrey, Nuevo León[1]
Trained by	Mr. Lince Mario Segura[2] Blue Fish
Debut	01992-09-04September 4, 1992[2]

Héctor Solano Segura (born June 12, 1969) is a Mexican professional wrestler, known by his ring name Héctor Garza, who is currently working for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) and Perros del Mal Producciones, where he is the current Mexican National Heavyweight Champion in his second reign. Garza has also worked for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) in Mexico as well as both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States of America.

Professional wrestling career[link]

Solano began making extra big salsa as Héctor Garza in 1992 after being trained by his two uncles for the Federacion Internacional de Lucha Libre (FILL) promotion in his nationalMonterrey. In 1995, he brought to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) on the técnico (face) side as part of CMLL's rebuilding after the split with Asistencia Asesoría y Administración. He was put over veteran rudos (heels) like Bestia Salvaje and Satánico in hair matches and Garza quickly became one of the top técnicos in the company. In the following year, he teamed with Dos Caras and La Fiera to win the CMLL World Tríos Title and lost to Emilio Charles Jr. in the final of the "Copa Junior", a tournament for the sons of wrestlers.^[3] However, after being a part of the shocking El Hijo del Santo heel turn, he jumped to rival promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA).

His stay in AAA was short although he did participate in a match on the 1997 World Wrestling Federation Royal Rumble pay-per-view when the WWF and AAA had a working agreement.^[4] He went to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) later in the year as part of the large contingent of Luchadors that began working for the company. He was best known in WCW for his twirling turnbuckle to floor plancha called the corkscrew plancha. Other than a victory over Scott Hall, he did not receive any push, mostly wrestling on WCW's minor shows, even when he became part of the Latino World Order.^[2][5] Later in 1999, he returned to AAA and became part of a multi-man feud with other younger wrestlers like Heavy Metal, Latin Lover and Perro Aguayo, Jr.. Different combinations of the four battled in various gimmick matches with Garza winning Metal's hair in 2001.^[6] In 2002, the focus of the feud became Latin Lover and Héctor Garza. In 2003, the two faced each other in a hair vs. hair match and, for the first time in Garza's career, he lost.^[7]

In 2004, he returned to the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling during AAA's working agreement with the company. Along with Abismo Negro, Juventud Guerrera, Mr. Águila and later Heavy Metal, "Team Mexico" was successful in winning the America's X-Cup.^[8] After Team Canada was repackaged, Team Mexico became faces, with Garza getting particularly good reactions from the crowd.^[9] In June, he jumped back to CMLL, claiming that AAA owner Antonio Peña owed him money for Garza's dates in TNA.

While the AAA-TNA deal was still in effect, Garza wrestled exclusively in Mexico. In CMLL, he helped Perro Aguayo, Jr. turn heel and became involved in Aguayo's feud with El Hijo del Santo. Eventually, he would help found La Furia del Norte with El Terrible and Tarzan Boy. Teaming with Tarzan and Terrible, La Furia chased after and defeated the CMLL Tríos champions Black Warrior, Canek and Rayo de Jalisco, Jr.^[10] Meanwhile in the United States, the AAA-TNA deal was dead so TNA decided to bring Garza back. He returned for TNA Victory Road 2004, TNA's first three hour pay-per-view when he won a Twenty Man X-Division Gauntlet.^[11] The push continued with a match against NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett on TNA's weekly TV show. In 2005, he was set to wrestle Scott Hall at TNA Final Resolution 2005 but was arrested in Houston, Texas with steroids that were legal in Mexico but illegal in the United States (He claimed to be using these steroids because of a knee surgery he had); he was replaced by Jeff Hardy in the match.^[12][13] Garza was deported, effectively ending his career in the United States. Garza claimed that he did not know the steroids were illegal in the United States and that he was humiliated by the guards.^[2] Garza would later sell t-shirts that read "If Pepe el Toro is innocent, so is Héctor Garza," alluding to the story of an old movie where a carpenter is incriminated on a murder and goes to jail where he finds the true assassins and fights with them and pops out the eye of the master mind to make him confess "Pepe el Toro es inocente".

Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (2005–2011)[link]

After being deported, he returned to working full time in Mexico for CMLL. He teamed with Perro Aguayo, Jr. against Los Capos and became a major part of the new group, Los Perros del Mal along with members of La Furia del Norte, Los Pierroths and La Familia de Tijuana. In August, Pierroth, Jr. was kicked out of the group and Garza volunteered to face him in a hair vs. hair match, which Garza won.^[14] After the Dr. Wagner, Jr. vs. Atlantis mask vs. mask match fell through, CMLL decided to go with Héctor Garza and Perro Aguayo, Jr. vs. Universo 2000 and Máscara Año 2000 double hair vs. hair matchas the main event of the CMLL 72nd Anniversary Show. Three weeks before the show, Garza hit Máscara Año 2000 with a "Martinete" (tombstone piledriver). The match for the anniversary show was changed to a triangle match with Universo 2000 vs. Perro Aguayo, Jr. vs. Héctor Garza where the last man to get pinned gets his hair shaved. In the end, Universo pinned Garza with help of a low blow from his brother, Cien Caras, and Pierroth's valet, La Nazi.^[15]

In 2008 Garza began teaming with El Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara and the trio quickly won the vacant CMLL World Trios Championship when they defeated Blue Panther, Dos Caras, Jr. and Místico in the finals of a tournament.^[16] The team lost, then regained the trios title to the team of Atlantis, Último Guerrero and Negro Casas.^[17][18] In March, 2010 signs of dissention amongst the team began showing as Garza walked out on the team during a trios match mistakenly thinking that one of his team mates had attacked him.^[19] Following the walk out Garza kept insincerely insisting that he was still a tecnico and that his team was getting along great. Further doubts about Garza's allegiance arose when he teamed up with the Rúdo Pólvora for the 2010 Gran Alternativa tournament. The team defeated Sensei and La Máscara in the first round with Garza showing no problems in going after his team mate. They also defeated Rey Cometa and Blue Panther as well as Diamante and La Sombra to qualify for the finals.^[20] On the April 30, 2010 Super Viernes Garza and Pólvora won the 2010 Gran Alternativa when they defeated Delta and Volador, Jr.^[21] When Garza, La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma were booked for a CMLL World Trios defense the following week Garza complained that his partners agreed to the match without asking him, but swore that he would still be professional about it.^[22] During the title defense on the May 7, 2010 Super Viernes Garza attacked both Hijo del Fantasma and La Máscara, allowing La Ola Amarillo (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Okumura and Taichi) to win the CMLL World Trios Championship, turning full blown Rudo in the process.^[23]

Los Invasores[link]

During a trios match with the Los Invasores team of El Alebrije, Histeria and Maniaco going against Garza, Brazo de Plata and Toscano, Garza turned on his team mates and joined Los Invasores. CMLL held a press conference on May 20, 2010 announcing that they would hold a special Sin Salida event on June 6, 2010 that would center around the Los Invasores vs. CMLL storyline. During the press conference Olímpico was part of the Invasores group. It was also announced that Garza and Mr. Águila were the co-leaders of Los Invasores.^[24] At the July 16, 2010 Super Viernes Héctor Garza and Mr. Águila defeated the team of La Sombra and Volador, Jr. to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship, Garza's third reign and Mr. Águila's first reign with the title.^[25] On November 2, 2010, Garza and Águila lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Último Guerrero.^[26]

World Heavyweight Champion[link]

On January 4, 2011, Garza made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) at Wrestle Kingdom V in Tokyo Dome, where he and Jushin Liger were defeated by Máscara Dorada and La Sombra in a tag team match.^[27][28] Garza returned for a tour of New Japan on July 8, 2011.^[29] His tour of the promotion concluded on July 18, when he was defeated by CMLL World Middleweight Champion, Jushin Liger, in a non-title match.^[30] Upon Garza's return to CMLL, he turned technico and left Los Invasores.^[31] On August 12, Garza defeated Último Guerrero to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for the first time.^[32]

Perros del Mal (2011–present)[link]

On November 11, 2011, Garza held a press conference, announcing that he had left CMLL and joined Perro Aguyao Jr.'s Perros del Mal Producciones as a member of the Perros del Mal stable. Before leaving CMLL, Garza handed the World Heavyweight Championship belt back to the promotion.^[33] Garza made his debut for the promotion on November 13, when he ran in to save Perro Aguayo, Jr., Damián 666, Halloween and X-Fly from Los Psycho Circus, Nosawa and Zumbi.^[34] The following day, Garza returned to AAA, when he, along with members of Los Perros del Mal, attacked El Mesías and Jack Evans, after they had defeated Aguayo and Chessman in a match.^[35] On December 16 at Guerra de Titanes, Garza, Aguayo and Halloween defeated Evans, Fénix and Drago in a six man tag team match.^[36] On February 14, 2012, Garza defeated champion X-Fly, El Hijo del Perro Aguayo, El Mesías, El Texano, Jr. and Toscano in a six-way elimination match at a Perros del Mal Producciones event to win the Mexican National Heavyweight Championship for the second time.^[37]

In wrestling[link]

• Finishing moves

• Moonsault,^[2] sometimes to a standing opponent or from a springboard
• Tornillo (Corkscrew moonsault or Corkscrew plancha)^[38]

• Signature moves

• Arm drag
• Campana
• Multiple Dropkick variations
  • Baseball slide
  • Dropkick
  • Missile dropkick
• Hip toss
• Hurricanrana^[2]
• Powerbomb
• Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker
• Topé suicida

Championships and accomplishments[link]

• Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• IWC World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[2]
• Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[39]
• Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[40]
• Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Perro Aguayo, Jr.^[40]

• Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

• CMLL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[32]
• CMLL World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Místico (2)^[41][42] and Mr. Águila (1)^[25]
• CMLL World Trios Championship (5 times) – with La Fiera and Dos Caras (1), Tarzan Boy and El Terrible (1), Mr. Águila and Perro Aguayo, Jr. (1), and Hijo del Fantasma and La Mascara (2)^{[3][10][18][43]}
• CMLL Trio of the year: 2009 (with La Máscara and Hijo del Fantasma)^[44]
• Torneo Gran Alternativa 1994, 2010 – with Negro Casas (1994),^[45] with Pólvora (2010)^[21]

• Federación Internacional de Lucha Libre

• FILL Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

• Lucha Libre Azteca

• LLA Azteca Championship (1 time)^[46]

• Perros del Mal Producciones

• Mexican National Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)^[37]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated

• PWI ranked him #283 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003^[47]
• PWI ranked him #19 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI 500 in 2004

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• TNA X Division 20 Man Roulete Coup
• America's X Cup (2004) – with Mr. Águila, Juventud Guerrera, Abismo Negro and Heavy Metal^[8]
• Who to Watch in 2005^[48]

• Universal Wrestling Association

• UWA World Middleweight Championship (1 time)^[49]

• World Wrestling Association

• WWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – Perro Aguayo, Jr.^[50]

Lucha de Apuesta record[link]

Footnotes[link]

References[link]

Professional wrestling portal

Davey Richards
Richards making his ring entrance in 2005.
Ring name(s)	Davey Phoenix[1] Davey Richards[1] Wayne Kerr[2]
Billed height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Billed weight	208 lb (94 kg)[3]
Born	(1983-03-01) March 1, 1983 (age 29)[1] Othello, Washington[1]
Billed from	Othello, Washington[3]
Trained by	Tony Kozina[1] Paul Orndorff[4]
Debut	June 2004[1]
Website	http://d-richards.net

Wesley David "Davey" Richards^[1] (born March 1, 1983)^[1] is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Ring of Honor.^[3][5] He also wrestles for several independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG)^[6] and Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW).

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, and currently New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a former two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion.^[7]

Richards is a four-time World Champion, having won the ROH and PWG World Championships once and the Full Impact Pro (FIP) World Heavyweight Championship twice, and 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). Richards and Romero are also former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. 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.^[6][8]

Professional wrestling career[link]

Early career[link]

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.^[9]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2005–present)[link]

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.^[10] 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 Richards no-showed the Pearl Habra show; this resulted in the team being stripped of the championship, and led to a sixty-day suspension for Richards.^[11] He returned to the company sixty days later, competing in the Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament, once again teaming up 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. Richards defeated Kenny Omega on February 27, 2010 at As the Worm Turns to win the PWG World Championship for the first time.^[12] On September 13, 2010, Richards was stripped of the title, when he was unable to defend it due to other booking commitments.^[13]

Richards returned to PWG during the WrestleReunion 5 weekend on January 29, 2011, in a match, where he defeated by Low Ki.^[14] On March 4, Richards and Eddie Edwards entered the DDT4 tag team tournament, where they made it to the semifinals before losing to eventual tournament winners, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).^[15] In his next PWG appearance on September 10, Richards unsuccessfully challenged Kevin Steen for the PWG World Championship.^[16]

Ring of Honor (2006–present)[link]

Debut and KENTA's protégé (2006–2007)[link]

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][17] 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.^[18]

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.^[19] The next night, Richards faced his mentor in a singles match at Fight of the Century; he was unable to secure a victory.^[20]

No Remorse Corps (2007–2008)[link]

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;^[21] the pair was later joined by Rocky Romero.^[22] The No Remorse Corps was involved in a feud with Aries's faction The Resilience.^[23] 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.^[24] 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 (2008–2011)[link]

Richards in the ring in 2008

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.

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.^[25] 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.^[24][26] 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.^[27]

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 November 13, Richards faced Austin Aries for the ROH World Championship in a losing effort. On December 19, at Final Battle 2009, the Wolves lost the Tag Team Championship to the Briscoe Brothers.^[24][28]

On January 29, 2010, ROH announced that Richards had signed a contract renewal with the company.^[5] On February 5 at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings, Richards entered the tournament to determine the inaugural ROH World Television Champion and defeated Delirious to advance to the second round, where he would meet Kenny King.^[29] The tournament concluded on March 5, when Richards defeated King to advance to the finals, where he was defeated by his American Wolves tag team partner Eddie Edwards.^[30] On April 3, Richards earned the number five spot in the Pick 6 series by defeating Kenny King at The Big Bang! pay-per-view.^[31]

World Champion and Team Ambition (2011–present)[link]

Richards won the ROH World Championship from his tag team partner Eddie Edwards at Best in the World 2011.

On June 19 at Death Before Dishonor VIII Richards received a shot at Tyler Black's ROH World Championship, but was unable to dethrone the defending champion.^[32] At the Ring of Honor Wrestling television tapings on July 16, Richards lost to Roderick Strong in a match where Strong's guaranteed championship match was on the line. Richards refused assistance from Shane Hagadorn, his manager, during the match, and attacked Hagadorn afterwards when Hagadorn claimed credit for making Richards the best wrestler in the world, ending their association.^[33] On September 11, 2010, at Glory By Honor IX, Jim Cornette announced that Richards had signed a new contract with Ring of Honor.^[34] At the following pay-per-view, Final Battle 2010 on December 18, Richards unsuccessfully challenged Roderick Strong for the ROH World Championship.^[35] On June 26, 2011, at Best in the World 2011, Richards defeated his own tag team partner Eddie Edwards to win the ROH World Championship for the first time.^[36] On August 10 ROH announced that Richards had signed a contract extension with the promotion.^[37] At Final Battle 2011, Richards successfully defended the championship against Edwards.^[38]

At the January 7, 2012, tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Richards formed Team Ambition with Kyle O'Reilly, opposite Eddie Edwards and Adam Cole.^[39] On March 4 at the 10th Anniversary Show, Team Ambition was defeated by Edwards and Cole in a main event tag team match, with Cole pinning Richards for the win.^[40] During the Showdown in the Sun weekend on March 30 and 31, Richards first successfully defended the ROH World Championship in a three-way elimination match against Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong and then in a singles match against Michael Elgin.^[41][42] Richards' match with Elgin was later given a five star rating by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.^[43] On May 12 at Border Wars, Richards lost the ROH World Championship to Kevin Steen, ending his reign at 321 days.^[44]

Other promotions[link]

Richards has also done extensive tours of Japan, debuting in 2007 with Pro Wrestling Noah.^[45] 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.^[1] 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).^[1] On May 2, 2009 Richards defeated Tyler Black via forfeit for the FIP World Heavyweight Championship, his first singles title.^[1] While on tour in Japan for Dragon Gate in December 2009, Richards lost the FIP title to Masaaki Mochizuki.^[46] He would regain the title a month later at DGUSA Fearless.^[47]

Richards has competed twice in German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling's (wXw) 16 Carat Gold tournament. While being eliminated from the tournament in his first round match against Go Shiozaki in 2007, Richards made it all the way to the semifinals in 2011, defeating Jon Ryan and Zack Sabre, Jr. along the way, before losing to eventual tournament winner, Sami Callihan.^{[48][49][50][51]}

Richards as the 2CW Tag Team Champion in 2010.

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.^[52] 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.^[52] 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.^[53] After BxB Hulk won the championship later that night, Richards challenged him to a championship match before attacking him.^[53] He also began competing for DGUSA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and completed a tour with them in December 2009.^[46][54]

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.^[55] 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.^[5][56] On March 22 Richards was stripped of the FIP World Heavyweight Championship and will not be wrestling for that company in the future either.^[57]

On April 2, 2010, the American Wolves traveled to Squared Circle Wrestling (2CW) and won the 2CW Tag Team Titles from Cheech and Cloudy in Watertown, New York.^[58] They held the titles for four months before losing them to Colin Delaney and Jimmy Olsen on August 22, 2010.^[59]

In 2010 Richards was invited to take part in New Japan Pro Wrestling's Best of the Super Juniors tournament along with fellow North American and ROH wrestler, Kenny Omega. Richards entered the two week long tournament on May 30, but although he managed to win five out of his seven matches, he finished third in his block and narrowly missed advancing to the semifinals of the tournament.^[60][61] After the tournament Richards has begun working regularly for New Japan Pro Wrestling, joining the promotion's top heel stable CHAOS, and no longer makes appearances for Pro Wrestling Noah.^[62] In November 2010 Richards and Rocky Romero, reviving the No Remorse Corps name,^[63] made it to the finals of a five day long Super J Tag League tournament, before being defeated by their CHAOS team mates Jado and Gedo.^[64] On December 11, 2010, Richards received a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, but was defeated by the defending champion, Prince Devitt.^[65] On May 3, 2011, Richards and Romero unsuccessfully challenged Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi, known collectively as Apollo 55, for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.^[66] On May 26, Richards entered the 2011 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and after winning six out of his eight round robin stage matches, which included a win over the reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt, Richards finished second in his block and advanced to the semifinals of the tournament.^[67][68] On June 10, Richards was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by the eventual winner of the entire tournament, Kota Ibushi.^[69] On October 10, 2011, Richards and Romero defeated Prince Devitt and Ryusuke Taguchi to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship for the first time.^[70] Richards and Romero made their first successful title defense on November 12 at Power Struggle, defeating the team of Kushida and Tiger Mask IV.^[71] As a result of pinning Prince Devitt in the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match, Richards was granted another shot at his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on December 4, but failed in his attempt to become a double champion.^[72] On January 4, 2012, at Wrestle Kingdom VI in Tokyo Dome, Richards and Romero lost the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship back to Devitt and Taguchi.^[73] On February 12 at The New Beginning, the No Remorse Corps defeated Apollo 55 to regain the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.^[74] As a result, Richards received his third shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on March 10, but was yet again defeated by Prince Devitt.^[75] On May 2, Richards and Romero were stripped of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, after a car accident forced Richards to miss his flight to Japan and the following day's Wrestling Dontaku 2012 event, where the two were scheduled to defend the title against Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask IV.^[76][77] Despite being able to wrestle in the United States, New Japan also pulled Richards from the 2012 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, citing doctor's orders.^[78][79]

Personal life[link]

Richards married Jennifer, better known as female wrestler Christie Summers, in 2008. Jennifer is currently a competitive bodybuilder in the figure class.^[80] The couple separated sometime in 2010, leading Richards to reevaluate his retirement plans.^[81]

In a June 2010 interview, Richards stated that he planned to quit the wrestling business by the end of the year to concentrate on other areas of his life.^[82] However, he later withdrew those plans.^[34] Richards is a trained paramedic and is training to become a firefighter.^[82] He also wants to obtain a black belt in jujutsu.^[82]

In wrestling[link]

Richards performing the cloverleaf on Austin Aries.

Richards striking Michael Elgin with a shoot kick.

Richards performing a German superplex on Michael Elgin.

• Finishing moves
  • 14:59 (Keylock)^[83][84]
  • Cloverleaf^[85][86]
  • Crucifix armbar^[6]
  • DR Driver / Tiger Driver '98 (Double underhook piledriver, sometimes from the second rope)^{[1][3][87][88]}
  • DR Driver II (Double underhook brainbuster)^[1][87]
  • Folding powerbomb^[89][90] – NJPW
  • Kimura with neckscissors^[8]
  • Sharpshooter^[91][92]
  • Shooting star press^[1][87]

• Signature moves
  • Alarm Clock / Go 2 Sleep II / Hammer of the Gods (Military press dropped into a lifting kick to the opponent's chest)^{[1][8][93][94]}
  • Ankle lock^[1]
  • Backbreaker^[1]
  • Body slam^[1]
  • Diving leg drop^[1]
  • Double knee backbreaker^[1]
  • Fireman's carry gutbuster^[1]
  • Horse Collar (Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab)^[1][8]
  • Multiple kick variations
    • Springboard drop^[1]
    • Damage Reflex (Handspring enzuigiri)^[1][95]
    • Multiple shoot, sometimes to a seated opponent^[1]
  • Multiple suplex variations
    • German^[1][95]
    • Saito^[1]
    • Snap^[1][95]
    • Tiger^[1]
  • Running elbow smash to a cornered opponent^[1]
  • Running powerslam^[1]
  • Running sitout powerbomb^[1]
  • Snap DDT^[1]
  • STO^[1]
  • Suicide dive^[1]

• With Eddie Edwards
  • Finishing moves
    • Elevated cutter^[96]
    • Superkick (Edwards) into a German suplex (Richards)^[97]
  • Signature moves
    • Military press drop (Edwards) into a lifting kick to the opponent's midsection (Richards)^[98]
    • Powerbomb (Edwards) / Double knee backbreaker (Richards) combination^[99]

• With Rocky Romero
  • Finishing moves
    • Contract Killer (Inverted Death Valley driver (Richards) / Springboard diving knee drop (Romero) combination)^[70][100] – NJPW

• With Super Dragon
  • Finishing moves
    • Powerbomb (Dragon) / Double knee backbreaker (Richards) combination^[101]
    • Spike DR Driver II (Spike double underhook brainbuster)^[102]
  • Signature moves
    • Richards holds the opponent in a straight jacket choke over his knees followed by Dragon hitting a diving double foot stomp to the stomach of the trapped opponent^[101]
    • Simultaneous double foot stomp (Dragon) / standing shooting star press (Richards) combination^[101]

• Nicknames
  • "The Lone Wolf"^[103]
  • "The American Wolf"^[39]

• Managers
  • Dave Prazak^[1]
  • Mr. Milo Beasley^[1]
  • Larry Sweeney^[1]
  • Shane Hagadorn^[104]
  • Sara Del Rey^[104]

Championships and accomplishments[link]

Richards as the ROH World Champion in August 2011.

Richards (right) with Eddie Edwards after winning the 2CW Tag Team Championship in April 2010.

• AWA Washington
  • AWA Washington Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tony Kozina^[1]

• East Coast Wrestling Association
  • Super 8 Tournament (2006)^[105]

• Full Impact Pro
  • FIP World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)^[106]

• New Japan Pro Wrestling
  • IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rocky Romero^[70][74]

• Pro Wrestling Prestige
  • PWP Tag Team Championship (1 time)- with Kyle O'Reilly

• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (1 time)^[107]
  • PWG World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – Super Dragon (2) and Roderick Strong (1)^[108]
  • Battle of Los Angeles (2006)^[109]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #25 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011^[110]

• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Championship (1 time)^[36]
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Rocky Romero (1) and Eddie Edwards^[24]

• SoCal Uncensored
  • Match of the Year (2006) with Super Dragon vs. Roderick Strong and Jack Evans, March 4, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla^[111]

• Squared Circle Wrestling
  • 2CW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eddie Edwards^[58]

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter

• 5 Star Match (2012) vs. Michael Elgin on March 31^[43]
• Most Outstanding Wrestler (2011)^[112]
• Tag Team of the Year (2009) with Eddie Edwards^[113]

References[link]