Richard Swann
Known For
Acting
Born
1991-02-15 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Raw
WWE NXT
as Rich Swann
TNA iMPACT!
as Rich Swann
TNA iMPACT!
WWE 205 Live
as Rich Swann
WWE 205 Live
Before the Impact
as Rich Swann
MLW Fusion
as Rich swann
MLW Fusion
MLW Fusion
as Rich Swan
WWE Cruiserweight Classic
as Rich Swann
Pro Wrestler
as Himself
IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches
as Rich Swann
WWE Royal Rumble 2017
as Rich Swann
PWG: DDT4
as Himself
WWE Fastlane 2017
as Rich Swann (Preshow)
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2016
as Himself
WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016
as Rich Swann
WWE Extreme Rules 2017
as Rich Swann
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Northern Rising
as Rich Swann