Davey Richards (CW)
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Davey Richards | ||
Ring name(s) | Davey Phoenix Davey Richards Derek Billington Wayne Kerr | |
Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | |
Billed weight | 208 lb (94 kg) | |
Born | March 1, 1983 (age 31) Othello, Washington | |
Billed from | Othello, Washington | |
Trained by | Tony Kozina Paul Orndorff | |
Debut | June 2004 |
Wesley David "Davey" Richards (born March 1, 1983) is an American efed professional wrestler, currently signed to Championship Wrestling (CW), he is the current reigning CW World Tag Team Champions along with partner, Eddie Edwards.
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Professional wrestling career
Early career
Championship Wrestling
Debut and Tag Team Champion (2014-present)
- Main article: The Wolves
The Wolves debuted in Championship Wrestling immediately began a feud with then-CW Tag Team Champions Team Hell Yes (Kane and Daniel Bryan), at the No Chance in Hell pay-per-view The Wolves would defeated Team Hell Yes to win the CW Tag Team Championship, their first in the company. They would compete in a match for a chance to compete in the Take Your Pick ladder match, but were unable to win the match. On the March 21 episode of Shock Richards defeated Nigel McGuinness.
Personal life
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- 14:59 (Keylock)
- Cloverleaf
- Cross armbreaker
- DR Driver / Tiger Driver '98 (Double underhook piledriver, sometimes from the second rope)
- DR Driver II (Double underhook brainbuster)
- Double foot stomp
- Folding powerbomb – NJPW
- Kimura with neckscissors
- Sharpshooter – NJPW
- Shooting star press
- Signature moves
- Alarm Clock / Go 2 Sleep II / Hammer of the Gods (Pop-up lifting kick to the opponent's midsection)
- Ankle lock
- Backbreaker
- Body slam
- Diving leg drop
- Double knee backbreaker
- Fireman's carry gutbuster
- Horse Collar (Over the shoulder single leg Boston crab)
- Invader (Diving double foot stomp)
- Lariat
- Multiple kick variations
- Damage Reflex (Handspring enzuigiri)
- Drop, sometimes from the top rope or while springboarding
- Multiple shoot, sometimes to a seated opponent
- Multiple suplex variations
- German, sometimes from the top rope
- Saito
- Snap
- Tiger
- Running elbow smash to a cornered opponent
- Running powerslam
- Running sitout powerbomb
- Snap DDT
- STO
- Suicide dive
- With Eddie Edwards
- Double team finishing moves
- Elevated cutter
- Superkick (Edwards) / German suplex (Richards) combination
- Double team signature moves
- Pop-up (Edwards) into a lifting kick to the opponent's midsection (Richards)
- Powerbomb (Edwards) / Double knee backbreaker (Richards) combination
- With Rocky Romero
- Double team finishing moves
- Contract Killer (Inverted Death Valley driver (Richards) / Springboard diving knee drop (Romero) combination) – NJPW
- With Super Dragon
- Double team finishing moves
- Powerbomb (Dragon) / Double knee backbreaker (Richards) combination
- Spike DR Driver II (Spike double underhook brainbuster)
- Double team signature moves
- Richards holds the opponent in a straight jacket over his knees followed by Dragon hitting a diving double foot stomp to the stomach of the opponent
- Simultaneous double foot stomp (Dragon) / standing shooting star press (Richards) combination
- Nicknames
- "The Lone Wolf"
- "The American Wolf"
Championships and accomplishments
- Championship Wrestling
- CW Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Eddie Edwards