Richard Swann

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.

Known For

Raw

WWE NXT

WWE Pay Per View

TNA iMPACT!

TNA iMPACT!

WWE 205 Live

WWE 205 Live

MLW Fusion

All Movies (172)

• Maple Leaf Pro: Multiverse 20262026 · as Rich Swann
• Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Uprising 20262026 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Genesis 20262026 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Final Resolution 20252025 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Turning Point 20252025 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Bound for Glory 20252025 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Emergence 20252025 · as Rich Swann
• Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling: Northern Rising2025 · as Rich Swann
• Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling - Mayhem Night 12025 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Slammiversary 20242024 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Against All Odds 20242024 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Under Siege 20242024 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Rebellion 20242024 · as Rich Swann
• TNA Hard To Kill 20242024 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United 2: For Whom The Bell Tolls2023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• GCW Scene of the Crime2023 · as Rich Swann
• AAA Triplemania XXXI: Monterrey2023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling x NJPW: Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive2023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 20232023 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Throwback Throwdown III2022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Over Drive 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Under Siege 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• WrestleCon USA vs. The World 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Multiverse of Matches2022 · as Rich Swann
• Battleground Championship Wrestling When Worlds Collide2022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• VxS Jimmy Lloyd's American Wasteland2022 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 20222022 · as Rich Swann
• WrestleCade Supershow 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• AAW Windy City Classic XVI2021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Victory Road 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Emergence 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Against All Odds 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Hardcore Justice 20212021
• GCW rSpring Break2021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Sacrifice 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 20212021
• IMPACT Wrestling: Hard to Kill 20212021 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Final Resolution 20202020 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 20202020 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 20202020 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: No Surrender 20192019 · as Rich Swann
• WrestleCade Supershow 20192019
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 20192019
• IMPACT & Reality of Wrestling: Deep IMPACT2019 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bash at the Brewery2019
• IMPACT Wrestling: Rebellion 20192019
• GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3: Part 22019 · as Rich Swann
• Wrestling Revolver Pancakes & Piledrivers 32019
• Warrior Wrestling 42019
• IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: New Beginnings 20192019
• Warrior Wrestling 32019 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 20182018
• GCW Live Fast Die Young2018
• MLW War Games 20182018
• RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 22018
• RevPro British J Cup 2018 - Night 12018
• Warrior Wrestling 22018 · as Rich Swann
• AAA TripleMania XXVI2018 · as Rich Swann
• IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XVI2018
• MLW Battle Riot2018
• WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 20172018 · as Himself
• WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 20172017 · as Rich Swann
• WWE Extreme Rules 20172017 · as Rich Swann
• WWE Fastlane 20172017 · as Rich Swann (Preshow)
• WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 20162017 · as Himself
• WWE Royal Rumble 20172017 · as Rich Swann
• WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 20162016 · as Rich Swann
• NXT Takeover: Toronto2016 · as Rich Swann
• Best Friends With Rich Swann2016 · as Rich Swann
• The Kevin Steen Show: Rich Swann2016
• Best Friends With Roderick Strong2015 · as Rich Swann
• PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage2015 · as Himself
• PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two2015 · as Himself
• PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One2015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 482015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 472015 · as Himself
• PWG: Threemendous IV2015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 452015 · as Himself
• Not Another Steen DVD2015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 442015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 432015 · as Himself
• PWG: DDT42015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 422015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 412015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 402015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 392015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 372015 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 362015 · as Himself
• PWG: Black Cole Sun2014 · as Self
• PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Three2014 · as Himself
• PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two2014 · as Self
• PWG: 2014 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One2014 · as Self
• Smash Super Showdown II2014 · as Rich Swann
• PWG: Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n Roll2014 · as Himself
• DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate 20142014
• PWG: Mystery Vortex II2014 · as Himself
• RevPro High Stakes 20142014 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 20142014
• Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 20142014
• PWG: DDT42014 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 262014 · as Rich Swann
• EVOLVE 252014 · as Rich Swann
• PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night Two2013 · as Himself
• PWG: All Star Weekend X - Night One2013 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight2013 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA Fearless 20132013
• PWG: Matt Rushmore2013 · as Rich Swann
• EVOLVE 242013 · as Rich Swann
• EVOLVE 232013 · as Rich Swann
• PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night Two2013 · as Himself
• PWG: 2013 Battle of Los Angeles - Night One2013 · as Himself
• PWG: TEN2013 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA: Enter the Dragon 20132013 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA Enter The Dragon 2013: Fourth Anniversary Celebration2013
• DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior 20132013
• Dragon Gate USA Mercury Rising 20132013
• Dragon Gate USA Open the Ultimate Gate 20132013
• EVOLVE 192013 · as Rich Swann
• PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night Two2013 · as Himself
• PWG: All Star Weekend 9 - Night One2013 · as Himself
• DGUSA Heat 20132013
• Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 20132013
• DGUSA Open the Golden Gate 20132013
• PWG: DDT42013 · as Himself
• PWG: Mystery Vortex2012 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 20122012
• Dragon Gate USA Uprising 20122012
• Dragon Gate USA Fearless 20122012
• PWG: Failure To Communicate2012 · as Himself
• EVOLVE 172012
• Dragon Gate USA Mercury Rising 20122012
• Dragon Gate USA Heat2012
• EVOLVE 10 - A Tribute To The Arena2012
• Dragon Gate USA Bushido 2011: Code of the Warrior2011
• Dragon Gate USA REVOLT! 20112011
• Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin 20112011
• Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 20112011
• Pro Wrestler2011 · as Himself
• Dragon Gate USA Enter The Dragon 2011: Second Anniversary Celebration2011
• Dragon Gate USA Uprising 20112011
• EVOLVE 8: Style Battle2011
• EVOLVE 7: Aries vs. Moxley2011
• DGUSA Open The Ultimate Gate 20112011
• Dragon Gate USA Open The Southern Gate2011
• Dragon Gate USA United: Finale2011
• Dragon Gate USA United: Philly2011
• Dragon Gate USA United: NYC2011
• EVOLVE 6: Aries vs. Taylor2010
• Dragon Gate USA Untouchable 20102010
• Dragon Gate USA Freedom Fight 20102010
• DGUSA Bushido: Code of the Warrior2010
• Dragon Gate USA Way of the Ronin2010
• EVOLVE 5: Danielson vs. Sawa2010
• Dragon Gate USA Enter the Dragon 20102010
• EVOLVE 4: Danielson vs. Fish2010

All TV Shows (12)

• Before the Impact2021 · as Rich Swann
• MLW Fusion2018 · as Rich swann
• MLW Fusion2018
• MLW Fusion2018 · as Rich Swan
• WWE 205 Live2016 · as Rich Swann
• WWE 205 Live2016
• WWE Cruiserweight Classic2016 · as Rich Swann
• WWE NXT2010 · as Rich Swann
• TNA iMPACT!2004 · as Rich Swann
• TNA iMPACT!2004
• Raw1993
• WWE Pay Per View1985