However, he made one more final television appearance, defeating Sky's fellow Experience members Big Duke and Xtian Cole. All of the wrestlers came out from the back and gave Ricker a standing ovation. After the cameras went off, Ricker got on the microphone and thanked all of the fans for coming out, saying it would be the last time he would be seen in a ring for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. Ricker would lose the championship to Scorpio Sky in a Loser Leaves Hollywood match later that night this match was scheduled to air on June 2, on tape delay, but was never aired due to the controversial finish. That same night, he successfully defended the title against Ryan Taylor. On May 5, 2013, Ricker won the 30-Man Red Carpet Rumble for the CWFH Heritage Heavyweight Championship in homage to his late friend and manager Percy Pringle. However, he won the Percy Pringle III Cup, where the winner earned a shot at any championship, any time, any place. On December 24, Ricker unsuccessfully challenged Adam Pearce for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. Ricker wrestling as Slate Randall in February 2014 Ricker then feuded with Cage for several months, staying even on victories until late 2012, when Ricker defeated Cage. After holding the titles for over 200 days, the Natural Selection lost them to The Tribe due to Cage missing the event and becoming a handicap match. He joined forces with Brian Cage, forming The Natural Selection tag team and winning the NWA Heritage Tag Team Championship on December 8, from The RockNES Monsters. In December 2010, Ricker moved to work for NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood. National Wrestling Alliance (2009–2012) NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (2010–2013) On November 9, 2004, Deuce won the HWA Television Championship, and dropped it on January 4, 2005. He began working regularly for the Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) later that year under the ring name Deuce. Ricker moved to Cincinnati after high school and began training at the age of 20 on March 17, 2003, supporting himself with work at a wood mill and a Ruby Tuesday restaurant.
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Professional wrestling career Early career (2003–2010)
Ricker is a graduate of North Hagerstown High School. The youngest of three children, he started watching professional wrestling at the age of three. Shaun Ricker was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, on November 1, 1982.
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Outside of wrestling, Ricker appeared as a cast member on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's 2013 reality show The Hero, had a small role in a 2015 episode of the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and provided the motion capture for other WWE wrestlers in many of the WWE 2K series of video games. He betrayed the group a few months later and reverted back to his LA Knight persona, subsequently resuming his in-ring wrestling career and accumulating an enormous level of fan support due to his promo delivery skills and character work despite being booked to lose most of his matches. He moved up to the main roster in 2022 and was given a manager role, portraying a talent agent named Max Dupri who led the Maximum Male Models group. He left the NWA in 2021 to rejoin WWE, where he returned to NXT and was renamed LA Knight.
He also won Impact's Feast or Fired briefcase twice.Īfter leaving Impact in 2019, Ricker signed with the rebooted NWA, where he became a one-time NWA World Tag Team Champion alongside James Storm. He signed with Impact Wrestling in 2015 and soon found breakout success, becoming a one-time Impact Global Champion, one-time TNA King of the Mountain Champion, and one-time Impact World Tag Team Champion alongside Scott Steiner. After leaving in 2013, he signed a developmental contract with WWE and performed in its then-developmental territory NXT under the ring name Slate Randall, before being released in 2014. He joined Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CW) in 2010, when the promotion was affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Ricker began his wrestling career on the independent circuit in 2003. He is also known for his time in Impact Wrestling, where he performed under the ring name Eli Drake. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name LA Knight. Shaun Ricker (born November 1, 1982) is an American professional wrestler.
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