Davey Richards
Wesley David Richards (born March 1, 1983), best known under the ring name Davey Richards, is a retired American professional wrestler. Best known for his time in Impact Wrestling and Ring of Honor, and for several independent promotions, including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Full Impact Pro, he was previously signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he was a former MLW National Openweight Champion.
| Davey Richards | |
|---|---|
Richards making his entrance in November 2013 | |
| Birth name | Wesley David Richards |
| Born | March 1, 1983 Othello, Washington, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Christie Summers
(m. 2008; div. 2010)Melissa Richards
(m. 2019; div. 2023) |
| Children | 1 |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Davey Phoenix Davey Richards Snowball Wayne Kerr Derek Billington |
| Billed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Billed weight | 202 lb (92 kg) |
| Billed from | Othello, Washington St. Louis, Missouri |
| Trained by | Tony Kozina Paul Orndorff |
| Debut | 2004 |
| Retired | March 17, 2023 |
Richards also worked internationally 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 in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Richards was a former one-time ROH World Champion. He is also an thirteen-time world tag team champion, having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship three times (once with Rocky Romero and twice with Eddie Edwards), as well as a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion (with Rocky Romero) and the TNA World Tag Team Champion with Eddie Edwards five times. He has also won several titles in the Independent circuit, most notably the CZW World Heavyweight Championship, PWG World Championship, the FIP World Heavyweight Championship twice and the PWG World Tag Team Championship three times (with Super Dragon twice and Roderick Strong once). Richards was the winner of several tournaments that highlight the top performers of the United States, most notably East Coast Wrestling Association's (ECWA) Super 8 Tournament in 2006 and PWG's Battle of Los Angeles in the same year.