About Rich Swann
Richard Anthony Swann (born February 15, 1991) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a former member of First Class. In TNA, he is a former Impact World Champion, TNA World Heavyweight Champion, Impact X Division Champion, and Impact Digital Media Champion. Swann is also known for his time in WWE, where he was a former WWE Cruiserweight Champion. Additionally, Swann has competed for promotions such as Full Impact Pro, Combat Zone Wrestling, 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. In 2021, Swann would unify the Impact World Championship and the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. In 2022, Swann would win the Impact Digital Media Championship. On January 30, 2010, Swann formed the "Irish Driveby" tag team with Ryan McBride, defeating the Spanish Armada (Alex Colon and LJ Cruz) in their first match together. On September 10, Swann and McBride entered a tournament to determine the new CZW World Tag Team Champions, defeating Team Macktion in their first round match. On November 10, Swann first unsuccessfully challenged Masada for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship during an afternoon show and later in the evening, also failed to capture the CZW Wired TV Championship from A.
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