Shaun Ricker

Shaun Ricker is an American professional wrestler and actor He is signed to WWE performing on the SmackDown brand as a manager under the ring name LA Knight Ricker is also known for his time with Impact Wrestling 20152019 as Eli Drake Ricker has also worked extensively on the US independent wrestling circuit and has been signed by prominent promotions like Championship Wrestling from Hollywood 20102013 under his real name and the National Wrestling Alliance 20192021 as Eli Drake Ricker began his wrestling career in 2003 on the independent circuit He later joined the thenNWAaffiliated Championship Wrestling from Hollywood then called either NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood or NWA Hollywood in 2010 After leaving CWFH in 2013 Ricker signed a developmental contract with WWE and performed on NXT then a minor production with a hybrid reality TVwrestling format as Slate Randall WWE released him in 2014 Ricker signed with Impact Wrestling then called Total Nonstop Action Wrestling TNA until rebranding in 2017 in 2015 Ricker found great success in ImpactTNA holding the Impact Global Championship the TNA King of the Mountain Championship and the Impact World Tag Team Championship with Scott Steiner once each He also won Impacts Feast or Fired briefcase twice After leaving Impact in 2019 Ricker signed with the recentlyrebooted NWA and held the NWA World Tag Team Championship with James Storm once Ricker left the NWA in 2021 to resign with WWE His character name changed to LA Knight and he was again assigned to NXT which while he was gone had developed into a major production on par with WWEs top 2 TV franchises Raw and Smackdown He is considered one of the best promo cutters of the modern professional wrestling era Outside of wrestling Ricker appeared as a cast member on the TNT reality series The Hero hosted by Dwayne The Rock Johnson He also appeared in an episode of Brooklyn NineNine in 2015