Shaun Ricker
Acting
Born 1982-11-11
Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
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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 (2015–2019, as Eli Drake). Ricker has also worked extensively on the U.S. independent wrestling circuit, and has been signed by prominent promotions like Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (2010–2013, under his real name) and the National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2021, as Eli Drake).
Ricker began his wrestling career in 2003 on the independent circuit. He later joined the then-NWA-affiliated 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 TV/wrestling 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 Impact/TNA, 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 Impact's Feast or Fired briefcase twice.
After leaving Impact in 2019, Ricker signed with the recently-rebooted NWA, and held the NWA World Tag Team Championship (with James Storm) once. Ricker left the NWA in 2021 to re-sign 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 WWE's 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 Nine-Nine in 2015.
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Acting
57 credits
Raw
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
WWE Main Event
Raw Talk
Celebrity Family Feud
WWE's Greatest Moments
NWA Powerrr
TNA iMPACT!
Paul American
TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016
The SmackDown LowDown
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
WWE SummerSlam 2026: Saturday
WWE Superstar Profiles
The Hero
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
WWE Wrestlepalooza
Royal Rumble 2026
WWE Backlash 2025
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Saturday
WrestleMania XL Sunday
Elimination Chamber
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
ROH: Best In The World
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: New Beginnings 2019
WWE SummerSlam 2024
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
WWE Fastlane 2023
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
Bar Wrestling 31: Three's Company - Night 2
WWE Crown Jewel
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
WWE Payback 2023
WWE SummerSlam 2023
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
WWE Crown Jewel
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: Perth - Kickoff
NWA Into the Fire
NXT WarGames 2021
Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA
Bar Wrestling 7: A Christmas Special
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
Bar Wrestling 11: April O'Neil
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2022
TNA One Night Only: September 2016
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