Shaun Ricker
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
94
Gender
Male
Birthday
1982-11-11 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
Shaun Ricker
Biography
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.
Known For
Raw
Raw
WWE NXT
WWE Main Event
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
WWE SmackDown
Celebrity Family Feud
Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
WWE Power Series: Triple H
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
WWE Backlash 2025
TNA iMPACT!
WWE Money in the Bank Kickoff 2024
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
Raw Talk
NWA Powerrr
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: New Beginnings 2019
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
WWE Wrestlepalooza
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
Paul American
WWE's Greatest Moments
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
WWE SummerSlam 2024
WWE SummerSlam 2023
TNA One Night Only: Live! 2016
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
The SmackDown LowDown
TNA One Night Only: December 2016
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
WrestleMania XL Sunday
TNA Slammiversary 2016
TNA One Night Only: September 2016
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
TNA Turning Point 2016
NXT TakeOver 36
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
TNA Turning Point 2015
WWE Crown Jewel
TNA No Surrender 2015
Bar Wrestling 20: Ain't My First Rodeo Drive!
WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth
Bar Wrestling 11: April O'Neil
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2
WWE Crown Jewel
Bar Wrestling 12: Aunt May
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 4
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2019
TNA Sacrifice 2016
ROH: Best In The World
WWE Payback 2023
WWE Fastlane 2023
Bar Wrestling 7: A Christmas Special
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
Bar Wrestling
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
The Hero
WWE Superstar Profiles
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
NXT WarGames 2021
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
WrestleCade SuperShow 2017
WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: Perth - Kickoff
IMPACT One Night Only: Back to Cali
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
NWA Into the Fire
Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2
TNA: Bound for Glory
IMPACT One Night Only: Canadian Clash
Bar Wrestling 31: Three's Company - Night 2
IMPACT One Night Only: Collision in Oklahoma
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2022
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016
TNA LockDown 2016
NWA Hard Times
Bar Wrestling 25: We're All Mad Here
TNA One Night Only: TNA Gut Check 2015
Bar Wrestling 30: Three's Company - Night 1
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Night of the Dummies
