Ric Converse
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| Ric Converse | |
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| Ring name(s) | Ric Converse Slick Daddy Slick Ric |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Billed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Born | December 26, 1979 Morningside, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resides | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Billed from | Morningside, North Carolina |
| Trained by | Ken Spence |
| Debut | January 23, 1999 |
Richard (Ric) Converse (born December 26, 1979) is an American professional wrestler currently working on the Independent circuit where he is a former AWA World Heavyweight Champion.
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[edit] Career
Making his debut in 1999 in his hometown Winston-Salem, Converse dubbed himself "Slick Ric" and "Slick Diddy" (parodies of Ric Flair and Sean Combs respectively) and portrayed a cocky heel. Competing in independent promotions in the Mid-Atlantic region he gained his first title victory on March 17, 2001 with an ECPW Tag Team title victory alongside erstwhile rival the Lumbee Warrior. Regional singles titles success followed with Converse eventually graduating to a position on the roster of the revamped American Wrestling Association.
Converse (now dubbing himself "The 1st" Ric Converse) won the AWA Heavyweight Championship when he defeated ZERO1 wrestler Takao Omori for the title on June 14, 2006. Converse achieved a near-7 month reign before finally being defeated by Steve Corino on January 7, 2007 including victories over John Heidenreich and Aaron Aguilera and Shannon Moore (formerly Jesús in WWE).
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Ric-Tor Scale (Inverted scoop slam piledriver)
- Spinning high angle sitout spinebuster
- Sleeper slam
- Second-rope diving leg drop
- Reverse STO
- Superplex
- Northern Lights suplex
- Belly to back suplex
- Sitout crucifix powerbomb
- Running jumping bulldog
- Corner sitout powerbomb
- Russian legsweep
- Inverted double underhook facebuster
[edit] Championships and achievements
- AWA Superstars of Wrestling
- East Coast Professional Wrestling
- EPCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Lumbee Warrior
[edit] Personal life
Converse rates his favourite wrestlers as Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Triple H and Christian Cage [1].
