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 (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.
97 acting credits
Acting · 97
Raw
1993
Paul American
2025
WWE NXT
2010
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Main Event
2012
Celebrity Family Feud
2015
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Raw Talk
2016
TNA iMPACT!
2004
NWA Powerrr
2019
WWE's Greatest Moments
2025
The SmackDown LowDown
2022
WWE Superstar Profiles
2025
Championship Wrestling from Hollywood
2010
WWE Backlash 2025
2025
Royal Rumble 2026
2026
WrestleMania XL Sunday
2024
WWE WrestleMania 42 – Saturday
2026
The Hero
2013
WWE Royal Rumble 2025
2025
WrestleMania 41: Saturday
2025
WWE Money in the Bank 2025
2025
WWE SummerSlam 2024
2024
Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal
2024
WWE Wrestlepalooza
2025
WWE Money in the Bank 2023
2023
WWE SummerSlam 2023
2023
WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth
2024
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2024
2024
WWE Payback 2023
2023
WWE Money in the Bank 2024
2024
WWE Royal Rumble 2023
2023
WWE Crown Jewel
2024
WWE Royal Rumble 2024
2024
WWE Crown Jewel
2023
Elimination Chamber
2026
WWE Clash in Paris 2025
2025
WWE Power Series: Triple H
2014
WWE Fastlane 2023
2023
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound for Glory 2018
2018
NXT TakeOver 36
2021
WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2022
2022
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2
2016
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day One)
2016
WWE Hall of Fame 2025
2025
TNA: Bound for Glory
2016
IMPACT Wrestling vs. Lucha Underground 2018
2018
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
2025
Bar Wrestling 12: Aunt May
2018
WrestleCade SuperShow 2017
2017
Bar Wrestling 31: Three's Company - Night 2
2019
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night 1
2021
WWE Money in the Bank Kickoff 2024
2024
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017
2017
NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day
2021
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV
2017
TNA Bound for Glory 2015
2015
IMPACT Wrestling: Redemption 2018
2018
Bar Wrestling
2017
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: New Beginnings 2019
2019
TNA One Night Only: TNA Gut Check 2015
2015
AAA: Lucha Libre World Cup 2016 (Day Two)
2016
Bar Wrestling 20: Ain't My First Rodeo Drive!
2018
NWA Into the Fire
2019
NWA Hard Times
2020
TNA Turning Point 2016
2016
TNA One Night Only: Live! 2016
2016
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Cali Combat
2018
TNA No Surrender 2015
2015
WWE Elimination Chamber 2024: Perth - Kickoff
2024
Bar Wrestling 30: Three's Company - Night 1
2019
TNA Hardcore Justice 2015
2015
ROH: Best In The World
2019
TNA One Night Only: September 2016
2016
NXT WarGames 2021
2021
NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021
2021
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2
2016
TNA One Night Only: Against All Odds 2016
2016
TNA Sacrifice 2016
2016
TNA Slammiversary 2016
2016
Bar Wrestling 11: April O'Neil
2018
Bar Wrestling 25: We're All Mad Here
2018
Bar Wrestling 4: Autumn In LA
2017
TNA Turning Point 2015
2015
Bar Wrestling 7: A Christmas Special
2017
Saturday Night's Main Event XL
2025
Elimination Chamber: Post-Show
2026
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 4
2016
IMPACT Wrestling: One Night Only: Night of the Dummies
2018
TNA One Night Only: December 2016
2016
TNA LockDown 2016
2016
IMPACT Wrestling: Homecoming 2019
2019
IMPACT One Night Only: Zero Fear
2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Collision in Oklahoma
2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Canadian Clash
2018
IMPACT One Night Only: Back to Cali
2018