Richie Steamboat

Title History

• EWA (Exodus Wrestling Alliance) Florida Heavyweight title defeating Mr. Florida (August 9, 2008);
• EWA (Exodus Wrestling Alliance) Missouri Heavyweight title defeating Terry Murdoch (October 31, 2008);
• EWA (Exodus Wrestling Alliance) Georgia Heavyweight title defeating Bobby Eaton (November 25, 2008);

Career Highlights

In The Beginning:

• March 29, 1987 – Wrestlemania III: Ricky Steamboat defeated Randy “Macho Man” Savage to win the WWF Intercontinental title..
• ~~~~~~~~~Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat brought his wife (Bonnie) and the “Little Dragon” (a young Richie) to the ring with him..
• Independent Circuit:
• July 25, 2008–Premiere Wrestling Showcase: Ricky Steamboat Jr. (Debut) defeated George South Jr.
• August 9, 2008–Exodus Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Mr. Florida to win the EWA Florida Heavyweight title.
• September 4, 2008–Exodus Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Steamboat Jr. left the Florida championship to return to Hawaii.
• September 19, 2008–World League Wrestling: Naomichi Marufuji and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Bao Nguyen and Takeshi Morishima.
• October 18, 2008–World League Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Darin Waid.
• October 24, 2008–World League Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Darin Waid & Tommaso Ciampa in Triple Threat Match.
• October 31, 2008–World League Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. beat Terry Murdoch to win the EWA Missouri Heavyweight Title.
• November 15, 2008–IWA Mid-South: Prince Mustafa Ali defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• November 22, 2008–World League Wrestling: Darin Waid defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• November 25, 2008–Exodus Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Bobby Eaton to retain the Missouri State title..
• November 25, 2008–Exodus Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Bobby Eaton to win the EWA Georgia Heavyweight title
• December 6, 2008–Highspots presents The Nature Boy: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated “The Man Scout” Jake Manning..
• January 6, 2009–Exodus Wrestling Alliance: Ricky Steamboat Jr. left his titles to go to Japan.
• Pro Wrestling NOAH:
• January 23, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Makoto Hashi defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• February 15, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Akira Taue and Taiji Ishimori defeated Buchanan and Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• February 18, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Kotaro Suzuki & Mohammed Yone & Takeshi Rikio defeated Buchanan & Ricky Steamboat Jr. & Roderick Strong
• February 21, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Atsushi Aoki and Naomichi Marufuji defeated Doug Williams and Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• February 22, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated Ippei Ota and Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• March 1, 2009–Pro Wrestling NOAH: Kentaro Shiga & Kishin Kawabata & Takuma Sano defeated Junji Izumida & Ricky Steamboat Jr. & Tamon Honda.
• Independent Circuit:
• March 8, 2009–Kensuke Office Pro-Wrestling: Katsuhiko Nakajima and Takashi Okita defeated Ippei Ota and Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• May 9, 2009–Premiere Wrestling Showcase: Caleb Konley and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jake Manning and Joey Silvia.
• May 23, 2009–NWA Charlotte: Vordell Walker defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• May 30, 2009–NWA Charlotte: The American Gangsters (Frank and Nicky) defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr. and Zack Salvation.
• July 10, 2009–World League Wrestling: Superstar Steve beat Brian Breaker and Ricky Steamboat Jr. to retain WLW title..
• July 11, 2009–NWA Mid Atlantic: Ricky Nelson defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr. to retain NWA Mid-Atlantic Junior Title.
• World Wrestling Council:
• July 24, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Ricky Reyes.
• July 26, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Tommy Diablo.
• July 31, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Orlando Colon defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• August 2, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Mr. X
• August 8, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Hiram Tua.
• August 14, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Hiram Tua defeated Ricky Steamboat Jr.
• August 15, 2009–World Wrestling Council: Ricky Steamboat and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Hiram Túa and Orlando Colón..
• All Star Wrestling:
• October 2, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Mark Haskins.
• October 3, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Karl Kramer.
• October 13, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Mikey Whiplash.
• October 18, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Gladiator Goliath and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jamie Gardner and Steve Allison.
• October 26, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jimmy Jacobs.
• October 27, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jimmy Jacobs.
• October 30, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. and Tatanka defeated Doug Williams and Nick Aldis.
• October 31, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Dunk The Clown and Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jamie Gardner and Steve Allison.
• November 1, 2009–All Star Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Mikey Whiplash
• November 13-14, 2009–Northeast Wrestling: Ricky Steamboat Jr. defeated Jake Manning in Waterbury, Connecticut..
• December 12, 2009–NWA Mid-Atlantic: NWA Mid-Atlantic junior heavyweight champion Rikki Nelson defeated Richie Steamboat to retain the title.
• WWE / Florida Championship Wrestling – Richie Steamboat:
• December 2009: Ricky Steamboat Jr. signed a developmental contract with WWE and planed to relocate to Tampa, Florida..
• February 11, 2010: Richie Steamboat made his debut with Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa, Florida..
• February 18, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Heath Slater defeated Richie Steamboat (Debut).
• February 19, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Johnny Curtis defeated Richie Steamboat.
• February 25, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Richie Steamboat defeated Donny Marlow.
• March 4, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Derrick Bateman.
• March 11, 2010- FCW: Justin Gabriel & Kaval & Joe Hennig & Richie Steamboat defeated Wade Barrett & Curt Hawkins & Alex Riley & Johnny Curtis.
• March 2010: Richie Steamboat tore his PCL, which will likely require surgery and sideline him for several months.
• WWE / Florida Championship Wrestling – Richie Steamboat:
• June 18, 2010–FCW: Richie Steamboat and Ricky Steamboat defeated The Dudebusters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta).
• June 24, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Richie Steamboat defeated Donny Marlow w/Brodus Clay.
• July 8, 2010–Florida Championship Wrestling: Richie Steamboat defeated Caylen Croft.
• July 15, 2010–FCW: Derrick Bateman and Richie Steamboat defeated The Dudebusters (Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta).
• July 22, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat was in the Generations Superstars won by Bo Rotundo.
• August 15, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Trent Baretta.
• August 18, 2010 – FCW: Mason Ryan defeated Richie Steamboat to retain the FCW Championship.
• August 19, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Jinder Mahal (Before the match; Jinder Mahal said his win over Richie last week was his way of using the Steamboat legacy as a stepping stone).
• August 26, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat and Wes Brisco defeated The Dudebusters (Caylen Croft and Trent Baretta).
• September 5, 2010 – FCW: Jinder Mahal defeated Richie Steamboat.
• September 9, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Roman Leakee.
• September 15, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Michael McGillicutty in a Lumberjack Match (There was a big chaotic brawl after the match until G.M. Maxine came out to stop it!).. Richie Steamboat defeated Lucky Cannon and Jacob Novak and Leo Kruger in a 4-WAY.
• September 19, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Alex Riley.
• September 21, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Jacob Novak.
• September 23, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat vs. Tito Colon ended in a draw in a 15 Minute Iron Man Match.
• October 28, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Byron Saxton.
• November 11, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Hunico and Seth Rollins (pinned) in a 3-WAY.
• December 2, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins defeated Jacob Novak and Jinder Mahal.
• December 9, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Seth Rollins in a 15 Minute Challenge Match.
• December 17, 2010 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Chimaera (Ricardo Rodriguez under a mask).
• January 2, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Seth Rollins in a 15 minutes challenge.
• January 6, 2011 – FCW: Titus O’Neil and Damien Sandow defeated Seth Rollins and Richie Steamboat to retain the FCW Tag Team titles.
• January 16, 2011 – FCW: Calvin Raines defeated Bo Rotundo and Brad Maddox and Damien Sandow and Hunico and Jinder Mahal and Kenny Li and Lucky Cannon and Marcus Owens and Percy Watson and Peter Orlov and Richie Steamboat and Roman Leakee and Seth Rollins and Titus O’Neill and Xavier Woods in the Grande Royal.
• January 23, 2011 – FCW: Damien Sandow and Titus O’Neill defeated Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins to retain the titles.
• January 30, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Titus O’Neill (w/ Damien Sandow).
• March 13, 2011 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Seth Rollins vs. Richie Steamboat ended in a Time Limit Draw.
• March 20, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Bobby Dutch.
• April 10, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins defeated Damien Sandow and Titus O’Neill in a non-title match.
• May 1, 2011 – FCW: Brett DiBiase and Lucky Cannon (w/ Aksana and Maxine) defeated Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins.
• May 8, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins defeated Brett DiBiase and Lucky Cannon (w/ Aksana and Maxine) to retain the titles.
• June 5, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins defeated Los Aviadores (Epico and Hunico) to retain the titles.
• June 26, 2011 – FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Bo Rotundo defeated Leo Kruger and Lucky Cannon and Richie Steamboat to retain the title.
• July 17, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Ricardo Rodriguez.
• July 24, 2011 – FCW: Bo Rotundo, Leakee and Richie Steamboat defeated Alexander Rusev, Big E. Langston and Calvin Raines.
• August 7, 2011 – FCW: Brad Maddox defeated Percy Watson and Richie Steamboat in a 3-way match.
• September 4, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Colin Cassady and Rodney Thomas (w/ Brad Maddox) by disqualification in a handicap match.
• September 11, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Brad Maddox.
• October 2, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Brad Maddox.
• October 30, 2011 – FCW: Husky Harris vs. Richie Steamboat ended in a no contest.
• November 13, 2011 – FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Leo Kruger defeated Husky Harris and Richie Steamboat in a 3-way to retain the title.
• November 20, 2011 – FCW: Husky Harris defeated Richie Steamboat in a Falls count anywhere match.
• November 27, 2011 – FCW: Abraham Washington defeated Derrick Bateman and Husky Harris and Richie Steamboat in a 4-way #1 contenders match.
• December 11, 2011 – FCW: Richie Steamboat vs. Seth Rollins ended in a no contest.
• January 8, 2012 – FCW: Husky Harris defeated Richie Steamboat in a Texas Bullrope Match.
• January 22, 2012 – FCW: Mike Dalton defeats Big E. Langston and Brad Maddox and Briley Pierce and Damien Sandow and Dean Ambrose and Epico and Hunico and Husky Harris and Kenneth Cameron and Leakee and Richie Steamboat and Rick Victor and Xavier Woods won the Grande Royal.
• January 29, 2012 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow to win the FCW 15 Title.
• February 5, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat defeated Damien Sandow by disqualification in a non-title match.
• February 26, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat vs. Damien Sandow ended in a Time Limit Draw.
• March 18, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat vs. Antonio Cesaro ended in a Time Limit Draw.
• April 8, 2012- FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat vs. Antonio Cesaro ended in a 20 minutes Time Limit Draw.
• May 6, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat defeated Antonio Cesaro in a 30 minutes iron man match to retain the title.
• May 13, 2012 – FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Rick Victor (w/ Paige and Sofia Cortez) in a non-title match.
• May 18, 2012–FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Briley Pierce.
• May 20, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat vs. Brad Maddox ended in a Time Limit Draw.
• May 24, 2012–NXT: Richie Steamboat defeated Rick Victor.
• June 2-3, 2012–WWE House Show: Damien Sandow defeated Richie Steamboat.
• June 3, 2012 – FCW: FCW Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defeated Richie Steamboat to retain the title.
• June 7, 2012–Superstars: Richie Steamboat defeated JTG in a dark match.
• June 8, 2012–FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Bray Wyatt.
• June 20, 2012–FCW: FCW 15 champion Richie Steamboat defeated Leo Kruger in a best 2 out of 3 falls match to retain the title.
• June 22, 2012–FCW: Dean Ambrose defeated Richie Steamboat.
• June 27, 2012–NXT: Richie Steamboat defeated Rick Victor.
• July 8, 2012 – FCW: FCW 15 Champion Richie Steamboat defeated Antonio Cesaro to retain the title.
• July 18, 2012–NXT: Leo Kruger defeated Richie Steamboat.
• July 19, 2012–FCW: Leakee, Richie Steamboat and Seth Rollins defeated Brad Maddox, Kassius Ohno and Leo Kruger in a texas tornado tag team match.
• August 1, 2012–FCW: Richie Steamboat defeated Leo Kruger in the quarter-finals.
• August 1, 2012–FCW: Leo Kruger defeated Richie Steamboat.
• August 15, 2012–NXT: Jinder Mahal defeated Richie Steamboat in the semi-finals.
• September 5, 2012–NXT: Richie Steamboat defeated Kassius Ohno by disqualification.
• September 26, 2012–NXT: Richie Steamboat defeated Kassius Ohno.
• October 3, 2012–NXT: Drew McIntyre defeated Richie Steamboat.
• October 17, 2012–NXT: Kassius Ohno, Conor O’Brian and Kenneth Cameron defeated Richie Steamboat & The Usos.
• October 24, 2012–NXT House Show: Richie Steamboat defeated Kassius Ohno.
• November 21, 2012–NXT: Richie Steamboat defeated Kassius Ohno.
• December 2013–Richie Steamboat (Richard Blood Jr.) is still under contract to WWE. The son of WWE legend Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat hasn’t wrestled in about a year due to back injuries which as of the last we had heard were considered career threatening. There is still no estimate on when he will return.
• April 2015: Richie Steamboat’s dad Ricky confirmed in an interview that Richie will no longer be able to wrestle. He injured 4 discs in his back and has had surgery but won’t be able to follow in his footsteps.