Ricky Steamboat

Richard Henry Blood Jr. (West Point, 28 de fevereiro de 1953) é um ex-lutador de wrestling profissional norte-americano mais conhecido pelo ring name de Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Durante sua carreira trabalhou para as principais promoções dos Estados Unidos entre elas: American Wrestling Association (AWA), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) e World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment/WWE.

Carreira

• Circuito independente (1976–1977)
• National Wrestling Alliance / Jim Crockett Promotions (1977–1985)
• World Wrestling Federation (1985–1988)
• National Wresting Alliance / World Championship Wrestling (1989)
• World Wrestling Federation (1991)
• World Championship Wrestling (1991–1994)
• Retirada e aparições esporádicas (1994-presente)
• World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE (2005-presente)

No wrestling

• Finishing moves
  • Diving crossbody^[2]
  • Seated double chickenwing^[2]
  • Superplex

• Signature moves
  • Arm drag
  • Dropkick
  • Electric chair drop
  • Front powerslam
  • Kneeling facebuster
  • Multiple chop variations
    • Cross
    • Diving overhead
    • Kesagiri
    • Knife-edged
    • Mongolian
  • Neckbreaker slam
  • Scoop slam
  • Seated armbar
  • Skin the cat
  • Small package
  • Spinning wheel kick
  • Spinning spinebuster

• Música de entrada
  • "Sirius" por The Alan Parsons Project
  • "Dragon Attack" por Queen
  • "One" por Creed (Utilizada durante sua passagem pela RAW e turnês em Sydney, Australia em 2006 e Porto Rico em 2007)

Campeonatos e prêmios

• Maple Leaf Wrestling
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 vez)^[3]1

• Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling / World Championship Wrestling
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship (2 vezes)^[3]
  • NWA Mid-Atlantic Tag Team Championship (4 vezes)^[3] – com Paul Jones (3) e Jay Youngblood (1)
  • NWA Television Championship (2 vezes)^[3]
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)^[3]
  • NWA United States Heavyweight Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (1 vez)^[3]
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)²
  • NWA World Tag Team Championship (Mid-Atlantic version) (6 vezes)^[3] – com Jay Youngblood (5) e Paul Jones (1)
  • WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 vez)^[3]
  • WCW World Tag Team Championship (2 vezes)^[3] – com Dustin Rhodes (1) e Shane Douglas (1)
  • WCW World Television Championship (2 vezes)^[3]

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI Rookie of the Year (1977)^[4]
  • PWI Tag Team of the Year (1978)^[4] com Paul Jones
  • PWI Match of the Year (1987)^[5] vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage no WrestleMania III
  • PWI Match of the Year (1989)^[5] vs. Ric Flair no WrestleWar
  • PWI Stanley Weston Award (1995)^[4]
  • PWI Editor's Award^[4]
  • PWI classificou na posição #7 entre os 500 melhores lutadores individuais no PWI 500 em 1991.^[5]
  • PWI classificou na posição #19 entre as Top 100 Tag Teams ono "PWI Years" com Jay Youngblood em 2003^[6]

• Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
  • Class of 2002^[5]

• World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
  • WWF Intercontinental Championship (1 vez)^[3]
  • WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2009)

• Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
  • Five Star Match (1989) vs. Ric Flair: Chi-Town Rumble
  • Five Star Match (1989) vs. Ric Flair: 2-Out-Of-3 Falls Match, Clash Of The Champions VI
  • Five Star Match (1989) vs. Ric Flair: WrestleWar
  • Tag Team of the Year (1983)^[5] com Jay Youngblood
  • Best Worked Match of the Year (1987)^[5] vs. Randy Savage no WrestleMania III
  • Best Worked Match of the Year (1989)^[5] vs. Ric Flair at Clash of the Champions VI
  • Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)^[5]

¹Durante este tempo o título era defendido quase que exclusivamente na Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling. Em algumas ocasiões era defendido em outras promoções graças a acordos entre estas e a Mid-Atlantic.
²Steamboat venceu o título após Ted Turner comprar Mid-Atlantic Championship wrestling de Jim Crockett e renomear para World Championship Wrestling.

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