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Richard (Ric) Converse (born December 26, 1979) is an American professional wrestler currently working on the Independent circuit where he is a former WSL World Heavyweight Champion. 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 WSL Heavyweight Championship when he defeated ZERO1 wrestler 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 (formerly Jesús in WWE). He currently wrestles for CWF-Mid Atlantic based in Burlington, NC, and is the current CWF-Mid Atlantic Heavyweight Champion. In wrestling *Finishing moves **Ric-Tor Scale (Michinoku Driver II) **Spinning high angle sitout spinebuster *Signature moves **Corner sitout powerbomb **Inverted double underhook facebuster **Mutiple suplex variations ***Belly to back ***Northern Lights ***Super **Reverse STO **Running jumping bulldog **Russian legsweep **Second-rope diving leg drop **Sitout crucifix powerbomb **Sleeper slam Championships and achievements *AWA Superstars of Wrestling / Wrestling Superstars Live **AWA Superstars of Wrestling/ WSL World Heavyweight Championship (1 time) **AWA Superstars of Wrestling/ WSL World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Xsiris *East Coast Professional Wrestling **EPCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Lumbee Warrior Personal life Converse rates his favourite wrestlers as Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Triple H and Christian Cage.
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