Multiple Promotions Cut Ties with Davey Richards Over Domestic Abuse Allegations, Richards Responds

Major League Wrestling talent Davey Richards reportedly is currently facing allegations of domestic violence, according to Fightful.

Sean Ross Sapp reported that his sources stated that this was the reason why multiple promotions recently sent official statements announcing that they have cut all ties with Richards after becoming aware of the allegations against him. Those who have cut ties with Richards were Team Ambition, Prestige Wrestling, and St. Louis Anarchy. Richards himself recently disabled his Twitter account over the issue.

🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🚨

Thank you for your ongoing support! pic.twitter.com/dXD3JyAenb

— Team Ambition (@TeamAmbitionSTL) March 17, 2023

Effective immediately Prestige Wrestling has cut ties with Davey Richards.

We will have updates soon on any matches/plans that involved Davey Richards.

Thank you.

— Prestige Wrestling (@WrestlePrestige) March 17, 2023

Davey Richards is off our April 14th event. A new main event will be announced at 2pm CT.

— St. Louis Anarchy (@stlanarchy) March 16, 2023

Richards is currently scheduled to compete for Over The Top Wrestling at their ScrapperMania 7 event this Saturday in Dublin, Ireland and for Game Changer Wrestling at their Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 9 event on March 30th in Los Angeles, California. It is currently not known if Richards will also be pulled from those events due to the current allegations against him.

In an official statement earlier today to PWInsider, Richards denied that the allegations against him are true. Richards also stated that will be retiring from wrestling after this weekend due to him not wanting to “tarnish” the name of professional wrestling.

“Hello everyone –

Wow, what a couple of days.

There are allegations of Domestic Violence against me.

The allegations I adamantly deny and if you look on casenet in MO under my name Wesley David Richards you’ll see there are no charges filed against me.

However, I do understand the industry’s stance on this matter.

Everyone should feel safe at shows and I do not want to be the person whom damages that.

The pic being posted of my wife’s eye is from training and we regulatory train in martial arts as many of the students have have got black eyes and such.

Again, no charges were filed and I deny these allegations but I must do what is right and not what I want.

So I am canceling myself.

This great sport is far too wonderful for anyone, including myself to tarnish it.

I will wrap up my shows this weekend and I will be retiring from professional wrestling.

Please continue to support Team Ambition and this sport.

Davey”