Ricochet

Wrestler

Popular As Ricochet (wrestler)

Birthday October 11, 1988

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Alton, Illinois, U.S.

Age 35 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5 ft 9 in

Weight 188 lb

#1379 Most Popular

1988

Trevor Dean Mann (born October 11, 1988) is an American professional wrestler.

He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Ricochet.

2003

Trevor Mann started out in Chaos Pro Wrestling in 2003 under the ring name Ricochet.

2006

He began competing on the independent circuit until he made his first major outing on February 6, 2006, at Insanity Pro Wrestling's Sacrifice event, where he took part in a five-man elimination match involving future long-time rival Chuck Taylor, DieHard, Tony Galloway and Ty Blade.

Ricochet was the final wrestler eliminated as Taylor pinned him to win the match.

A few weeks later on February 18, Ricochet took part in his first major championship match as he, Chuck Taylor, Jeff Jameson, Brian Sterling and Cabana Man Dan took part in another five-man elimination match at Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South's Xtreme Warfare event for the vacant Deep South Heavyweight Championship, which Cabana Man Dan won.

A few months later at IWA Mid-South's event We're No Joke!

on April 1, Ricochet took part in a nine-man Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to determine the one contender for the Light Heavyweight Championship, also involving his rival Chuck Taylor.

Although he lost the match to Darin Corbin, he was involved in an infamous spot in which he performed his finishing move, a double rotation moonsault, off of a ladder to the outside of the ring and onto the other eight competitors.

On that same day, Ricochet also competed at Insanity Pro Wrestling's event Mischief, Mayhem and Revenge, where he lost to Taylor for the promotion's Junior Heavyweight Championship.

On June 24, Ricochet made his Chikara debut as he lost in the first round of the fourth Young Lions Cup tournament against Chuck Taylor.

The following day, he teamed with Player Uno in a losing effort to Taylor and Cloudy.

A few months later on November 17 at the event Brick, Ricochet picked up his first win as a member of the Chikara roster after he, Cloudy and Mike Quackenbush defeated Cheech, Retail Dragon and Shane Storm.

The following day, Ricochet again lost to Taylor at the event Talent Borrows; Genius Steals.

2007

On February 16, 2007, at the King of Trios event, Ricochet made his first challenge for the Young Lions Cup, but was unable to defeat Max Boyer for the title.

Two days later, he lost to Claudio Castagnoli.

On April 22, Ricochet took part in the semi-finals of the first-ever Rey de Voladores tournament, where he lost in a fatal four-way elimination match involving Retail Dragon, Pac and long-time rival Chuck Taylor, the latter of whom would go on to win the tournament.

On June 23, Ricochet won his first round match of the fifth Young Lions Cup tournament after he defeated Chrisjen Hayme.

Later that day, Ricochet won a six-way elimination match in the semi-finals to advance to the final.

The next day, Ricochet lost to Chuck Taylor for the vacant Young Lions Cup.

On August 18 at the event Here Come The International Invaders, Ricochet faced and lost to Taylor in a Young Lions Cup vs. Career match, resulting in Ricochet being forced to leave Chikara.

On October 27 at New Star Navigation, Ricochet, sporting a new haircut, new attire and a wrestling mask, returned to Chikara under the ring name Helios, where he finally defeated Taylor for the Young Lions Cup.

However, Taylor disputed Helios' win by claiming that Helios was actually Ricochet in disguise.

Despite Taylor's claims, Helios' win was still ruled as valid and was thus still the official new champion.

On November 16 at Battle Of Who Could Care Less, Helios retained his Young Lions Cup title after defeating Hydra.

The following day at The Sordid Perils Of Everyday Existence, Helios again retained his title, this time against Fire Ant.

2008

On February 29, 2008, Helios teamed with Incoherence (Hallowicked and Delirious) and the three became "The Golden Trio" in order to participate in the 2008 King of Trios tournament.

After receiving a bye in the first round, The Golden Trio defeated Team IPW:UK (Martin Stone, Terry Frazier and Sha Samuels) and The Fabulous Three (Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder and Shayne Hawke) in the second and quarterfinal rounds, respectively, before losing to The BLKOUT in the semi-finals.

On April 19 at Deuces Wild, Helios successfully retained the Young Lions Cup against Lince Dorado.

2010

Mann is also known for his tenure with Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) from 2010 to 2018, where he is a former World Champion, and the only two time Battle of Los Angeles (BOLA) winner, winning the 2014 and 2017 tournaments.

Mann also worked for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–based Chikara promotion, working under a mask as Helios.

2013

Outside of WWE, Mann is best known for his tenure with various Japanese promotions such as Dragon Gate (DG) and its American branch Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA), where he held the Open the Brave, Dream, Triangle, Twin and Freedom Gate Championships once, and also won the 2013 King of Gate, DDT Pro-Wrestling's umbrella brand CyberFight, where he won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship once, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he won the 2014 Best of the Super Juniors tournament, and the 2015 Super Junior Tag League tournament alongside Matt Sydal, in addition to being a former three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion and a former three-time NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champion.

Mann also wrestled as Prince Puma for American promotion Lucha Underground, where he was the inaugural and first ever two-time Lucha Underground Champion.

2018

Mann officially took the moniker of Ricochet in 2018 when he signed on with the WWE.

In this role, he eventually marshalled a reputation for his wrestling performance, marked by innovative acrobatics, agile movement, mid-air flexibility and coordination.

Ricochet defeated Fabian Aichner in his debut match for NXT and later competed at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans for the NXT North American Championship, a title he would eventually win four months later at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV.

2019

In February 2019, Ricochet started appearing on the main roster, making appearances on Raw and SmackDown Live.

This led to him teaming with Aleister Black, winning the fourth annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and challenging for the Raw Tag Team Championship at Fastlane and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 35.

After officially moving to the main roster following WrestleMania 35, Ricochet would win his first main roster title, the United States Championship, at Stomping Grounds.

He later would go on to win the Intercontinental Championship on an episode of SmackDown in 2022, making him the first wrestler to hold all of WWE's three major secondary titles.