Rich Swann arrested and indefinitely suspended by WWE after arrest after eyewitnesses saw him angrily shove his wife into car as she fled from him

Rich Swann, a member of the WWE Cruiserweight Division and 205 Live, has been indefinitely suspended by WWE following an arrest for allegedly battering his wife (Vannarah Riggs, who wrestles as Su Yung) in the streets of Gainesville, Fla. An ABC News report chronicled what happened based on the police report:

Swann was driving with his wife of nine months, Vannarah Riggs, after she had just been in a match when they got into an argument, the Gainesville Police Department stated in an arrest document.

“[Swann] was critiquing [his wife’s] performance and began getting angry with her,” police said in the document. She “got scared that the argument was going to escalate and got out of the car.”

Swann allegedly stopped his vehicle in the middle of traffic. He gave chase to his wife and yelled for her “to get back in the car,” police said in the arrest warrant.

As she tried to elude Swann, he chased her and when he caught up to her he “grabbed [her] by her arm and then around the neck with his arm.”

“He placed her in a headlock and dragged her back to the vehicle,” the arrest statement said. A witness allegedly observed this and saw Swann “shove her back in the car while she screamed for help,” the arrest document said.

Another witness, the complaint said, saw Swann “driving erratically” and a woman “jump out of the vehicle while it was moving and run away.”

Swann denied any physical contact with is wife, despite eyewitness accounts in stark contrast. He said she got in the car on her own and he never physically touched her. While this was going on, his car wasn’t placed in park and rolled into a nearby telephone pole.

Swann was charged with simple battery, a misdeanor, and a felony charge of false imprisonment.

WWE’s domestic violence policy states: “Upon arrest for such misconduct, a WWE talent will be immediately suspended. Upon conviction for such misconduct, a WWE talent will be immediately terminated.”

(Full news report at ABC News: CLICK HERE.)

(Keller’s Analysis: Based on WWE’s zero tolerance policy for domestic violence, and given the nature of the charges and the public eyewitness accounts, this could very well be the end of Swann’s WWE career. WWE will have to change its no. 1 contendership match scheduled for this Monday’s Raw where Swann was supposed to face Drew Gulak for the rights to face Enzo Amore for the Cruiserweight Title.)

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