TNA Suspends Rich Swann Following Arrest

Rich Swann has been suspended by TNA Wrestling after being arrested in June.

The former TNA World Champion was arrested on June 8 in Altamonte Springs, Florida and charged with disorderly public intoxication and causing a disturbance. TNA were seemingly unaware of Swann’s situation until they were asked to comment on the situation by POST Wrestling.

TNA have since suspended Swann, and issued the following statement:

“TNA Wrestling takes any and all charges against its performers seriously. Rich Swann is responsible for his own personal actions. He has informed TNA Wrestling that he is voluntarily entering into a substance abuse rehabilitation program. TNA Wrestling has suspended Rich pending the completion of its investigation into the incidents.”

Despite his arrest in June, Swann continued to work TNA live events, wrestling at Against All Odds in Cicero, Illinois just several days after the incident.

Swann has had several brushes with the law over the past decade. In December 2017 he was arrested in Gainesville, Florida, and charged with false imprisonment and simple domestic battery, although the charges were later dropped. In September 2022, Swann was arrested on charges of disorderly public intoxication and causing a disturbance at the apartment complex at which he lives, although this was not publicly reported at the time.