me ▁Wrestling ' s ▁( w X w ) ▁ 1 6 ▁Car at ▁Gold ▁tournament . ▁While ▁being ▁elimin ated ▁from ▁the ▁tournament ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁round ▁match ▁against ▁Go ▁Sh io z aki ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Rich ards ▁made ▁it ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁semif inals ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁defe ating ▁Jon ▁Ryan ▁and ▁Z ack ▁Sab re , ▁Jr . ▁along ▁the ▁way , ▁before ▁losing ▁to ▁event ual ▁tournament ▁winner , ▁Sam i ▁Cal li han . ▁ ▁In ▁mid - 2 0 0 9 , ▁Rich ards ▁began ▁compet ing ▁for ▁Dragon ▁Gate ▁USA ▁and ▁performed ▁at ▁the ▁promotion ' s ▁Open ▁the ▁U nt ouch able ▁Gate ▁show , ▁where ▁he ▁defeated ▁Sh ingo ▁Tak agi . ▁After ▁his ▁match , ▁Bry an ▁Daniel son ▁pra ised ▁Rich ards ▁and ▁tout ed ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁wrest ler ▁in ▁the ▁world , ▁but ▁Rich ards ▁attacked ▁Daniel son ▁claim ing ▁that ▁he ▁already ▁des erved ▁that ▁title . ▁On ▁November ▁ 2 8 , ▁Rich ards ▁competed ▁in ▁a ▁tournament ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁D G USA ▁Open ▁the ▁Fre edom ▁Gate ▁Champion , ▁but ▁lost ▁to ▁Yam ato ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round . ▁After ▁B x B ▁H ulk ▁won ▁the ▁championship ▁later ▁that ▁night , ▁Rich ards ▁challeng ed ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁championship ▁match ▁before ▁attack ing ▁him . ▁He ▁also ▁began ▁compet ing ▁for ▁D G USA ' s ▁parent ▁promotion , ▁Dragon ▁Gate