IWDominate
Christian Rivera, better known as IWDominate, IWillDominate ',' is an American live streamer, YouTuber, podcaster and esports coach. He is also a retired professional League of Legends player in the LCS, and a former co-owner of The Ruddy Sack, a professional team in the Nordic scene.
Known for holding co-streams of major professional League of Legends regional and international competitions, IWDominate is one of the biggest streamers within the game's community, mostly known for his in-depth gameplay analysis and extensive experience in the League of Legends esports scene.
On the livestreaming platform Twitch, IWDominate operates ones of the most watched channels on the League of Legends category and constantly ranks as one of the top LCS co-streamers, competing in viewership with the official broadcast and Caedrel. IWDominate has also been as a caster for the Chinese League of Legends Pro League.
Early life
Rivera was born on August 13, 1990 in New York City. After his family moved to Florida when he was 5, he developed an obsession with videogames, starting with Donkey Kong and Super Mario, before moving on to real-time-strategy games such as Warcraft III. He was also heavily into tennis and baseball, competing in the United States Tennis Association and playing in the regional Florida leagues for baseball.He started playing League of Legends after watching the 2010 World Cyber Games, where he was instantly drawn to it, quickly downloading it and finding it easy, reaching rank one within six months of playing.
Rivera enrolled at the University of Miami, but after his sophomore year of college ended in 2011, he decided to drop out and pursue his professional career at 20 years old.
Professional career
Early career
After a brief stint with amateur team Haters Make Us Famous, IWDominate began his professional career in 2011, joining CompLexity Gaming as their jungler until the end of the year. In January 2012, he signed with Team Dignitas, replacing Joshua "Jatt" Leesman. With Dignitas, he helped the team qualify for the Season 2 World Championship.Suspension
Rivera's tenure at Dignitas was cut short due to repeated in-game misconduct. On December 5, 2012, Riot Games issued a one-year LCS suspension and permanently banned all of Rivera’s League accounts for toxic behavior, citing multiple Tribunal cases and consistently high rankings for verbal abuse. During his suspension, Rivera created a new account “IWDomínate” and climbed to 2,200 Elo while streaming on Twitch. Rivera developed a much-improved attitude during this period.Team Curse/Team Liquid
In mid-2013, he joined Team Curse's academy team in the Challenger Series. later serving as coach/analyst for the main roster. His LCS ban concluded in November 2013, soon afterwards he officially joined Team Curse as their starting jungler. In early 2015, Team Curse rebranded to Team Liquid following acquisition. Rivera became team captain in the Summer Split, leading Team Liquid to a 13–5 regular-season record. He was named to the 2015 Summer Split Second All-Pro Team. Though the team performed strongly in regular season, they failed to qualify for the World Championship through playoffs and qualifiers.Retirement and coaching career
In early 2016, Rivera briefly returned to the Team Liquid starting lineup for the Spring Split, but after just one game he announced his retirement from professional play. He cited a desire to move into coaching and content creation. Team Liquid immediately promoted young jungler Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett as his replacement. Rivera remained with Liquid as a positional coach for Dardoch and also appeared occasionally on the analyst desk for the LCS. In 2025, he was a consultant for Cloud9. During post-season 2025, it was announced that Rivera would be working with Cloud9 as part of their 2026 coaching staff.Post-professional play
Content creation
After formally retiring, he became a full-time streamer and content creator. He continued with Team Liquid’s organization for several years, building a personal Twitch following, achieving nearly 800,000 followers by 2020 and producing game-analysis videos and co-streams of the LCS.In August 2020, Cloud9 announced that Rivera would leave Team Liquid to join Cloud9 as a League of Legends content creator. During his tenure he continued to stream full-time, co-streaming League Championship Series broadcasts and other tournaments. Rivera remained with Cloud9 until December 2022, where they parted ways on good terms.
Rivera remains a prominent figure in the North American League community. He continues to co-stream competitive games from leagues around the world, including the LCK, LTA, LPL and LEC. He also occasionally provides analysis for Riot Games and third-party broadcasts.
The Ruddy Sack
In early 2025, Rivera expanded into team ownership, becoming co-owner of an NLC slot alongside popular content creators Jakob 'YamatoCannon' Mebdi and Jake 'DonJake' Morley for the rebranded The Ruddy Sack. The expanded team featured high-profile players such as Luka 'Perkz' Perković, Marcin 'Jankos' Jankowski, Adam 'LIDER' Ilyasov, Humzh, and Morgan 'Hustlin' Granberg, with YamatoCannon serving as coach. The team aimed at providing a different style of content creation and humour, including custom 3D environments on Rivera's stream, akin to those ran by official broadcasts during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and streaming scrims akin to Los Ratones, who they competed against. The rebrand and ownership changes were announced in January 2025, alongside a UK-based watch party at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere.During the 2025 NLC Winter playoffs, The Ruddy Sack underperformed expectations and lost a close upper-bracket match to Bulldog Esports and were eliminated after a best-of-five series. Rivera acknowledged the poor performance on stream, calling for roster changes and strategic restructuring, and stated that the ownership remained committed to improving team cohesion and viewing experience moving forward.
For the 2025 NLC Spring split, the roster would field a more traditional 'Ruddy' roster with less popular streamers. They would perform well, securing the team a slot at the Season Finals in Copenhagen, where the team placed 3rd after being eliminated by Los Ratones. After the split concluded, DonJake announced on The Ruddy Sack's account on X/Twitter that Ruddy Esports and The Sack had parted ways on good terms, citing financial issues and uncertainty around the health of streamer teams.