A prime AEW heel has mirrored on how he made historical past in WWE earlier than his sudden exit. His departure from the Triple H-led promotion had come as a shock to many wrestling followers all over the world.
Ricochet joined All Elite Wrestling in August final yr, when he made his debut at All In at Wembley Stadium. He got here out to quite a lot of applause from the followers in London and has since gone on to determine himself as a prime star within the Jacksonville-based promotion.
Presently one in all AEW’s prime heels, Ricochet made historical past in WWE when he grew to become the inaugural Pace Champion in April final yr earlier than exiting the promotion a number of months later in July. He spoke about that on the Unlikely podcast a number of days again and stated:
“You’ve acquired to take a look at every thing as a chance, and when you don’t, then I feel you’re already type of defeated. You must have a look at every thing — particularly, you understand, they [WWE] have been placing one thing into this, and I needed to be part of constructing one thing once more, making it as massive as attainable. I like that feeling. So, once more, any alternative you get, you’ve acquired to strike, and that’s type of the best way I see it. That applies to every thing: life, wrestling, every thing.” [H/T EWrestling News]
AEW president Tony Khan provides his tackle Ricochet
AEW president Tony Khan seems to take quite a lot of care of his wrestlers. He’s typically very cordial when talking about them.
Nonetheless, he just lately spoke about Ricochet and stated that the previous WWE Famous person was a difficult character. Talking on the Battleground Podcast, Tony Khan stated that the 36-year-old was one of many least favored names within the locker room, and that he had managed to show the followers towards him as effectively. Nonetheless, Khan acknowledged the excessive flyer’s in-ring expertise and stated he favored working with him.
“One of many least-liked males in our locker room and anyone I am an enormous fan of as a wrestler however he is a really difficult character, very laborious to work with, actually bizarre man and that is Ricochet,” Khan stated. “He has actually turned the followers and I feel he is a fantastic, nice, nice wrestler and to be trustworthy I like working with as a result of I feel he is such a fantastic expertise within the ring.”
It’s attention-grabbing to see somebody like Tony Khan say one thing like this about Ricochet. However this simply goes to indicate how efficient a heel Ricochet has develop into in AEW.
Edited by Sayantan Niyogi