Ricochet says his five years on the WWE main roster “tarnished” his wrestling legacy
During an interview with The Mark Hoke Show, Ricochet commented on his character in WWE was different from AEW and independent promotions…
“I don’t think it’s any different than Marvel having different universes—different Iron Mans, different Captain Americas, different Spider-Mans. You know what I’m saying?
I think the Ricochet that I am now is the same Ricochet that I was on the independent scene and in Japan, doing the things that got me popular and got me to where I am today. And then I think, again, even when I got hired at NXT, we were doing specific things. But once there was that image posted—it was me, Johnny [Gargano], Tommaso [Ciampa], and Aleister [Black]—all four of us, and it said we were coming to RAW.
At that time, especially five or six years ago, that should have been the biggest promotion in our industry. But for Ricochet’s story specifically, I think that moment was kind of like—have you seen the Marvel movies? You know when Thanos snaps and there’s that five-year blip where people are just gone?
I literally think that’s how Ricochet’s wrestling career was. Those five years were like being blipped away into a different universe. It wasn’t what I was doing. It wasn’t me.
Coming back to AEW and finding that love again—it’s like when Tony Stark finally defeats Thanos and everyone comes back. That’s kind of how I feel, like Ricochet finally came back to what he was doing. That five years was just kind of blipped away.
And I already know how this is going to sound, and I already know how people are going to take this, but I really think the day we got called up to RAW was the worst thing that happened to Ricochet’s wrestling career.
Despite all the positives—I met my wife there, made friends, made memories, had an crazy platform—all of that. But specifically for Ricochet’s wrestling career, that’s where it got blipped. The trajectory I was on versus the trajectory I had for those five years completely changed the public’s image of Ricochet and who Ricochet was.
I’m talking specifically about the wrestling side of it—not the fame, not the celebrity. I really do think those five years tarnished Ricochet’s wrestling legacy.”