Ricochet is the latest guest on Talk Is Jericho, and the newly-signed AEW star talks about his decision to come to the company, his time in WWE, NXT and Lucha Underground and much more.
He also talked about the criticism he got from then-WWE head honcho Vince McMahon. ”One time, I was wrestling Retribution,” he said. “It was Ali, Dijak, who was T-Bar. Mason Madden, one of the big models. So they were a big group. They used to just beat my *ss every week. It went from Hurt Business beating my *ss to Retribution beating my *ss, for like weeks.”
He continued: “But I did one spot in the match where one guy would get a dropkick and duck one. Then one guy gets something and then do a thing on the something. Anyways, I still lost the match but it’s like my one spot in the match, and then it ends with a dive and then it ends with something, and then I just remember coming to the back, everyone’s like, ‘Oh, it’s great’ and then, I remember Vince being like, ‘Yeah, that was too spectacular.’”
Vince then used John Cena as a reference point. “He goes, ‘John Cena couldn’t even do that.’ In my head I’m thinking, well no. No, he can’t do that. He literally can’t do that. I understand. I agree with you. But, I’m just so confused. But I’m the type of person, if I start to say something, I’m gonna say too much. I’m gonna say too much. Ask anybody who knows me. I get it from my mom. So I just say, ‘Okay…’ What am I gonna start an argument with Vince? No.”
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