AEW’s Ricochet Reveals Who He Blames For WWE Run Issues

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Ricochet made his AEW Dynamite debut on August 28 after leaving WWE in July 2024 when his contract expired.

He had previously discussed his decision to leave WWE after just over six years and why he chose to sign with AEW.

The former WWE Intercontinental Champion has now reflected upon his final months in the company.

Speaking to The Ringer Wrestling Show, Ricochet revealed who he felt was to blame for quality issues in WWE, saying:

“You can place the blame anywhere, but I just blame myself…that’s the only person I can blame because that’s all you can do.

“Obviously I didn’t do something, I don’t know what it was. For me, again, frustrating is maybe not the word, because again my last couple of years I met my future wife there, I made mad connections, the locker room was always awesome.

“As far as creatively, I mean yeah, there would have been more I’d like to do. Just again, mostly for the fans that want to see me do stuff, not even for me.

“It’s more frustrating for me to see the fans want me to go out there and actually do something of some substance. I was out there a lot, I was on television a lot, I was used a lot. But the quality of what I was doing specifically wasn’t there.

“There was a lot of quantity of Ricochet, but the quality of what he was getting just wasn’t what I wanted.”

Specifically looking at how his time in WWE would be spent before his departure, Ricochet went on to note:

“That’s okay, that’s how it falls. I can only blame myself. I can’t blame anybody else, I just can’t. But it wasn’t frustrating because I had a lot of good times there still. But was there more of what I wanted to do? Absolutely. But man, I can’t say it was frustrating because I still had a good time.”

Ricochet made his AEW debut at All In on August 25, 2024, with Tony Khan going on to confirm the signing.

Having competed in the AEW World Championship Number 1 Contendership Casino Gauntlet match at the PPV, he would go on to face Kyle Fletcher on the August 28 episode of Dynamite.

Highlights from the singles match on last week’s AEW Dynamite can be seen below this news story.

Transcript from F4W Online.

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