Ricochet reflects on his debut at AEW All In. The former WWE star also comments on how he’s entering a new environment after admitting that he kind of plateaued in WWE.
Speaking with Steven Muelhausen for The Takedown on SI, Ricochet reflected on his debut at AEW All In and noted that it had been a while since he had been so excited and nervous.
“The last time I was nervous for a match was when I wrestled Rey Mysterio at Lucha Underground,” he said. “That was the last time I was nervous for a match. This one was more, I mean, nervous, but it was exciting butterflies too. Like, it wasn’t necessarily nerves. I’ve never been there, and I’ve been out for a while. I felt like it would be good, but there’s still a little feeling there. But it was more exciting. I mean, it’s more exciting. At the moment, it might feel like it’s nerves, but it’s the excitement, I think, taking over.”
“It’s been a while since I felt that way. Being backstage, about to walk out by myself. It’s been a while since I’ve felt like that. I said it was a weird feeling, being that excited about something specifically like that. It’s just me. So that was pretty cool.”
He was then asked to comment on why that was the case. He highlighted how it was a new environment.
“I don’t know,” Ricochet said. “I think it was just a new environment. I’ve not been doing the same thing, but I’ve kind of, I guess, maybe plateaued or something, I think, for the last couple of years. It’s a change of environment, a change of scenery, a change of basically everything that I’ve been doing for the last couple of years. You’re going to feel that way. You will feel that way whether you’re here, there, or anywhere. But I’m sure the first time I go to Japan, I’m going to feel that I’m going to feel that way. The first time I go somewhere else, it will be exciting.”
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