Ricochet would’ve signed for AEW in 2018, had it even been an idea at that point.
After Lucha Underground ended, the former Prince Puma made the jump to the WWE. He signed for NXT in 2018, impressing fans with his incredible high-flying moves and fantastic wrestling matches.
However, he wishes he could’ve joined AEW instead, which he did in 2024.
Ricochet spoke with Chris Jericho on a recent episode of Talk is Jericho (H/T to Fightful for the transcription). He spoke about signing for NXT, noting how an amazing offer from WWE is what drew him there.
However, he noted that, had AEW been even a thought at the time, he would’ve jumped at the chance to join Tony Khan’s promotion.
“It was when Lucha [Underground] ended. Canyon Ceman contacted me for NXT, actually.” Ricochet revealed. “At the time, the black and gold stuff was going crazy, they just did the Cesaro and Sami Zayn, Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke, and the Finn Balors and the Kevin Owens and all of those guys were just killing it. Not only that, but you had Undisputed Era when I was there and Aleister Black was there. That was kind of the only place I really wanted to be, I didn’t want to go to Raw or SmackDown, I wanted to be in NXT. I was only there for like nine months and then we got called up to Raw. It was actually me, Johnny, Aleister, and Tommaso.”
“I got lucky because I had a pretty decent deal going in. It wasn’t like — That’s kind of what drew me there, was the deal was too good to turn down. At the time, if AEW was even a thought or a plan or anything, I for sure would’ve went this direction for sure.” Ricochet added.
