AEW’s Ricochet Surprises Konosuke Takeshita At MLPW Forged In Excellence, Results From Both Nights

Former TNA Wrestling President Scott D’Amore got his next project off the ground this past weekend, relaunching Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling to hold a pair of shows in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The two events included talent from across the wrestling world, including AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defending his title against TNA’s Josh Alexander. Following Takeshita’s victory, he and Don Callis began beating down Alexander when they were interrupted by a surprising face — AEW star Ricochet.

As soon as the music hit, Callis made his escape as Ricochet entered the ring and launched Takeshita to the outside. He then dove onto the International Champion before hopping back into the ring and grabbing hold of the title, teasing that he isn’t finished with Takeshita.

Earlier this month, both Ricochet and Takeshita took part in a three-way match at AEW WrestleDream with the International Championship on the line, with former champion Will Ospreay as the third man. Takeshita pinned Ricochet to win the match, but it seems Ricochet is now looking for a one-on-one shot at the title. The angle between the two AEW stars closed the show, possibly indicating that the match will take place in MLPW rather than AEW.

In addition to Takeshita, Ricochet, and Alexander, MLPW’s return shows featured performers such as Athena, “Speedball” Mike Bailey, QT Marshall, Bully Ray, and many more. Former WWE commentator Mauro Ranallo could also be heard calling the event alongside Callis, marking his return to the world of pro wrestling after more than three years away.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Source for Results: Fightful

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged In Excellence Night 1 (10/19/24) Results.

* Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo def. Trevor Lee, Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne

– Mike Bailey is interviewed backstage and talks about how excited he is to face off with Takeshita. He says the experience is nerve-racking, but so is leaving your home country to try and find stardom worldwide. That will be the main event tonight.

– Bret Hart narrates a video package about the past and future of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.

– Ahead of the next match, QT Marshall cut a promo about St. Clair College giving an Alumni of Distinction award to Bhupinder Gujjar, his opponent for the evening.

* QT Marshall (with Harley Cameron) def. Bhupinder Gujjar

– McKenzie Mitchell interviewed Kylie Rae.

* Kylie Rae def. Laynie Luck, Taylor Rising, and Aurora Teves

– McKenzie Mitchell interviewed Josh Alexander. He says he’s honored to be the first wrestler to score a pinfall in the new era of MLP, but now he will watch the match between Mike Bailey and Konosuke Takeshita. He will challenge Konosuke Takeshita for the International Championship tomorrow night.

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) (c) def. Rogue Squadron (Sheldon Jean & Rohit Raju) vs. El Reverso & Aiden Prince vs. Brett Banks & Johnny Swinger

* PWA Champion’s Grail: Rohan Raja def. Jake Something

– After the match, Raja was interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell and declared that he was “Ravenous” and wanted to defend the gold globally.

– Bully Ray cut a promo on Raj Dhesi. He called him a “washed-up former champion” and said that he would never ever put him through a table.

* Tables Match: Bully Ray def. Raj Dhesi

– The match ended after Raj had chokeslammed Bully through a table, but the referee was knocked out. This led to QT Marshall coming down and knocking out Raj with a chain and dragging him through the broken table before the referee woke up, so it looked like Raj had gone through the table, so Bully scored the victory without actually doing what he needed to do to score the victory. Bhupinder Gujjar stopped a post-match attack on Raj, setting up a tag team match for tomorrow night.

* Gisele Shaw def. Miyu Yamashita

* AEW International Championship Eliminator Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) def. Mike Bailey

– After the match, Josh Alexander came down to confront Takeshita, and they stared each other down for the show’s final moments.

Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged In Excellence Night 2 (10/20/24) Results.

* Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) & Aiden Prince def. Rocky Romero, Rohit Raju & Rohan Raja

* QPW Qatar Championship Match: El Reverso def. Classy Ali (c)

– Rohan Raja cut a promo backstage, incensed that he lost it in The Opening match without losing the match. He said he would defend his PWA Champion’s Grail in Oceanic Pro Wrestling in December.

– Footage aired of Harley Cameron and Laynie Luck attacking Kylie Rae after last night’s show.

* Kylie Rae & Miyu Yamashita def. Laynie Luck & Harley Cameron

* “Psycho” Mike Rollins def. Trevor Lee, Jake Something, Stu Grayson, Alex Zayne, and Sheldon Jean

* “Speedball” Mike Bailey def. El Phantasmo

– Harley Cameron completely hijacked an interview with Bully Ray and QT Marshall, where she repeated a bunch of Dudley Boyz catchphrases in a funny moment.

* Raj Dhesi & Bhupinder Gujjar def. Bully Ray & QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)

– Darren McCarty appeared in the audience and attacked Bully Ray during the match, setting the scene for the end, which came when Gujjar scored with his Gargoyle Spear on QT Marshall.

* ROH Women’s World Championship: Athena (c) def. Gisele Shaw

* AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) def. Josh Alexander

– Post-Match: Don Callis bragged about Takeshita’s win. He said nobody would be able to stop him. They continued to attack Josh Alexander, and Ricochet came down to save the day. Ricochet and Josh Alexander shook hands as the show came to a close.

AEW All In London 8/25/2024 (Results), Jamie Hayter Returns, Ricochet Debuts, It’s Sting

AEW ALL IN QUICK RESULTS

  • Title vs. Career for the AEW World championship: Bryan Danielson def. Swerve Strickland
  • Coffin Match for the TNT championship: Jack Perry def. Darby Allin
  • TBS championship: Mercedes Moné def. Dr. Britt Baker
  • AEW American championship: Will Ospreay def. MJF
  • Christian Cage wins the Casino Gauntlet Match for a future AEW World title shot
  • AEW Tag Team championship: The Young Bucks def. FTR and The Acclaimed
  • FTW championship: HOOK def. Chris Jericho
  • AEW Women’s World championship: Mariah May def. Timeless Toni Storm
  • London Ladders Match for the AEW Trios championship: Blackpool Combat Club & PAC def. The Patriarchy, Bang Bang Gang, and House of Black
  • Dustin Rhodes, Sammy Guevara, the Von Erichs & Katsuyori Shibata def. Cage of Agony & Undisputed Kingdom
  • Willow Nightingale & Tomohiro Ishii def. Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway
  • Tommy Billington, Kip Sabian, Rocky Romero, Kyle Fletcher, Action Andretti, Top Flight & Lio Rush def. Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, Anthony Ogogo, Ariya Daivari, Private Party, John Silver & Alex Reynolds

ZERO HOUR

Action Andretti, Kip Sabian, Kyle Fletcher, Lio Rush, Rocky Romero, “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington, & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) vs. Anthony Ogogo, Ariya Daivari, Beaver Boys (Alex Reynolds & John Silver), Jay Lethal, Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen), & Satnam Singh

Lethal and Dynamite to start, quickly working our way through matchups but the match breaks down and all sixteen men are brawling in the ring! Settling on Rush vs. Singh, Lio clinging to the big man’s leg, bouncing off him with a crossbody! Satnam military presses him but the babyface team rush to save him and beat the giant down! HE SHRUGS ALL OF THEM OFF AND CLEARS THE RING! MILITARY PRESS SENDS LIO RUSH TO THE FLOOR!

Anyway back to the desultory working through the matchups, Andretti ends up on the wrong side of town for a bit, Kyle Fletcher gets a hot segment that ends in quadruplicate dives! Silly String takes Sabian out, working him over in the corner, Gin and Juice connects but they waste time dancing instead of makingthe cover and Rocky Romero makes them pay for it!

Into “everybody do something cool” territory…

Action Andretti, Kip Sabian, Kyle Fletcher, Lio Rush, Rocky Romero, “Dynamite Kid” Tommy Billington, & Top Flight (Dante & Darius Martin) win by pinfall with a frog splash from Dante Martin on John Silver.


We get an announce for AEW Grand Slam Australia on February 15, 2025. Please send stimulants and snacks.

Kris Statlander & Stokely Hathaway vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Willow Nightingale (Mixed Tag Team Match)

Statlander and Nightingale to start, off the ropes, ducking and dodging, Willow gets a schoolboy for two! Forearms back Kris into the corner, referee Bryce Remsburg backs her off, but she lands a sick spinning spinebuster… NOPE! Off the ropes, big boot, Stoke low-bridges Nightingale to the floor and Stat heads out after!

Around the ring, winding up a big lariat but Willow lays her out with a discus lariat of her own and jaws at Hathaway! Kris cuts her off with a DDT in the ropes, kicking Nightingale and flexing at Ishii, back to the floor for a snap suplex! Throwing Willow back inside, cover for two, clubbing blows, whip to the corner but Nightingale explodes into a series of lariats!

Kris Stat with the Blue Thunder Driver… NOT ENOUGH! Death Valley Driver from Willow and both women are down and out! Ishii wants the tag, Stokely is… less enthusiastic… and Tom gets the tag! Circling, Hathaway bravely lays chops in but nothing happens! Off the ropes, shoulder blocks, Ishii is unmoved!

The Stone Pitbull chops Stoke down, shoulder blocks, Hathaway keeps getting up, brainbuster attempt but Statlander runs in and saves her guy with forearms! Remsburg distracted, Kris works him over, Tom is staggered and somehow Hathaway hits a spinebuster! Ishii pops back up, Stoke with a drop toehold, corner body avalanche, mounted punches in the corner!

Ishii relaxes into the punches… TENRYU POWERBOMB BUT KRIS STATLANDER BREAKS IT UP! Nightingale wants a German suplex, standing switch, Kris hits it, Willow is fired up and hits the pounce! She sets Hathaway up…

Tomohiro Ishii & Willow Nightingale win by pinfall with a sliding elbow from Ishii on Stokely Hathaway, earning Willow the right to pick the stipulation for her CMLL title defense against Kris Stat at All Out in two weeks.


Forbidden Door London is announced for August 24, 2025.

Cage of Agony (Brian Cage, Bishop Kaun, & Toa Liona) & Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett) vs. Dustin Rhodes, Katsuyori Shibata, Sammy Guevara, & the Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross Von Erich)

Brawling before the bell, back in the ring and the babyface team get four heels up in the corners for quadruplicate Shattered Dreams from Rhodes, the Von Erichs, and Shibata and we finally get a bell!

Guevara and Kaun to start, Bishop chopping, Sammy turns the speed up and lays him out with a dropkick! Kip up, Cage in, passed to the corner, enzuigiri staggers him but Guevara chooses to do an Orihara Moonsault to wipe some dudes out on the floor! Ace Crusher sends Brian packing but Liona comes and just wipes Sammy out hard and throws him to the floor like so much garbage!

Passing Guevara into the barricade, he’s on the wrong side of town for a bit but makes the tag to Rhodes! Uppercut on Taven, Manhattan Drop, bulldog, snap scoop powerslam! Cross Rhodes blocked when Bennett runs in, the match breaks down, fountain of dives and Cage wipes everybody out with a tope con giro that goes slightly bad when he catches the ropes!

Guevara off the top… SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Back inside… CAGE OF AGONY TOWER OF DOOM! Dustin with a deep nearfall on Matt, Liona F-5 on Marshall, fireman’s carry double knee gutbuster on Ross! Black Hole Slam from Cage on Sammy, triple powerbomb on Shibata and one for Rhodes as well, throwing Taven onto the cover… RHODES KICKS OUT!

Bodies everywhere, Marshall with a moonsault headbutt, Final Cut from Rhodes on Taven! Sammy off the top with a senton atomico…

Dustin Rhodes, Katsuyori Shibata, Sammy Guevara, & the Von Erichs (Marshall & Ross Von Erich) win by pinfall with a lateral press from Rhodes on Matt Taven.

Post-match, the heels do a beatdown but Kevin Von Erich steps up and puts the Iron Claw on Taven! Claws all around!


Saraya and Harley Cameron make their entrance and bring the entire Knight family out with them.

Saraya gets on the mic and screams about how the show won’t start until she gets the respect she deservces— JAMIE HAYTER IS BACK! SHE CLEANS HOUSE ON HER WAY TO SARAYA AND THE RING TAKING EVERYBODY OUT! BUT SWEET SARAYA ATTACKS HER FROM BEHIND! HAYTER FIGHTS THE ELDER SARAYA OFF AND THE YOUNGER ONE BEATS A RETREAT!

Jamie pulls Harley Cameron back into the ring and lays her out to stand tall!


AEW ALL IN

Bang Bang Gang (Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, & Juice Robinson) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler YUTA) & PAC vs. House of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews, & Malakai Black) vs. the Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Killswitch, & Nick Wayne) (c) (AEW World Trios Championship London Ladder Match)

This is gonna be hard to keep up with. Chaos at the start, Cage bails to the floor and hides, House of Black the first to get tables and ladders out, Matthews climbs but Austin cuts him off! YUTA cuts Gunn off, Black cuts Wheeler off, Castagnoli cuts Malakai off, Austin cuts Claudio off, PAC cuts Gunn off and sends him to the floor with a pump kick!

King cuts the Bastard off and climbs, Colten and Juice try to cut Brody off but he chops them down and picks up the ladder! Gunn wipes him out with a dropkick into the ladder, Robinson with a cannonball off the apron to take Claudio out! YUTA blasts them all with a dive, Matthews follows it with a tope con giro!

PAC looks around for gravity, satisfied with his survey… CORKSCREW MOONSAULT TO THE FLOOR! Back inside, Ass Boys working the Bastard over, the ol’ WAZZUP headbutt connects! Ass Boys call for Juice to get the tables but Buddy cuts him off! Brody runs through the Gunns and follows it with a suicide dive that wipes Blackpool and his own teammates out both!

Christian trots his way back to the ring now and sets a ladder up and climbs it, but Brody and Claudio work together to pull him down and throw him out like a sack of garbage! He tries to make a run for it but they all work him over as Mother Wayne sets the ladder back up and climbs but the Ass Boys come in to tip the ladder over!

She begs off and waits for Killswitch to hit the double chokeslam! A chokeslam for Juice, one for PAC, but Claudio breaks his grip! Headbutt from the dinosaur man and he chokeslams YUTA into his own partner! Dropping Matthews on the apron, chokeslamming Malakai into a ladder leaned in the corner, King breaks his grip, headbutt… NICK WAYNE OUT OF NOWHERE WITH WAYNE’S WORLD OFF THE APRON AND THROUGH A TABLE!

Killswitch climbs, but Christian cuts him off because he wants to be the one to grab the belts! The delay is enough for YUTA and Robinson to knock the ladder over! House of Black cut them off and take them into the corners, back and forth, 3:10 to Yuma takes King out! Castagnoli with uppercuts, double leg and he takes Juice for a swing!

PAC and YUTA with stereo dives, Claudio climbs the ladder but Brody is right on the other side! Clubbing it out atop the ladder, Ass Boys come back in the ring with chairs a-swingin’ to take the big men down! Under the ring for plunder, Bang Bang Gang get some tables and set them up, Castagnoli and King climbing, Ass Boys on their backs, they decide to solve the problem and fall off the ladder putting the Gunns through the tables!

Juice climbing, Buddy cuts him off, Nick Wayne cuts him off, waistlock, standing switch, enzuigiri, Wayne’s World connects! Smashing Black into the ladder, Malakai returns the favor and sets the ladder back up and climbs! Robinson tries to suplex him over the ropes but Black lands safely on the apron!

Back inside, Wayne meets him with a kick, off the ropes… DIVING INTO A FLIP PILEDRIVER THROUGH TABLE! Juice pulls another, taller ladder out and slides it into the ring and climbs it but Cage cuts him off and crotches him on the ropes! PAC cut off, Killswitch into the back of a chair and the Bastard is reexamining his life choices!

Back and forth, Mother Wayne tries to get involved, Juice blocks the hairspray with a chair and blasts her in the face with it! He gets her on the apron but Killswitch pulls him away and puts him through a table! Christian sets up the big ladder, Killswitch stands watch while he climbs and “Luchasaurus” chants rain down!

Matthews climbs, Cage cuts him off, Killswitch pulls him down and Buddy throws a ladder at him! Matthews climbs but Christian turns and jumps off the ladder, spearing him through a table! The dinosaur man picks him up and electric chairs him up the ladder! PAC scrambles back in and climbs, booting Cage down… HE DID IT!

Blackpool Combat Club & PAC win, PAC retrieving the title belts by climbing the ladder and becoming your new AEW World Trios Champions.

Post-match, House of Black raise PAC’s hand in a show of respect.


Mariah May vs. Toni Storm (c) (AEW Women’s World Championship)

Intense at the jump, trying for finishers and when that doesn’t work they go to Frye/Takayama punches! May with a dropkick, then we stablize into a chop exchange until Toni lands a DDT! Facewashes in the ropes, off the ropes, nobody home on the hip attack and Mariah lands a powerbomb to the floor!

She spits in Luther’s face and kneels on the back of Toni’s neck while referee Aubrey Edwards holds him back! Back in the ring, revolution side slam, shotgun dropkick, Storm explodes back to life with a Lou Thesz Press and mounted punches! May with a Saito Suplex, Toni rolls out of the ring!

Sliding knee off the apron lays the champion out! Shotgun dropkick on Luther, Mariah ends up slapping her own mother at ringside! Toni nails her with the hip attack after that, mounted punches, smashing her face into the steel steps over and over… STORM ZERO ON THE STEEL STEPS!

Toni goes over and hugs Mariah’s mom! Back inside, May crying as Storm lays mounted punches in, bleeding from the forehead, left-hand jabs, Mariah spits at her and Toni slaps her! Big spinebuster, cover for two! May on the comeback, a trifecta of hip attacks but Storm explodes with a lariat!

German suplex follows, fired up, hip attack, Storm Zero… MARIAH MAY KICKS OUT! May flips her the bird, Toni yanks the finger, Mariah slaps her repeatedly! Trading slaps, Edwards gets sent flying, both women with low blows and headbutts and they collapse in the ring! Fireman’s carry, Mayday… STORM KICKS OUT! We see Mina Shirakawa besides herself in the stands.

Mariah wants to use the title, Luther takes it away and flips her the bird, May has the shoe, Toni cuts her off and grabs the shoe, Aubrey warns her, Storm falters and she can’t do it! Storm Zero reversd, jackknife… NOPE! Knee to back of the head, to the face, Storm Zero of her own…

Mariah May wins by pinfall with Storm Zero, becoming your new AEW Women’s World Champion.


Chris Jericho (c) vs. HOOK (FTW Championship)

Just a gang beatdown from the Learning Tree from the jump, Jericho chopping away, a series of corner body avalanches, HOOK gets Bryan Keith with a suplex! Passing Big Bill to the floor, hammering Chris with right hands, whip reversed, go under, German suplex on the champion!

Belly-to-belly suplex, off the ropes, double thrust sets up the Lionsault, cover for two! Bag full of cricket balls dumped out but HOOK suplexes him right into them! Under the ring, HOOK gets a “HI GUYS” cricket bat and wallops Keith and Bill with it! Back inside, bat shots to Y2J, picking up a ball and he whacks it at Jericho! Throwing balls at the champion, choking him with the bat before hooking him through the legs with the bat for a Tazplex!

Bryan returns and cuts HOOK off with a trash can lid shot to the head! Jericho with a double leg into the Walls of Jericho! HOOK reverses into his own Boston Crab but Big Bill runs in and breaks it up! Setting a table up, putting a barbed wire board on it, Big Bill hoists HOOK up but he slips out and puts Bill into the post!

Kicking Keith low, Chris runs over and thumbs him in the eye before throwing him back inside! HOOK throwing wild punches at the air, Jericho drops him with a lariat! Smashing HOOK over the head with a trash can, but he comes back with a Tazplex! HOOK tears the tape off his bad eye and reveals to us it’s healed! Another suplex, Jericho grabs a kendo stick and Bill holds HOOK up but he ducks and Chris smacks Bill off the apron and through the table with the wire!

Keith runs interference, Y2J gets a nearfall! Redrum is locked on! Taz gets up from commentary, he’s had enough! BRYAN KEITH IS IN THE TAZMISSION AS JERICHO TAPS TO HOOK’S REDRUM!

HOOK wins by submission with Redrum, becoming your new FTW Champion.


FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. the Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & “Platinum” Max Caster) vs. Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) (c) (AEW World Tag Team Championship)

Young Bucks hanging back early as FTR and the Acclaimed get into it. Back in, they get sent packing with double atomic drops, but they don’t stay out for long and come back in and hold court, working over Wheeler. Bowens in, Fameasser on Matthew, superkick gets a nearfall on Nicholas and here comes Caster to double-team the Bucks with him… DOUBLE SCISSOR ME TIMBERS!

Bucks regain control working Harwood over, he and Cash with double German suplexes, double covers, only two! Superplex on Matthew, knees up on the splash, knees up on the 450 splash, all six men are down and then double lariats from all six of them and they’re down and out!

DDT on the elder Buck, thinking spike piledriver, reversed, Nicholas plucks Wheeler out of the turnbuckles with a slingshot headscissors but he gets shoved to the floor after, Shatter Machine… NICHOLAS PULLS REFEREE RICK KNOX OUT OF THE RING AND HE RUNS AWAY FROM BILLY GUNN!

Superkick sends Daddy Ass flying, slingshot X-Factor, diving DDT to the floor! Thinking EVP Trigger on Dax but Cash breaks it up! Max cuts him off, Matthew tries to sell him into doing the EVP Trigger and he goes for it! Block a kick, shove Jackson off, Shatter Machine with Caster! Diving uppercut from Bowens breaks up a pin!

Bucks with low blows, pumping up their Reeboks, Superkick Party, cover for two! Billy Gunn with a Fameasser on the title, the Arrival, Mic Drop… NICHOLAS BREAKS IT UP! Folding press nearfall from Nicholas on Dax, EVP Trigger…

Young Bucks win by pinfall with an EVP Trigger on Dax Harwood, retaining the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Post-match, Grizzled Young Vets (James Drake and Zack Gibson) slide into the ring to confront the Young Bucks, but the tag champs slide out of the ring so they attack FTR instead!


AEW World Championship #1 Contender’s Casino Gauntlet Match

Orange Cassidy and Kazuchika Okada start the match.

Okada starts crying and brings Cassidy in for a tearful embrace but it’s a fakeout and he rains elbows down on Orange! Rainmaker blocked when Orange puts his hand in his pocket! Duck under a lariat, leapfrog, dropkick, no-hands kip-up! Victory roll, cover for two, Kazuchika with a flapjack and the countdown timer ticks…

NIGEL MCGUINNESS ENTERS THE MATCH THIRD?!

To the corner, under, Nigel doing some World of Sport escapes and he slaps the goddamn taste out of Okada’s mouth! Up and over, crawl under, headstand in the corner, slip over, kick to the back and a chop to the mat! Getting into it with Orange now, huge lariat takes him off his feet and the countdown timer ticks…

Kyle O’Reilly enters the match fourth.

Wristlock exchange with Nigel, jawbreaker sends McGuinness into the ropes but he’s ready for the pendulum lariat and takes him down! Penalty Kick, dragon screw on Okada. knee to Nigel but Kazuchika breaks it up! Dragon screw from KOR on McGuinness, cross armbar on Okada into a Fujiwara armbar but Nigel gets London Dungeon on Kyle!

Orange in, Stundog Millionaire, O’Reilly finishes sending Nigel packing! Rainmaker blocked, Total Elimination, the countdown timer ticks…

Zack Sabre, Jr. enters the match fifth.

Stundog Millionaire countered with a standing neck twist, one for Kyle too, Nigel pokes Zack on the shoulder and they stare each other down and I’m crying? There’s no crying in liveblogging, get it together woman! Uppercut to McGuinness, he returns the favor! Trading nearfalls, Okada returns and shoves Nigel down to face off with Zack!

Charging in, Reverse Neckreaker countered into kind of a modified octopus hold but Kazuchika turns it around and gets the Reverse Neckbreaker! Scoop and a slam, elbow drop, snap zoom Rainmaker flips the bird but ZSJ wrenches the finger, deathlock, two fingers, KOR in with chest kicks as the countdown timer ticks…

Roderick Strong enters the match sixth.

Throwing guys around, huge catch backbreaker on Cassidy, Gibson Driver but Kyle counters into a guillotine choke! Okada with a dropkick, Roddy with a powerbomb backbreaker and the countdown timer ticks…

Mark Briscoe enters the match seventh.

Briscoe cleaning house, Orange throws Kyle a chair, the Conglomeration rolling and Mark steps up off it to dive on everybody as the countdown timer ticks…

“Hangman” Adam Page enters the match eighth.

Orange meets him with a dive but he blocks, right hands on Mark and Kyle, whip stacks ‘em up for a lariat, short-arm lariat, discus lairat, fireman’s carry, Attitude Adjustment puts O’Reilly into Briscoe! Okada on the apron, triangle lariat misses but he gets him on the rebound!

Cassidy dives, caught into a fallaway slam, plancha on Okada, big boot on Nigel, apron powerbomb for Strong! Buckshot ducked, duck the Orange Punch, Deadeye connects… BRISCOE BREAKS IT UP AND THE COUNTDOWN TIMER TICKS!

Jeff Jarrett enters the match ninth!

Page and Jarrett trading rights, bodies fill the ring and Double J keeps throwing punches! Jawing at Hangman, Fargo Strut, mounted punches in the corner! PAGE POWERBOMBS JARRETT TO THE FLOOR AND INTO EVERYBODY ELSE! Karen Jarrett up on the apron, Adam goozles her as the countdown timer ticks…

RICOCHET ENTERS THE MATCH TENTH!

Tijeras on Page, dropkick, Ricochet is fired up! Duck a lariat, solebutt on Kyle, whip reversed, pass him in the corner, Tiger feint kick, to the apron, boot to Briscoe, enzuigiri to O’Reilly, springboard lariat! Handspring kick on Strong, the ring is clear, Rick lines ‘em up… BRILLO RICOCHET INTO THE CRUSH!

Pump kick to Hangman, dragging him around the way, right hands, headed up top, the countdown timer ticks…

Christian Cage enters the match eleventh, hobbling down the aisle.

Ricochet takes Christian out with a plancha, back inside, enzuigiri to Roddy, Hangman catches him with Buckshot but Okada breaks it up! Page turns to him and gets in his face and starts throwing elbows with abandon! Dropkick cuts him off, looking for Buckshot but Karen Jarrett runs interference and Double J hits the El Kabong! RAINMAKER ON JARRETT!

Sabre cuts him off but eats a short-arm lariat, duck the Rainmaker, flying armbar, Orange slides in, crucifix for two! Orange Punch on Okada, ZSJ cuts him off, European Clutch… STILL NO! Orange Punch connects this time, duck a right from Strong, float over… END OF HEARTACHE! Nigel with a diving elbow, Briscoe gets underhooks on him, blcoked, whip reversed,fakeout in the corner but KOR calls his bluff!

Electric chair, McGuinness slips out, double Tower of London… KYLE KICKS OUT! Off the ropes, Roddy cuts him of with a knee but Nigel hits the pendulum lariat! Cage out of nowhere with the spear, the countdown timer ticks…

KILLSWITCH ENTERS THE MATCH TWELFTH!

But he goozles O’Reilly and chokeslams him, throwing Christian into the cover…

Christian Cage wins by pinfall with a dead fish cover on Kyle O’Reilly, earning a shot at the AEW World Championship.


Maxwell Jacob Friedman (c) vs. Will Ospreay (AEW International American Championship)

Rushing at each other, Frye/Takayama punches, Friedman gets him in the corner but Will punches his way out! Passing Max to the floor, plancha, stalking over him, off the ropes, Sasuke Special wipes him out! Hidden Blade set up, Max crumbles and Will stops short to avoid bowling refere Bryce Remsburg over!

MJF gouges his eyes and takes him to the floor, working him over! Ospreay charging in, back body drop on the floor, back inside, cover for two! Trading pins, go-behind, Poison Frankensteiner blocked, powerbomb backbreaker over the knee… NOPE! Both men down and out, whip reversed, handspring up and over and Max cuts him off with a thumb to the eye and does a Rick Rude hip swivel!

Handspring knee, cover for two! Standing corkscrew moonsault, Max to the floor, counter the Sasuke Special… TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER ON THE FLOOR! Will gets a Spanish Fly on the floor, setting MJF up in the ropes, up top… SHOOTING STAR PRESS ISN’T ENOUGH TO END IT! Storm Breaker reversed into Cross Rhodes… STILL NO!

Brainbuster gets a Stundog Millionaire, OsCutter… MAX KICKS OUT! Friedman feigns a leg injury and hits a short piledriver when Will shoots in for a single leg… NOT ENOUGH! Kick blocked, champion lands a rolling elbow, Storm Breaker connects but isn’t enough to put MJF away!

To the apron, Max crumbles and the OsCutter fails, Will wiping out and clutching his neck! PANAMA SUNRISE ON THE APRON! Friedman throws him back inside, frustrated hearing the crowd chant for him, he wants to do a Hidden Blade but Ospreay crumbles and falls away. Setting up Heatseeker, hand on heart, “GOD BLESS AMERICA!” but Will cuts him off and hits the OsCutter on the apron this time!

Will dives and wipes out a camera operator! Referee Bryce Remsburg distracted trying to get him back in the ring, Ospreay filled with remorse, Max grabs his title belt and adjusts his gentleman’s area, but Will has it scouted and ducks the belt and lands a crescent kick! Charging in, belt shot works this time… OSPREAY KICKS OUT!

Brainbuster connects… STILL OSPREAY KICKS OUT! Will lands a Hidden Blade and MJF crashes into Bryce! Max bites his face, underhooks, calling for it but Ospreay blocks! Will grabs the underhooks! He’s listening to Danielson but Max cuts him off with a low blow! Friedman pulls old-school wrapped knucks out from under his tights but a hooded man pops up on the apron and knocks him down!

IT’S “RED DEATH” DANIEL GARCIA! WILL HITS HIDDEN BLADE! UNDERHOOKS! TIGER DRIVER ‘91! IT’S OVER!

Will Ospreay wins by pinfall with the Tiger Driver ‘91, becoming your new AEW International Champion.

Post-match, Christopher Daniels presents Will with the proper AEW International Championship belt!


Dr. Britt Baker, DMD vs. Mercedes Mone (c) (AEW TBS Championship)

Elbow from the champion, off the ropes, drop down, dropkick, Baker spirals out into the corner. Whip across, arm drag, looking for Lockjaw early but Mone gets the ropes and bails to the Kamille’s shoulders on the floor, calling for a timeout. Holding the title on the apron, taunting Britt that she’ll never get it, the doctor with punches in the corner, springboard arm drag countered, Lockjaw again denied.

Mercedes sends her to the floor, Kamille with a cheap shot, back inside, knees to the spine, side slam, cover for two! Backbreaker into the hold, Britt trying to fight out with knees, Mone with Three Amigos, cover for two, slingshot knees to the spine! Back and forth, rolling elbow from Baker, off the ropes, neckbreaker, Sling Blade, Angel’s Wings… NOPE!

Mercedes with a nearfall of her own, she’s furious about it, holding Britt’s glove, she puts it on, mimes putting a cigarette out on Baker’s back but she counters with an Air Raid Crash! Britt takes her glove back, Mone slips out of a follow up, Mone Maker blocked, inside cradle, no good! Mercedes hits the lungblower!

Stomp, cover, Kamille puts Mercedes’ foot under the ropes! Mone goes to clock her with the belt and damn near hits referee Paul Turner with it! Kamille tries to hit her with the other belt so Britt takes it from her and does an Eddy Guerrero special! Turner ejects Kamille from ringside! Smashing Mercedes’ face into the turnbuckles, Panama Sunrise connects, off the ropes, stomp, cover… NOT ENOUGH!

Looking for Lockjaw, Mone fighting desperately to get away, Britt gets it and rolls her into the middle of the ring but Mercedes bites her fingers to counter it! Rolling through, backslide, Mone fights to her feet, slings her into the ropes, short backbreaker, Gory Special position…

Mercedes Mone wins by pinfall with Mone Maker, retaining the AEW TBS Championship.


Darby Allin vs. “SCAPEGOAT” Jack Perry (c) (AEW TNT Championship Coffin Match)

Allin with a dive at the bell, walloping on Perry with a chair, setting it up, sitting him in it and grinding the tacks he’s superglued to his face(?!) to stab Jack in the side of the face, missile dropkick to the floor! Trying to throw SCAPEGOAT into the coffin, pulling the coffin off its dais and setting it up vertically, leaning him against it, off the ropes… NOBODY HOME ON THE SUICIDE DIVE AND DARBY CRASHES INTO THE COFFIN!

Perry gets a bag with SCAPEGOAT written on it from under the ring and empties it in the ring… IT’S BROKEN GLASS! Jockeying for position, Allin back body drops him into the glass and then dropkicks the skateboard into him! Darby crashes to the floor, bleeding from where a couple of the tacks peeled off his face, Jack goes under the ring and gets a roll of tape and tapes Allin’s hands together!

Beating him around ringside, blood on the camera lens, Darby with a Coffin Drop to cut him off! Perry fighting to stop from being put in the coffin and he fights out and decides to walk! Allin follows and SCAPEGOAT powerbombs him on the ramp and takes his belt off of him and whips him with it! Wrapping the belt around his ankles, he fastens it and pulls him up, bites his face and throws him off the stage and through a table!

Perry zips ihim into a bodybag, stepping on his face! He throws Darby into the coffin! Allin sits up and Jack hits a running knee and closes the lid…

Jack Perry wins by closing the lid of the coffin, retaining the AEW TNT Championship.

Post-match, the Young Bucks come down holding a jerry can! Perry opens the coffin and they pour gasoline all over the body bag and the lid of the coffin! SCAPEGOAT HAS A LIGHTER!

THE LIGHTS GO OUT!

SEEK AND DESTROY!

STING IS HERE! THE ELITE RUN AWAY TO THE RING! STING SHRUGS OFF A CHAIRSHOT AND PERRY RUNS AWAY! DOUBLE SCORPION DEATH DROP ON THE YOUNG BUCKS! STING FREES DARBY FROM THE COFFIN!


“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson (Career) vs. Shane “Swerve” Strickland (Title) (AEW World Championship Title vs. Career Match)

Collar and elbow, Strickland with a headlock takeover, headscissors counter. Back on their feet, trading chops, forehead to forehead, Swerve looks at Danielson’s family and renews the assault but a suplex gets countered with a hard arm wringer! Omoplata takedown, Shane wriggles into a double leg and catapults Bryan out of the ring!

Boot from the apron, Strickland in control, off the ropes, tope con giro but nobody’s home! Danielson with a kick, springboard senton atomico wipes Swerve out! Bryan up top, diving knee to the arm, bending his wrist to the mat, bicep stomp connects! Chest kicks and chops, whip revesred, backflip up and over, off the ropes, Strickland catches him with the quebradora and follows it with a vertical suplex!

Shane visibly shaky, checking his shoulder, considering his strategy. hard whips to work Bryan’s shoulder! To the apron, Dragon with hard slaps, cross armbar in the ropes, Swerve reverses to a fireman’s carry, referee Paul Turner gets clipped and Prince Nana brings the ring bell over… DEATH VALLEY DRIVER INTO THE RING BELL ON THE APRON!

Danielson falls to the floor, gushing blood from his forehead, Swerve goes out after him and drags him over to Brie Bella and their children Buddy and Birdy and does the wrist-clutch stomps in front of them! Back inside, grinding his fist into Bryan’s open wound, drawing him up, setting him up top, climbing to join him. Jockeying for position… BACK SUPERPLEX FROM THE CHAMPION!

We get a close-up on Birdy crying as Dragon blinks his way out of the fog, sits up… SWERVE STOMP COUNTERED INTO THE REGAL STRETCH BABY! Wrenching it in, Strickland with a waistlock, off the ropes, no O’Connor roll but an upkick, charging in… DANIELSON GETS THE AXE BOMBER! Backslide for two, off the ropes, a second Axe Bomber!

Bryan feeling it, starting to get fired up under the crimson mask, running corner dropkicks! SWERVE COUNTERS WITH THE ROLLING THUNDER REVERSE STO FOR TWO! Dragon sidesteps a dropkick, looking for Cattle Mutilation, Shane fighting him, on their feet so he goes for the Tiger Suplex instead!

Chest kicks, the buzzsaw roundhouse finale connects true! Kicks to the spine in the corner, setting Swerve up top… TIGER SUPERPLEX?! STRICKLAND WON’T STAY DOWN! Wrist-clutch stomps, Swerve gets to his feet… COP KILLER! TURNER IMMEDIATELY CALLS FOR THE RINGSIDE DOCTOR BUT STRICKLAND CHASES HIM AWAY!

Dragging Bryan into the corner, Swerve goes up top… SWERVE STOMP! DANIELSON FINDS THE WILL TO KICK OUT! HOUSE CALL CONNECTS BUT NOTHING HE DOES WILL END THE AMERICAN DRAGON’S CAREER! BRYAN STARING AT HIS FAMILY AS HE ABSORBS CHEST KICK AFTER CHEST KICK! HE TELLS THEM HE LOVES THEM SO MUCH AND TURNS TO SLAP THE LIVING HELL OUT OF THE AEW WORLD CHAMPION!

Chest kicks follow, flying triangle choke, overhead elbows! BUSAIKU KNEE BUT SWERVE DOESN’T EVEN LEAVE HIS FEET! HE BRUSHES IT OFF AND HITS THE HOUSE CALL! JML Driver… DRAGON KICKS OUT OF IT! Face to face, jawing at Bryan, mocking “YES!” fingers… HANGMAN PAGE IS HERE! He grabs Prince Nana and shoves him down, stalking after but security sqarms and waylays him!

Swerve jawing at Hangman, he turns around… BUSAIKU KNEE STILL ONLY GETS TWO! Test of strength, trading forearms, trading headbutts, Strickland with kicks, pump kick into the corner… A THIRD BUSAIKU KNEE! DANIELSON IS FIRED UP! WEMBLEY IS FIRED UP! YES! YES! YES! BUSAIKU KNEE TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!

THE LEBELL LOCK IS IN! SWERVE STRUGGLES, PUSHING, HE BREAKS BRYAN’S GRIP BUT DANIELSON WISHBONES HIS FINGERS AND TRAPS THE FAR ARM TOO! IT’S OVER! IT’S OVER! BRYAN DANIELSON IS THE AEW WORLD CHAMPION!

“American Dragon” Bryan Danielson wins by submission with an arm-trap LeBell Lock to save his career and become your new AEW World Champion.

Post-match Claudio and Wheeler help Birdy and Buddy over the barricade and the family celebrates together in the ring. Bryan and Brie kiss. PAC is here too. Fireworks go off. I’m crying. Professional wrestling is great. Buddy chases after confetti and Bryan gets him to come over so he can lit him up. Birdy has the title.

That’s the show, folks.

Source: CageSideSeats

Report: Ex-WWE Star Ricochet Signs Multi-Year Deal With AEW, Could Debut At All In

The future of Ricochet has become a little clearer.

Coming off the expiration of his WWE contract, reports indicated that former Intercontinental Champion Ricochet was expected to imminently join All Elite Wrestling. That plan has now reportedly become a reality, with Ricochet quietly signing a deal with the promotion led by Tony Khan.

According to Fightful Select, Ricochet has inked a multi-year agreement with AEW with the help of an agent. Furthermore, he is figured into upcoming AEW shows, beginning with a potential appearance at AEW’s biggest pay-per-view of the year — All In. This year’s All In event will emanate from Wembley Stadium in London, England on Sunday, August 25. With this in mind, several sources have claimed that Ricochet is headed to London for a planned appearance at AEW All In. The circumstances surrounding Ricochet’s possible involvement is still unknown. Should Ricochet emerge at AEW All In, it will mark his official AEW debut.

In June 2024, Ricochet reportedly informed WWE officials of his desire to leave the company upon the conclusion of his latest deal. As such, Ricochet was written off of WWE television shortly thereafter in a “WWE Raw” segment that saw Bron Breakker send him crashing through a car windshield. On June 30, Ricochet was moved to the alumni section of WWE’s website, just hours before his contract officially expired.

In moving to AEW, Ricochet will be met with a number of new and familiar faces. Some of these familiar faces include former WWE colleagues like Mercedes Mone, Adam Cole, and Saraya, while others like Will Ospreay and The Young Bucks precede his WWE days.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Ricochet Leaving WWE

WWE might still rule the wrestling world, but soon they will no longer be able to say they own “the one and only.” According to a report last week from Pro Wrestling Insider, former Intercontinental and United States Champion Ricochet has informed WWE he intends to leave the company upon the expiration of the five-year contract he signed in 2019.

Considering earlier reports that indicate Ricochet’s deal is up this summer, the news means his time in WWE is rapidly nearing its end, and PWI claims the company is expected to quickly begin writing him out of storylines. Those who attended “WWE SmackDown” live in Louisville Friday (7/5/2024), likely got the first taste of that process, as the first-ever “WWE Speed” Champion lost his title to Andrade in a match taped prior to the June 7 episode of the blue brand. Ricochet has also been part of a recent angle with Ilja Dragunov and Bron Breakker; he lost to Breakker on “WWE Raw” and lost to Dragunov in the first round of the 2024 King of the Ring Tournament last month.

PWI quoted one source who gave Ricochet “all the credit in the world for betting on himself.” Still just 35 years old, he will almost certainly make a splash on the free agent market and could be considered likely show up in AEW, especially considering a recent interview with old foe (and current AEW International Champion) Will Ospreay, who lamented WWE wasting Ricochet’s talent.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Ricochet Injury Update After WWE Raw Intercontinental Title #1 Contender’s Match

GUNTHER has now held the WWE Intercontinental Championship for well over 500 days, having first won the title from Ricochet back in June 2022. Last night’s “WWE Raw” included a four-way to determine the next contender for GUNTHER, and the lineup featured the former champion Ricochet, as well as The Miz, Bronson Reed, and Ivar of the Viking Raiders. Like much of last night’s show, there was plenty of action and excitement. However, not all was well coming out of the match, with Ricochet reportedly hurt.

Today’s “Wrestling Observer Radio” had hosts Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussing the situation. Alvarez stated that Ricochet was in WWE’s concussion protocol, meaning he must get cleared by a doctor before being able to return to the ring. Depending on the severity of his injury, that could take days, weeks, or possibly even months.

One spot relatively early on saw Ricochet slam his head onto the mat and, according to Alvarez, it was immediately clear that Ricochet should have been pulled from the match and checked out for a concussion. However, the high-flying WWE star finished out the match.

“I’ve seen a million Ricochet matches, and he does not miss stuff, and he is not slow,” Alvarez said. “From that point forward, for a good three [or] four minutes, he’s slow and everything is not Ricochet-level. And it was clear this guy was messed up but they let him work the entire match.”

Both hosts agreed that Ricochet’s condition had seemed to improve after the commercial break, with the wrestler likely having a minute or two to recover. There was some confusion at the end of the bout, with Ricochet kicking out while the ref still counted to three, but it’s not yet clear if that was a planned angle or a mistake on someone’s part.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to

GUNTHER has now held the WWE Intercontinental Championship for well over 500 days, having first won the title from Ricochet back in June 2022. Last night’s “WWE Raw” included a four-way to determine the next contender for GUNTHER, and the lineup featured the former champion Ricochet, as well as The Miz, Bronson Reed, and Ivar of the Viking Raiders. Like much of last night’s show, there was plenty of action and excitement. However, not all was well coming out of the match, with Ricochet reportedly hurt.

Today’s “Wrestling Observer Radio” had hosts Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussing the situation. Alvarez stated that Ricochet was in WWE’s concussion protocol, meaning he must get cleared by a doctor before being able to return to the ring. Depending on the severity of his injury, that could take days, weeks, or possibly even months.

One spot relatively early on saw Ricochet slam his head onto the mat and, according to Alvarez, it was immediately clear that Ricochet should have been pulled from the match and checked out for a concussion. However, the high-flying WWE star finished out the match.

“I’ve seen a million Ricochet matches, and he does not miss stuff, and he is not slow,” Alvarez said. “From that point forward, for a good three [or] four minutes, he’s slow and everything is not Ricochet-level. And it was clear this guy was messed up but they let him work the entire match.”

Both hosts agreed that Ricochet’s condition had seemed to improve after the commercial break, with the wrestler likely having a minute or two to recover. There was some confusion at the end of the bout, with Ricochet kicking out while the ref still counted to three, but it’s not yet clear if that was a planned angle or a mistake on someone’s part.

Source: Wrestling Inc. with credit to Wrestling Observer Radio

Rusev Returns To WWE Action

Following a brief hiatus from WWE TV, Rusev returned on Raw this week and got involved in the baby drama between Mike and Maria Kanellis.

Last night’s edition of RAW featured a gender reveal party that ended with an angry Maria telling Mike that Ricochet was the father of her baby. Frustrated over the revelation, Mike challenged Ricochet to a match … even though the former United States champ denied the accusation.

Ricochet picked up the win with ease and Maria scolded her husband for it afterward. She then said Ricochet obviously wasn’t the father, but teased revealing the father in that moment.

That’s when Rusev’s music hit and he made his way to the ring in tremendous shape with a new look. After a brief interaction in the ring, Rusev demolished Mike Kanellis.

Rusev’s last match in WWE took place back in June at Super ShowDown.

According to sources, Rusev was kept hidden backstage before and during RAW to keep the surprise return a secret. It’s unclear if he’ll eventually be re-paired with Lana, and her status in all of this was also questioned during RAW.

Below are the videos of what happened from last night’s RAW:

WWE Stars Pay Tribute To Former TNA Star Amazing Red After His Retirement

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks took to Twitter to praise former TNA X Division Champion The Amazing Red, who runs the House of Glory wrestling promotion and school in New York City. Banks posted the tribute because Red has announced his retirement from the ring.

As seen below, Ali also took to Twitter to post a tribute to Red. Ali’s video features tributes to Red from Seth Rollins, Banks, Bayley, AJ Styles, Lince Dorado, Kevin Owens, Ricochet, Brian Kendrick, Rey Mysterio and WWE producer Sonjay Dutt.

Ali wrote, “@AmazingRed1 was such a huge influence on me. But I’m definitely not the only one who was influenced by him. He should know that.”

You can see the tribute video below, along with Red’s announcement video.

Red noted that he originally planned to “leave wrestling” after the WWE Cruiserweight Classic in 2016. In what could have led to his big break, Red was originally scheduled to work the tournament but an ankle injury kept him out of it. He said he felt like he has done everything he was supposed to do through HOG, and he’s cancelling all the shows he had planned for WrestleMania 35 Week in New York City. Red said he will continue to teach at HOG, and he will continue to support the business. “Throughout all my life, I have done things for everybody else, I’ve never done things for myself,” Red said.

He later added, “Be happy for me, don’t be upset. The reason why I made this video was for myself, because once I know I put this out there, there’s no turning back. This is me looking out for me. So, be happy about that.”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Ricochet, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano And Tommaso Ciampa Make RAW Debut – Permanent Call Up?

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Last night in the opening segment of RAW, Triple H announced that NXT Stars – Ricochet, Aleister Black, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa would debut on RAW later in the show.

Video packages were played to hype each competitor.

The footage WWE shared on social media was captioned “Triple H introduces WWE’s newest Superstars” and Michael Cole welcomed them to WWE, so it sounds like a permanent call up. No word on what this will mean for Ciampa’s current NXT Championship run and Gargano appeared on RAW as the NXT North American Champion.

Ricochet teamed with WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor to defeat Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush in tag team action. The match was made after Ricochet saved Balor from a double team by Rush and Lashley. The match saw Ricochet get the pin on Rush after hitting the 630 from the top rope.

Johnny Gargano teamed up with former DIY partner Tommaso Ciampa to defeat the RAW Tag Team champions The Revival.

Aleister Black interrupted Elias then went on to defeat him in a singles match.

WWE Announces Ricochet Signing

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It’s official! Former Lucha Underground champ Ricochet (Prince Puma) has signed a deal with WWE.

WWE.com revealed the highly-anticipated signing on Tuesday and noted that he officially reported for duty today at the WWE Performance Center.

Interesting note: Rico competed in LU as Prince Puma and had a 90-day no compete clause with the company after his final match aired in October. Yesterday was day 90.

The announcement also lists some of his accomplishments: “Among his many accolades, Mann has twice won Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s annual Battle of Los Angeles tournament, and he is only the second American in history to win New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament.”

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Ricochet Coming To WWE NXT In January?

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Word going around the WWE Performance Center is that top indie star Ricochet (Lucha Underground’s Prince Puma) will be starting with the company in January. No word yet on when he would make his WWE NXT roster debut but there have been rumors of WWE signing him for a while now. PWInsider notes that Impact Wrestling tried to sign Ricochet but they couldn’t make a deal happen.

Source: WrestlingINC