Ricochet takes a massive shot at former WWE star: "Dumb piece of cr*p"

Ricochet has taken aim at a former WWE Superstar after failing to win his match at All In Texas. Former NXT North American Champion Swerve Strickland was victorious in his own high-stakes tag bout at the event this past weekend.

Meanwhile, The Excellence of Elevation was also in action last Saturday at the 2025 edition of All In as a participant in the Men's Casino Gauntlet Match, the same match in which he had made his official AEW debut at last year's iteration of the pay-per-view. Entering the bout this year at the number-three spot, Ricochet promptly teamed with the number-two entrant, MJF, to gang up on Mark Briscoe, who had started the matchup with Friedman and whom the former WWE US Champion had defeated in a Stretcher Match earlier this year.

Unfortunately, The Future of Flight was unable to win the 2025 Men's Casino Gauntlet Match, as Friedman managed to steal the victory for himself. Later on, in the main event of All In, Adam Page successfully submitted Jon Moxley to become the new AEW World Champion. The Cowboy's triumph owed itself to a major assist from Swerve Strickland, who handed his once-arch-nemesis the steel chain, which Page then used to suffocate Moxley.

Since then, an image of The Realest looking at The Hangman celebrating his win with a smile on his face has been making the rounds on X. Another of Swerve's sworn All Elite Wrestling rivals, Ricochet, recently shared the picture and dissed the former WWE NXT North American Champion in the caption, writing:

"When you know you're a dumb piece of cr*p."

Check out Ricochet's post HERE.

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Earlier that night, Strickland had teamed with Will Ospreay to defeat The Young Bucks, successfully stripping them of their EVP titles.

Ricochet thinks a former WWE champion should have retained his title at AEW All In 2025

The final bout at All In 2025 was a Texas Death Match between Adam Page and Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship. With the help of some unexpected allies, The Cowboy succeeded at unseating The Purveyor of Violence and finally setting the World Title free from the former WWE US Champion's briefcase.

However, Ricochet voiced his disagreement with the outcome of the matchup, taking to X afterwards to write:

"Mox should have won."

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It remains to be seen if The One and Only will be able to earn a shot at the AEW World Championship anytime soon, now that The Gates of Agony are watching his back.

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