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The wrestling world was abuzz when WWE announced that they had signed Ricochet. Even though he's currently 29, he's been wrestling since he was 15. It would be great to see him up on the main roster, but he will stay on NXT right now. Which isn't bad considering the high-level talent NXT holds right now.
I can't wait to see matches Ricochet is in against Adam Cole or Drew McIntyre. A match against the current NXT champion will blow minds as well.
Ricochet has competed everywhere on the independents over his career. Basically, if you're going to put on a show, you need Ricochet there or it won't feel complete. He's earned that.
Fans might be unaware of him, so here are 5 things you need to know about Ricochet.
#5 He and Will Ospreay broke the internet
It's hard to shock wrestling fans nowadays, but when these two-faced, it not only shocked fans but the internet. They both wrestled a 20-minute classic that fans everywhere talked about.
This match was up for debate as well. Was this really wrestling or just extreme acrobatics. Every generation of wrestling has their own style of wrestling. Today's style is the over the top wrestling dubbed ''Flippy Sh*t''.
Legends like Vader went to Twitter to talk down the match, saying that it isn't wrestling and just ''acrobatics without a story''. Most old-timers were fine with the match; Stone Cold was even a fan of the match. If you get his blessing, you know you did well.
#4 He's dating Tessa Blanchard
Wrestlers tend to fall in love with wrestlers. It's understandable because they both know what it's like to be thrown around for a living. Ricochet and Tessa can be added to that list of wrestlers dating.
She congratulated Ricochet on Twitter when the news broke that he had signed with the WWE. Tessa's not a stranger to WWE as she competed in the Mae Young Classic last summer.
For those who have been wrestling fans for a long time will recognize her last name. She is the daughter of wrestling legend Tully Blanchard, a legend when he was wrestling for the NWA back in the 70's and 80's.
#3 Former PWG World Champion
Before his appearance at NXT Takeover Philadelphia, he only just had lost the PWG world title about two weeks beforehand. He lost the belt to a long time friend and the man who trained Ricochet early in his career, Chuck Taylor.
For those who don't know what PWG is clearly isn't an indie wrestling fan. PWG has had current WWE talent wrestle for them before; some even held the world title. AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Adam Cole have all been in the ring for PWG before.
It's incredible how much PWG has grown over the years. If you live in California and haven't seen a PWG show yet, you are missing out.
#2 He was in Lucha Underground
Wrestling has grown so much over the last few years, and thanks to the internet, fans will know where their favorite wrestlers are competing nowadays. Ricochet was better to know in the United States and Japan and was big in Mexico as well, wrestling in Lucha Underground as Prince Puma.
He was the longest reigning world champion and during his time as champ, he wrestled Rey Mysterio and John Morrison, just to name a few.
You might think ''good for him'', but Ricochet being around the world and experiencing so many different wrestling styles is good for him. It means that WWE will get to experience a lot and it's just from one man!
#1 He's won New Japan's Best of the Super Juniors
WWE might be pulling out tournaments left, right and center nowadays, but New Japan was doing it first. Since 1988, New Japan has been putting on their ''Best of the Super Juniors'' tournament and Ricochet was only the second American to win the tournament. In 1996, Eddie Guerrero won under the name ''Black Tiger 2''.
It's amazing that he was able to win it in 2014 considering who was in it, which included the likes of Kenny Omega and Jushin Thunder Liger, to name a few. But New Japan thought he was good enough that year and they were correct.
Ricochet will no doubt have a fantastic career in WWE. Whenever Triple H takes over in the next few years, then we can expect him to skyrocket to the top.
