
Ricochet Reacts To His Triple Threat Victory
WWE just posted their NXT post-show from this week featuring comments from the victors of tonight’s episode. This week, NXT North American Champion Ricochet reacts to his latest title defense against Adam Cole and Pete Dunne in a Triple Threat Match:
Catch all the fallout from this week’s NXT, including post-match comments from NXT North American Champion Ricochet, “Limitless” Keith Lee and more.
Marty “The Moth” Martinez Talks Working ‘Tough Enough’
Current Lucha Underground Champion Marty “The Moth” Martinez spoke with Raj Giri of WrestlingInc. about his brief time with WWE’s superstar competition Tough Enough and what led to him going to Lucha Underground. In the interview, he recalls a time where he traveled all across the Pacific and Southwest only to be noticed by one Big Show.
Here are a few highlights from the interview, which can be read in full HERE:
On participating on Tough Enough:
“I see Trish Status, Steve Austin, Bill DeMott, Booker T. and, of course, immediately those ‘holy crap, it’s these people’ pops ups….I had to compartmentalize it. OK, that’s my coach, that’s the girl’s coach. I had to take that part and put it aside and they’re just my coaches… I think I did that in most of the competition, until after the competition and was like ‘holy crap, that just actually happened.’ It’s a giant trip because it’s a guy you watch on TV for so many years and now he’s telling you and explaining to you what you need to do to be a better wrestler.”
Martinez on receiving his first WWE Tryout through The Big Show:
“2007 actually happened because of the The Big Show. WWE never comes to Utah to shoot Raw or shoot any TV here, they just do their house shows and in the house shows they don’t need any extra help. When I was trying to get into the WWE they’d never come around here. So I had to fly myself to California, fly myself to Texas, fly myself to Colorado… I flew myself to that whole loop and Big Show noticed me. He walked me to [John] Laurinaitis and said: ‘Give this man a tryout, he flew himself all these places and deserves a tryout.'”
Lucha Underground
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Lucha Underground #1
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Jose Alberto Rodriguez, using the ring name Alberto el Patrn, greets the crowd before his Lucha Underground match in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #2
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Wrestler MARTY 'THE MOTH' MARTINEZ takes flight during Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #3
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Wrester El Texano Jr. introduced before his match during Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #4
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: The crowd reacts during a match at Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #5
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Jose Alberto Rodrguez, using the ring name Alberto el Patron, greets the crowd before his Lucha Underground match in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #6
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: The audience watching the Lucha Underground match in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #7
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Wrester Victor Manuel Soto Flores known as Drago is introduced before his match during Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #8
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Sexy Star, left, takes flight during a match with MARTY 'THE MOTH' MARTINEZ, right, during Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #9
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Sexy Star greets the crowd from the ring during Lucha Underground match in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #10
LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 20, 2015: Sexy Star in the ring during a match at Lucha Underground in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, in Los Angeles, CA April 12, 2015. Lucha Underground is professional wrestling and television series. (Francine Orr/ LA Times via Getty Images)
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Lucha Underground #11
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #12
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #13
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #14
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #15
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #16
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)
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Lucha Underground #17
AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 14: Wrestler Johnny Mundo of 'Lucha Underground' is photographed in the Getty Images SXSW Portrait Studio powered by Samsung at the Samsung Studio on March 14, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images for Samsung)