WWE star Ricochet was recently interviewed by Yahoo! Sports to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Ricochet discussed wanting to wrestle ever since he was a young kid, WWE not always being his goal, and being inspired by the likes of Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and The Rock.
Here are some highlights:
Wanting to be a wrestler since he was a child:
I remember being maybe 5 or 6 and attempting to do things on the trampoline. My brother would double bounce me on the trampoline to help me flip and teach me.
I remember starting really young in my front yard trying to do the most crooked handspring in the world and slowly it got straighter and straighter and that’s all I did when I was younger. We all say and joke ‘I’m going to be WWE champion,’ but I personally didn’t really think it would happen.
WWE wasn’t always his goal:
For me WWE was not always the goal. I’ve always been a fan of it, but when I started I was 14, my first match was when I was 15, I was just a skinny kid back in 2003, 2004 … I never thought I was going to be in WWE. I was just doing it because it was fun and something that I liked to do.
It wasn’t until later that I really realized that it was a possibility because everything started changing and then they changed even more and it was actually within grasp.
Being inspired by the likes of Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, and The Rock:
I watched guys like Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and The Rock obviously, those were my favorites. I didn’t use them as influences until later on when I got much more in depth in my craft and my profession.
I was opened up to the world of independent wrestling and I saw guys like A.J. Styles, Matt Sydal, and Jack Evans and all of these different guys who were amazing and I tried to take bits and pieces and incorporate it within my character. In a way it helped me before I got here because it honed my actual in-ring abilities and allowed me to perfect my ways.
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