10 Things WWE Fans Need To Know About Ricochet
4. He Has Nearly 15 Years Experience In The Ring
A lot of wrestlers who come through the door of NXT's Orlando Performance Centre - many of them turning to a career in wrestling after getting cut from their college football team - boast only a couple of years experience in the ring.
Ricochet, on the other hand, represents a new generation of WWE acquisitions which have come to be the norm since Triple H began to take over the reigns a little while ago; complete wrestlers who, in some instances, have been performing for a decade or more.
In the case of their latest signing, it's nearly 15 years. Indeed, despite being a few months short of his 30th birthday, Ricochet has been showing off in the squared circle since 2003, way back before he had finished high school.
As a result, not only is he a well-polished performer, he's also - presumably - well aware of the many sacrifices getting to the top of the industry generally entails, which means he's unlikely join the likes of Nathan Jones in the list of rookies who "didn't want it enough".