8 Wrestlers Who Can't Hide Their Frustration RIGHT NOW
3. Ricochet
Wrestling is moving quickly again - you could show a more than passive fan stills from Monday Night RAW in 2009 and 2016, and they wouldn't have a clue which was which - and as a result, it's almost impossible to recall just how great Ricochet was before he got main roster'd.
He was a phenomenon. In an era slowly defined by jaw-dropping athletic endeavour (and the tedious discourse that stemmed from it), Ricochet was the best of the best or close to it in 2016. Generating as much buzz as velocity, Ricochet signed with WWE as a key NXT recruit, after which his career died. There'd be scope here for a Greek mythology metaphor, if Ricochet got anywhere near the sun. The poor pr*ck barely made it out of Main Event.
His minimal role clearly frustrates him, and has for some time. Ever since he angrily marched to the back following a bizarre pre-pandemic job to Riddick Moss, Ricochet has cut a forlorn figure. His evident frustration often manifests in sub-liking criticisms of his creative direction or outright burials of his peers, in the case of his spat with Io Shirai, whom he effectively claimed was half as good as him.
He's hardly in a better mood at time of writing, having lost in 3:20 to Sheamus on the January 21 SmackDown. Gauging by his more recent Twitter activity, he's still under the belief that he should be doing more.
He's not wrong, even if that nickname is hardly going to sell any iron-ons.