Ricochet kicked off the new year by qualifying for the Royal Rumble!
In late 2022, Ricochet won the SmackDown World Cup and challenged for the Intercontinental Championship against Gunther. Though he did not win the gold, he kept the momentum up by defeated Top Dolla to qualify for the WWE Royal Rumble on January 6th. Speaking in a WWE Digital Exclusive, Ricochet was asked to speak about his qualifier win. First, he commented on Hit Row’s post-match attack and said that he was glad Braun Strowman had his back.
First of all, I want to say that Top Dolla. B-Fab, Adonis, all of them, they think they got one over on me. Congratulations, guys. But I just want to let you know, this isn’t the first time that someone’s beaten me up after a match, and this probably won’t be the last time that someone beats me up after a match. So I am so sorry for you, but I did exactly what I said that I was going to do, that is come into this week, take care of business, take care of Top Dolla, and move on to the Royal Rumble. Sure, they got a couple of cheap shots afterwards, but that’s why you always have a monster in your pocket. Luckily, I was fortunate enough to have someone that I’ve kind of created an alliance with, a bond with, a friendship if you will, with someone that I’ve been pretty close to recently, and that’s Braun Strowman. Luckily he came out there, and he had my back,
– Ricochet via WWE Digital
Ricochet continued on to speak about his win and bis confidence heading into the Rumble, saying 2023 is his year.
The Royal Rumble, how do you prepare for it? How does anybody prepare for the Royal Rumble? I don’t know if there is a way you can prepare for the Royal Rumble. It’s so different, it’s so many people in the match, there’s so many objects out, there’s so much that goes into this that is kind of hard to prepare for it. But I think that I’m going to do what I always do, and that is be resilient, be determined, and then be that person that no one’s able to stop, like I was tonight, Mike I have been did the past couple of weeks. I’m gonna take all of this momentum for the past couple of weeks and move it from last year into this year and keep that going on to the Royal Rumble. I know everybody says that they’re going to win the Royal Rumble, everyone says it’s going to be their year. But I know this year is going to be the year of Ricochet, and it’s not just gonna stop with the Royal Rumble. It’s gonna go all throughout the year, and it’s going to continue. So the Royal Rumble is gonna be amazing,
– Ricochet via WWE Digital
So far, we know Ricochet and Kofi Kingston are in the Royal Rumble Match.
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