AEW’s Ricochet fires back at Paul Heyman’s WWE Raw promo

Ricochet of AEW enters the ring during the New Japan Pro-Wrestling - Wrestle Dynasty at Tokyo Dome on January 05, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. | Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images Setting up a Sunday Night’s Main Event match between his client Bron Breakker and King of the Ring Oba Femi on this week’s Raw, Paul Heyman said of WWE: “This is the biggest promotion in the world. We don’t just answer to the people live and the people at home, we answer to shareholders… Here’s what I know after 40 years in this business: When two main eventers are standing in the ring, you don’t do an impromptu match to decide who the future is.” I’ve seen the “impromptu match” line interpreted as a jab at AEW’s strategy of occasionally putting big clashes like Kenny Omega’s World title win over MJF on television rather than PPV. That’s not what former WWE and current AEW star Ricochet chose to respond to, however. In reposted aggregation of the “answering to shareholders” bit from Heyman’s promo, the former AEW