AJ Francis would love to defend his title against Ricochet.
Ricochet was written off WWE television when Bron Breakker brutally attacked him on the June 10 episode of WWE Raw. As previously reported, Ricochet entered free agency on July 1 after his contract expired. He has widely been linked to AEW, but his future is up in the air.
Speaking with Joey Karni on The Angle Podcast, TNA Digital Media Champion AJ Francis was asked whether he would want to see Ricochet come to TNA and face him for the title.
“Absolutely, 100%. Ricochet, I use this as an example, and I stole this from Jon Cruz, who’s Serpentico at AEW. He’s the person that trained me more than anyone else. I use this quote from him, it was like, ‘Stop trying to do crazy moves and start trying to get over with the crowd. You can’t make a new move, Ricochet already exists.’ Ricochet already exists, Ricochet is the guy. In my personal opinion, Ricochet, if we’re talking about in-ring ability, there’s nobody better than him. There’s nobody. I would love to put this on the line against him. I think that we would have an incredible match. We had an incredible three-minute match on SmackDown, it was a lot of fun. We have the history there. Me and him are very good friends. I would love to potentially put this on the line versus Ricochet. We would have an absolute banger of a match. He’s so good. He’s one of the greatest, if not in my opinion, the greatest in-ring guy ever. The way he sells, the way he moves, the moves that he does, it’s undeniable. They say the rumors are he’s going to AEW, that’s what I’ve heard. They say that on the interwebs. But I would love if I got a chance to defend this against Ricochet because in my opinion, there’s nobody better," Francis said.
Click here to see what Will Ospreay had to say about Ricochet potentially joining AEW.
Check out Ricochet's comments about the match between Kelani Jordan and Sol Ruca at NXT Heatwave here.
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