This week on WWE’s NXT, Ricochet was set for action, but as the music hit for him to make his way to the ring, he was instead dragged out to the stage by The Undisputed Era. Of course, ‘The One and Only’ is scheduled to face Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV on August 18th for the NXT North American Championship. It now appears as if the reason for that angle was more than just to further their feud.

According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Ricochet has been working through an unspecified injury, which is being described as a “tweak”, initially suffered at an NXT Live Event in Paris, France back on June 11th. While it’s not certain exactly what he’s dealing with, the ailment in question came during a match when Ricochet attempted an outside dive that missed its mark.

Ricochet has not competed for the last six weeks with his last match coming back at the United Kingdom Championship Tournament on June 26th when he teamed with Aleister Black to take on EC3 and The Velveteen Dream. Currently, it’s being said that he will be just fine for TakeOver: Brooklyn and is just taking some time off to heal up.

EA’s Take: Good thing all these people keep doing outside dives! In case you didn’t notice, that’s what we call “sarcasm”. We know there was a pretty severe injury at last night’s Mae Young Classic tapings due to an outside dive so the question has to be asked…is it worth it? In Ricochet’s case, you’ve basically made your career off of these types of maneuvers, essentially pigeon-holing yourself into that box where it’s expected on a nightly basis. Just, why? Why does there need to be an outside dive on EVERY damn show? They’ve been used to death and aren’t even exciting anymore in my eyes. Save those for big events or at the very least, something that’s televised. It’s just such an unnecessary risk that I will never understand. Meanwhile, people want to say stupid things like, “Well they shouldn’t have done all the Mae Young Classic tapings the way they did. Spread it out over three days to give them time to heal”. Are you friggin’ serious?!?

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