Ricochet has confirmed that he was almost brought in as the fourth member of WWE’s popular stable The Hurt Business.

According to the report, WWE veteran MVP, a key member of The Hurt Business, had wanted both Ricochet and Cedric Alexander to be part of the group.

The company only allowed the faction to have one additional member, and MVP ended up choosing Cedric Alexander over Ricochet.

“True story. When we were forming The Hurt Business, I asked for BOTH Ricochet AND Cedric Alexander. We were told we could only have 1. We chose Cedric because we felt he needed our association more than Ricochet did.

I always thought Ricky O would be a big star on his own,“ MVP revealed in a recent tweet.

Ricochet himself confirmed the accuracy of MVP’s statement by liking the tweet. This suggests the talented high-flyer was indeed close to joining the dominant stable led by MVP, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin.

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The news comes as Ricochet is rumored to be departing WWE when his contract expires this summer, with many fans hoping he could land in rival promotion AEW.

His abrupt exit from WWE programming on the latest episode of Raw, where he was brutally attacked, seems to hint that his time with the company is coming to an end.

While Ricochet may have narrowly missed out on becoming part of The Hurt Business, the news has certainly piqued the interest of wrestling fans about the potential directions his career could take next.