Ricochet officially began his reign at Final Battle on Friday night when ROH veteran Dalton Castle stepped up to challenge him for his newly won title. With The Boys supporting him in the ring, Castle looked on the brink of victory as he sent Ricochet spinning and dropped him with a Bang-A-Rang for a near fall. After Ricochet kicked out, both men rolled to the outside, where the defending champion shoved one of the guys into Castle. In the confusion, Ricochet re-entered the ring and lined up the Spirit Gun, ultimately leaving Castle dazed and unable to get out of Ricochet’s winning cover that followed.
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24 hours later, Ricochet mirrored the result when he defeated Ace Austin to retain his AEW National Championship at “Collision”. Austin fought valiantly, even dropping Ricochet with a superplex and a nasty double stomp, but in the end, it wasn’t enough to escape the lariat and package that greeted him afterwards.
Ricochet cemented himself as the inaugural AEW National Champion at AEW Full Gear when he bested 11 other men and won the Casino Gauntlet Match. He then expressed interest in capturing more titles in AEW, such as the Continental, Tag Team, and Trios Championships. Kris Statlander’s AEW Women’s World Championship also remained a possibility. Thanks to his consecutive victories this weekend, Ricochet has completed 15 days as National Champion so far.
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