Ricochet accomplished the fifth defense of his AEW National Championship within the fourth different promotion with a win over CMLL’s Titan on Friday.
The “One and Only” became the inaugural National Champion with a Casino Gauntlet win at Full Gear in November, making 4 defenses in December with AEW, ROH, and RevPro. And he made CMLL the fourth promotion on Friday within the fundamental event of Viernes Espectacular, defeating Titan after 22 and a half minutes in what was actually their second singles bout together; the primary got here 13 years ago within the NJPW Better of the Super Juniors tournament, with Ricochet getting the win on that night too.
Back in AEW, things may not be as clear-cut for the reigning champion, having been pinned by former challenger Jack Perry in trios motion alongside The Demand against Perry and the Young Bucks during last week’s “AEW Dynamite.” The Demand had got back to winning ways during “AEW Collision” with a trios win over Anthony Bowens and JetSpeed – the latter of which might be difficult alongside “Hangman” Adam Page for the World Trios Championship held by The Opps.
The remainder of The Demand was also in motion earlier on within the show, with the Gates of Agony facing Barbaro Cavernario and Soberano Jr. in tag team motion. Nonetheless, they didn’t benefit from the success of their leader, Bishop Kaun submitting to lose the competition for his or her team after almost seventeen minutes.