WWE’s 2023 Money within the Bank event may widely be remembered because the catalyst for Damian Priest’s eventual run as WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Fans might also remember it for one among its scary spots by which Logan Paul and Ricochet crashed through a table via a botched Spanish Fly. In line with Ricochet, this got here in consequence of a split-second improvisation on his part.
“Especially in wrestling, you might have to depend on your instincts loads because sometimes things don’t go right. Especially with what we do, and once you add tables, ladders, and all these kinds of things, in those moments, it’s fight or flight,” Ricochet told “Unlikely With Adrian Hernandez.” “You will have half a second to take into consideration what you should do. [For] me, I’m on the market obviously attempting to placed on a show for the gang, and at the identical time, I’m holding on to Logan Paul. I’m going ‘We’re going, bro. You slip, I slip. It don’t matter. We’re going.’
“Then after that, he met me afterwards, and we got in slightly fight. They got it on camera, but in that moment, it’s fight or flight. I’m the one going backwards anyway. I’m going backwards, so it’s just one among those things where you might have to take control of the situation.”
Within the moments preceding this crash, LA Knight pushed over a ladder by which Paul and Ricochet stood on either side of. While their leading feet were planned to hit the highest rope at the identical time upon their descent, Ricochet’s landed on it first, causing Paul’s foot to miss and slip to the underside rope as an alternative. Naturally, Paul then attempted to position himself on the second rope. Before he could fully accomplish that, nonetheless, Ricochet took hold of Paul and hurled them each through the aforementioned table.
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