During the Miracle on 34th Street Fight on the December 23 episode of WWE SmackDown, Ricochet teamed with Braun Strowman to face Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci).
During the bout, Ricochet suffered a cut on the top of his head that led to him needing six stitches.
Speaking to Alistair McGeorge of Metro, Ricochet revealed he tried to wave the doctors off so he could recreate a Steve Austin moment from WrestleMania 13.
"Honestly, because it was bleeding a lot, obviously the doctors are gonna come out and check on you. I was trying to actually [copy] Stone Cold, WrestleMania 13, [nodding vigorously] put it over my head, you know what I mean? They were like, 'No, we can’t do that.' Obviously, because they’re the doctors, they’re like, 'We gotta make sure you’re ok, what are you doing?' I’m like, 'Stop wiping the blood,' and they’re like, 'No, we can’t, what are you doing?!' I’m going on 20 years now, which is pretty crazy. I think after doing it so long, I think you can judge the severity of a situation. Honestly, I think it looked worse than it was because of the blood and everything," he said.
Ricochet said he was "very aware of the situation" and not loopy. "Literally, it healed up within days, it was so easy! It was just a freak accident, and it didn’t even hurt. I mean, it hurt, but I didn’t get knocked out and I didn’t see stars."
Ricochet would be back in action during the WWE Holiday Tour and then defeat Top Dolla in a Royal Rumble qualifying match on the January 6 episode of WWE SmackDown.
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