In a post on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, WWE superstar MVP revealed that he originally wanted Ricochet to be part of the Hurt Business faction on WWE television, however WWE informed him at the time that when he asked for both Cedric Alexander and Ricochet, he could only choose one and chose Cedric as he thought that it would help him more.

“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.”