The identity of the friend who stepped in during Ricochet’s MS tweet controversy has now been revealed. According to Fightful Select, it was Chris Hero — a respected veteran and longtime friend of Ricochet — who reached out and advised him to delete the offensive post and issue an apology. “Those that we spoke to in AEW say that Chris Hero was the person who reached out to Ricochet to give him advice on the disrespectful MS tweet,” the report states.
The revelation aligns with what was already known about how the situation unfolded. AEW did not force the apology, and Warner Bros. Discovery had no involvement. The decision to take down the tweet and issue a public statement came from Ricochet himself — but it was Hero’s personal intervention that prompted the shift.
AEW Stayed Out of It While Hero Stepped In as a Trusted Voice
The picture that emerges is one of a company that deliberately stayed at arm’s length while a trusted peer handled it. Hero’s credibility in the wrestling industry as a veteran with deep roots and long-standing relationships makes him exactly the kind of person whose call would carry weight in a moment like this. Ricochet subsequently acknowledged in his apology that he had taken his frustrations out on the fan and on others affected by MS, writing that he would do better going forward. He has not appeared on AEW television since the incident.
