Six nights before the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Ricochet takes flight against the sinister Lone Wolf on Raw.

With a tall ladder to jump off and lots of bodies to land on, Ricochet seems to be tailor-made for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, perhaps more so than all his opponents. But we’re not quite at the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, and the former NXT North American Champion will head to Sunday’s event coming off an L at the hands of prospective two-time contract winner Baron Corbin.

It’s the first loss Ricochet’s taken since being named to the match, and while it certainly looked like the high-flyer would continue to roll after last week’s victorious slugfest with Robert Roode, Corbin played to his own strengths — power and patience — to simply pulverize Ricochet once his opponent started to heat up.

Ricochet didn’t go quietly, but Corbin’s clobbering rendered him a step slow and a touch desperate as well. Corbin’s reversal of a hurricanrana into the End of Days sealed the win, though Ricochet got the last word by knocking Corbin off a ladder he attempted to climb in a symbolic display of post-match dominance. That, at least, bodes well for Ricochet’s chances on Sunday — loss or not, he understands what the true objective is — but as Corbin made clear tonight, he might have to climb a little farther and harder to get there than he anticipated.