Ricky Starks WWE Switch Stuns Ex-AEW Champion
Ricky Starks stunned many by appearing on WWE TV including a former AEW champion that was left completely surprised.
Tony Khan made cuts to the AEW roster recently, letting three stars whose futures had been in doubt go. Miro, Malakai Black, and Ricky Starks were the stars in question and Starks didn’t wait long to make his next move.
Ricky Starks made his surprise debut on NXT where he addressed that he was now on the brand and ready to turn it upside down.
Ricky Starks Takes AEW’s Thunder Rosa By Surprise
Speaking on Busted Open Radio, former AEW Women’s Champion Thunder Rosa spoke of her surprise at finding out her former colleague in both AEW and NWA had made his debut in WWE:
I was on the phone with someone and they were like, ‘Oh my god, Ricky is on TV on NXT’, and I said, ‘Wait what?!’ I was completely surprised, completely surprised. It took me completely by surprise. He’s one of the hungriest individuals I’ve ever met. Intellectually, physically, in his career, he’s extremely passionate about everything he does. His promos, the way that he carries himself, he takes that very to heart.
From NWA and everything that happened in the pandemic when we were making absolutely zero money, he got a great opportunity coming to AEW, doing something that he did in NWA which was to put himself over with his charisma, his abilities on the microphone and his abilities in the ring. And he worked extremely hard to get to the top at AEW.
Starks was not mentioned by name during his first WWE appearance and there is some suggestion Ricky Starks could be changing his name in the company.