Ricky Starks serves on the commentary team for AEW's sister streaming television program, Elevation.
15 Facts About Ricky Starks
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Ricky Starks is known for his time with the National Wrestling Alliance, where he was the inaugural winner of the revived NWA World Television Championship.
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Ricky Starks idolized wrestlers including The Undertaker, The Rock, and Mankind, among many others, while growing up watching professional wrestling.
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Around the age of seventeen, Ricky Starks decided he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler.
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Ricky Starks made his debut in WWE as enhancement talent, jobbing to Jinder Mahal, before debuting for the National Wrestling Alliance's Velocity Pro Wrestling on October 14,2012 at the NWA Velocity Haunted Havoc event in Austin, Texas.
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Since 2012, Ricky Starks became a regular talent featured across numerous promotions in the state of Texas, like Anarchy Championship Wrestling and Inspire Pro Wrestling.
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Ricky Starks again made an appearance on the March 19,2018 episode of Raw as a US Marshal, arresting Roman Reigns, only for Ricky Starks to be attacked by Reigns.
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Ricky Starks made his debut for the National Wrestling Alliance at the NWA 70th Anniversary Show on October 21,2018, competing in a four-way elimination match against Jay Bradley, Mike Parrow and Willie Mack, which Mack won.
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Ricky Starks returned on the October 15,2019 episode of Power, defeating Trevor Murdoch.
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On July 14,2021, on night one of Fyter Fest, Ricky Starks won the FTW World Championship from Brian Cage, winning his first championship in AEW, although the FTW title is not an officially sanctioned championship the company.
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In September 2021, in addition to still being a wrestler on the show, Ricky Starks joined the Rampage commentary team, replacing Mark Henry.
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At Fight for the Fallen on July 27,2022, Ricky Starks issued an open challenge immediately after defeating Danhausen.
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The grudge match between Hobbs and Ricky Starks was set for All Out, where Hobbs defeated Ricky Starks in just over 5 minutes.
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Ricky Starks then began a feud with Juice Robinson, who attacked Ricky Starks on the Match 8 edition of Dynamite.
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Ricky Starks referred to his style as a "pastiche" of other wrestlers, most notably The Undertaker's selling and Shinjiro Otani.