Ricky Starks comments on AEW absense, plans going forward, more

[Comrade Khan]

Ricky Starks has had a wild week.
This past weekend, Ricky Starks made an appearance at GCW, where he spoke about being "frozen out" within AEW. On November 26, Fightful reported that AEW had picked up his option last spring and his deal goes into 2025. The same day, he had an interview with Chris Van Vliet that spoke about his absence from AEW TV.
GCW sources claim to Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp that Ricky Starks has been pulled from all planned upcoming appearances with the company by AEW. We're told the decision was made on November 26 and relayed to Starks. Among the reasons we're told that AEW pulled Starks were comments made by Effy towards Tony Khan's father, Shad. We don't have context on those comments yet and are seeking out the information.
There were some within AEW that had suggested working his GCW appearance into a work, but we're told that wasn't the case.

 

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Comrade Khan]

oh i dunno if anyone mentioned it but GCW employees were also handing out flyers and *MAYBE* free tickets to the hammerstein show and Full Gear

 

[Roy Mustang]

Piggybacking off Tony's show whilst insulting his dad, yeah no wonder he was like fuck you then

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

The other indies were a given that it was heat on GCW and not Ricky bc he has others lined up, these were just his biggest ones

 

[Chris]

I'm too lazy to find it rn but like two days ago Cardona made a tweet about their match at Highest in the Room saying "I bet Ricky won't make this because he works for a company that also runs a Saturday show"

 

[JakeYourBooty]

What exactly was said about TK’s dad?

That Shad’s paying to keep TK away from the Jags by funding AEW


Pretty much saying he hates his kid

 

[Comrade Khan]

That Shad’s paying to keep TK away from the Jags by funding AEW


Pretty much saying he hates his kid

A good rule of thumb is not talking about people's family unless ur already cool with him.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

Good rule

 

[Chris]

That Shad’s paying to keep TK away from the Jags by funding AEW


Pretty much saying he hates his kid

That's honestly hilarious bc you ask 1000 AEW fans and 950 are telling you they wish Tony would cut back on the Jags bc he does way too much

 

[Grimoire Lenin]

Womp womp. Some folks ought to know saying nothing is better than saying anything at all.

 

[Cwalker]

That Shad’s paying to keep TK away from the Jags by funding AEW


Pretty much saying he hates his kid

Yikes

 

[Chris]

I was about to say the other 50 were Jags fans but with the way they've scouted the last few years, they might want Tony to focus more on AEW too

 

[Comrade Khan]

yeah we all wish he was full time with AEW lol