Ricky Starks took a scary-looking neck bump following a German Suplex on the April 21 episode of Dynamite when facing Adam Page. Starks would finish the match and later tweet, “I’m good! Thank you @DDPYoga for my flexibility,” seemingly indicating everything was well. Starks teamed with Will Hobbs the following day for an AEW Dark taping match, however, he never tagged in, and Hobbs beat their opponents single handly. Now, it’s been made public via Voices of Wrestling that Starks actually fractured a bone in his neck and is out for three months. Thankfully surgery isn’t needed, and Starks is expected to remain a television character.
Starks signed with AEW following the June 17, 2020 episode of Dynamite after taking part in Cody Rhodes’ open challenge for the AEW TNT Championship. The match doubled as his tryout, and he wowed the decision-makers and earned a contract. Before this, Starks wrestled on the independents for eight years, including working squash matches for WWE on Raw, SmackDown, and NXT over that time. His big break would come in Billy Corgan’s NWA, where he was NWA Television Champion after beating Trevor Murdoch in a tournament final at their Hard Times PPV.
