Ricky Starks has notably been absent from AEW since March, and lots of have naturally questioned whether or not he is nonetheless signed to the promotion or just on his means out. On “Wrestling Observer Radio,” Dave Meltzer shared his hypothesis on why Starks has been absent, and the opinions of a few of his AEW sources.
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“They wished him to show babyface. He did not need to flip babyface. They don’t seem to be utilizing him,” Meltzer claimed. He then expressed his perception primarily based on these he spoke to in AEW that there is an opinion Starks is WWE certain. “I believe that there is lots of people who assume he is headed to WWE due to Cody, and they also’re not investing in him proper now. I believe that is mainly the mindset. We’ll see what occurs.” MJF was not too long ago requested about Starks, and gave a glowing account of his colleague. MJF boldly asserted that Starks is among the most underrated skills ever, and that he’d wrestle him any day of the week. Regardless of this, he nonetheless identified how he “chewed” Starks up on the mic, in commonplace heel MJF vogue.
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Moreover, AEW President Tony Khan equally solely had good issues to say about Starks throughout an look on “SHAK Wrestling,” whereby he claimed that he’d like to work with him quickly, and debunked the rumors that the star’s contract is about to run out anytime quickly. Starks has maintained that he has no thought concerning the plans with regard to his reserving, and that he needs he was on tv.
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