Ricky Starks

Ricky Starks is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is also known for time with National Wrestling Alliance, where he was the inaugural NWA World Television Champion.

Ricky Starks
BornNew Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.[1]
ResidenceAustin, Texas[2]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Ricky Starks[3]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Billed weight195 lb (88 kg)[1]
Billed fromNew Orleans, Louisiana[3]
Debut2011

Professional wrestling career

Early career (2012–2019)

Starks idolized wrestlers including Undertaker and Mankind among many others while growing up watching professional wrestling. Around the age of seven, Starks decided he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Starks made his debut in WWE as enhancement talent, jobbing to Jinder Mahal, before debuting for NWA's Velocity Pro Wrestling on October 14, 2012 at the NWA Velocity Haunted Havoc event in Austin, Texas. There he wrestled in a Triple Threat match against Jaykus Plisken and Big Ricky. Since 2012, Starks became a regular talent featured across numerous promotions in the state of Texas, like Anarchy Championship Wrestling or Inspire Pro Wrestling.

During the following years, he would have four matches for WWE as an enhancement talent, losing against WWE wrestlers like Jinder Mahal, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, Kane and The Revival.[4][5][6][7]

National Wrestling Alliance (2019–2020)

Starks made his debut for the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) on the October 15, 2019 episode of Power, defeating Trevor Murdoch.[8] At the Into the Fire pay-per-view event on December 14, Starks competed in a three-way match against Colt Cabana and Aron Stevens for the NWA National Championship, a match which Stevens won.[9] Soon after, Starks was entered into a tournament to determine the inaugural holder of the NWA World Television Championship.[10] At the Hard Times event on January 24, 2020, he defeated Eddie Kingston in the first round, Matt Cross in the second round, Tim Storm in the semi-finals and Trevor Murdoch in the finals to become the new NWA World Television Champion.[11] Starks lost the title to Zicky Dice on the March 3 episode of Power.[12] On May 18, it was announced that Starks was no longer with the NWA as his contract had expired.[13]

All Elite Wrestling (2020–present)

On the June 17 episode of Dynamite, Starks made his unannounced debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as he answered Cody's open challenge for the AEW TNT Championship in a losing effort.[14] After the match, All Elite Wrestling's CEO Tony Khan announced that Starks had signed with AEW.[15] On the June 30 episode of AEW Dark, Starks picked up his first victory in AEW by defeating Griff Garrison while quickly establishing himself as a heel.[16] On the 21 July Episode of Dark, after defeating Will Hobbs, Starks aided Brian Cage in attacking Robert Anthony and Darby Allin after their match, creating an alliance between the two.[17]

Championships and accomplishments
  • Anarchy Championship Wrestling
    • ACW Hardcore Championship (1 time)[18]
    • ACW Televised Championship (1 time)[19]
    • ACW Unified Championship (1 time)[20]
  • Dojo Pro Wrestling
    • Dojo Pro White Belt Championship (1 time)[21]
  • Imperial Wrestling Revolution
    • IWR Revolutionary Championship (1 time)[22]
  • Inspire Pro Wrestling
    • Inspire Pro Championship (1 time)[23]
    • Inspire Pro Junior Championship (1 time)[24]
    • Inspire Pro Pure Prestige Championship (1 time)[25]
  • National Wrestling Alliance
  • NWA Houston
    • NWA Lone Star Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[27]
  • VIP Wrestling
    • VIP Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Carson[28]
    • VIP Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015)
  • WrestleCircus
    • WC Big Top Tag Team Championships (1 time) - with Aaron Solow[29]
  • Xtreme Championship Wrestling
    • XCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)[30]
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  8. "Resultados NWA Powerrr 15 de octubre de 2019". solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com. October 15, 2019.
  9. Powell, Jason (December 14, 2019). "NWA Into The Fire results: Powell's live review of Nick Aldis vs James Storm in a best of three falls match for the NWA Championship, Rock & Roll Express vs. Wild Cards for the NWA Tag Titles, Colt Cabana vs. Aron Stevens vs. Ricky Starks for the NWA National Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  10. Pire, Anthony (December 23, 2019). "TV TITLE TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF: NWA POWERRR TV REPORT".
  11. Powell, Jason (January 24, 2020). "NWA Hard Times results: Powell's live review of the NWA TV Title tournament, Nick Aldis vs. Flip Gordon, Aron Stevens vs. Scott Steiner for the NWA National Title, Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women's Title, NWA Tag Title Triple Threat". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  12. "Resultados NWA Powerrr 3 de marzo de 2020". solowrestling.mundodeportivo.com. March 4, 2020.
  13. "Ricky Starks termina su contrato con NWA y pasa a ser agente libre". Solowrestling.
  14. "COMPLETE AEW DYNAMITE BLOG | PWInsider.com". www.pwinsider.com.
  15. "Ricky Starks is All Elite". June 17, 2020.
  16. "AEW Dark 6/30/20 Results: The Young Bucks, Allie, Brandi Rhodes, Lance Archer & More In Action". Fightful.
  17. "Ricky Starks Aligns with Brian Cage and Taz on AEW DARK". lastwordonprowrestling.com. July 21, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
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