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Belief that AEW doesn’t have any “long-term” plans for Ricky Starks

Aaron Rift

It was reported last week that WWE is said to have “significant interest” in AEW star Ricky Starks if he becomes a free agent. Starks is reportedly still under contract to AEW and during his podcast with WrestlePurists.com, Ibou discussed the situation…

“The problem with Ricky Starks and Ricky Starks-based reporting is you hear one thing about Ricky Starks from one guy and then what you hear from the next guy doesn’t line up at all.”

“The things that seem to be overlapping is that he is frustrated with the fact that he hasn’t been given a direction. AEW is of the belief that he doesn’t want to stay anymore and seemingly he is waiting his deal out, that is what people think…Nobody can agree when the deal is expiring. The bottom line is Ricky Starks is home. He’s healthy. He does not have any long-term plans in AEW. AEW has no long-term plans for him at this juncture and that’s the situation.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingInc.com)

Starks, who was not part of the 2024 AEW All In PPV, noted on Twitter/X that he was watching a movie that day but had planned on watching the show later.