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Ricky Starks is being Held HOSTAGE in AEW
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Ricky Starks is in AEW Penitentiary, and the days on his contract are ticking down slower than the pebbles in an hourglass. If Ricochet is Twitter Ricky, then I guess that makes Ricky Starks Prison Ricky. A generational talent eager to return to the ring but is currently being held down by the AEW Machine.

Or at least that's what the narrative is.

Today, we're gonna talk about the Free Ricky Movement, how Starks has become a bigger star despite his disappearance and why Tony Twitter Fingers is actually in the right for doing what he's done.

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Ricky Starks' star power slapped you in the face the second he graced the screen. Not just in AEW, but Ricky immediately shined during his first big TV shot on NWA Powerrr. In fact, Starks was barely settling in as NWA Television champion before he got a tryout with AEW against Cody Rhodes. Starks never looked back. He immediately became a featured star on the AEW roster. Since signing with AEW, almost sight unseen, Starks has gotten co-signs from some of AEW's biggest stars. Not only is Starks besties with Cody Rhodes, he was handpicked to be on Team CM Punk back when Collision was Cousin Phil's show. Starks is also tight with Jade Cargill.

Unfortunately, Cody, CM Punk and Jade all abruptly left AEW for WWE. And all three are currently booked at or near the top of the card. The exodus coincides with AEW's current fall from grace where they're struggling to sell tickets and ratings are softening. This is also why Ricky Starks is being held hostage. Because Tony Khan is at least smart/petty enough to know what would happen if he let Prison Ricky out on Parole and just gave him to the competition. Ricky Starks just wants to wrestle again. He's healthy, he's ready, he's willing and he's able. But as long as he has a lifetime ticket on the American Nightmare bus, Tony is finna put Ricky Starks on ice until his contract expires. A process which could take months, if not another year.

If you know anything about AEW and why it has struggled in recent years, Tony Khan and All Friends Wrestling always errs on the side of the incel. When it comes to currying favor with Tony Khan, the less grass you touch, the better. Khan's allies reside mostly at the bottom of the barrel in the pro wrestling landscape. You can tell that by the trash-ass questions AEW Media asks at those fake scrums.

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Twitter Tantrum Terrorists like Bix and Meltzer are also mainstays in Khan's embarrassing friend group. Remember, this is Tony Twitter Fingers we're talking about, so the more you tweet, the more he skeets. As a charismatic generational star, of course Ricky Starks was going to run afowl with Tony. Top stars being alienated by Tony Khan is the most important chapter in the current downfall of AEW. Top stars souring on AEW has become such a legit narrative in real life, it became a TV story in AEW through MJF's Bidding War of 2024. The second that story paid off, with MJF re-signing with AEW, Max's career in Jacksonville has kinda plateaued.

People who didn't know any better were excited by the idea of MJF jumping ship to Stamford. The Bidding War of 2024 gave rise to the idea that one of pro wrestling's biggest stars in MJF could be WWE-bound, where he could wrestle Cody Rhodes, CM Punk, Roman Reigns. He could form a superheel stable with Dirty Dom and Maybe even become a Paul Heyman Guy! What wrestling fan doesn't want to see that?! That's why When MJF re-signed with the uncool company, Max felt uncool by association.

Ricky Starks has not been seen on AEW television in almost a year. Starks has reportedly turned down ideas pitched to him, and Tony seems to be convinced Starks is WWE-Bound. It didn't help that Ricky was caught backstage at the Royal Rumble last year in support of Cody Rhodes.

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