(1990-02-21) February 21, 1990 (age 34) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Ricky Starks[2] "Absolute" Ricky Starks
Billed height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)[1]
Billed weight
194 lb (88 kg)[1]
Billed from
New Orleans, Louisiana[2]
Debut
2011
Richard Starks (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is a former one-time AEW World Tag Team Champion and a former one-time FTW Champion. Starks is also known for his time with the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was the inaugural winner of the revived NWA World Television Championship.
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^ ab"Ricky Starks". Dojo Pro. Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
wrestling. Around the age of seventeen, Starks decided he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler. Starks made his debut in WWE as enhancement...
inaugural champion and is tied with his son Hook for the most reigns at two. RickyStarks has the longest reign at 378 days while Taz's second reign was the shortest...
match between CM Punk and RickyStarks due to Starks beating Punk by cheating in their previous two matches. After the match, Starks assaulted Steamboat with...
the TNT Title, The Young Bucks vs. Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. RickyStarks and Powerhouse Hobbs for the AEW Tag Titles, Claudi Castagnoli vs. Jake...
Omega contract signing, Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes vs. Brian Cage and RickyStarks, Serena Deeb vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women's Championship, AEW Tag...
champions and two vacancies. RickyStarks was the inaugural champion. Tyrus reign is the longest between 474 and 476 days, while Starks' reign is the shortest...
and manager of the group. On the July 21, 2020 episode of AEW Dark, RickyStarks aligned himself with Brian Cage, who was accompanied by Taz, by attacking...
July 27, 2022, Hobbs turned on Starks after Starks lost the FTW Championship, delivering a clothesline to the back of Starks' neck followed by a spinebuster...
Battle Royal. On August 10, 2022 he was defeated by his former partner RickyStarks at Quake by the Lake. Solow is Filipino-American, and in 2011 was a founding...
September 3, Danielson made his return from injury as a face and defeated RickyStarks in a No Disqualification Strap match, Castagnoli and Yuta defeated Kingston...
retained the championship in a three-way tag match against Team Taz (RickyStarks and Powerhouse Hobbs) and Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland)...
Frankie Kazarian, Darby Allin and Cody Rhodes vs. Powerhouse Hobbs and RickyStarks, Britt Baker vs. Leyla Hirsch". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December...
Championship, Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita for the AEW Women's Championship, RickyStarks vs. Danhausen for the FTW Title, Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia, Sammy...
Title in an open challenge, FTR vs. The Infantry and Top Flight vs. RickyStarks and Big Bill in AEW Tag Team Title tournament matches". Pro Wrestling...
Championship, Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara for the Interim TNT Championship, RickyStarks vs. Matt Sydal for the FTW Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved...
himself with Keith Lee in a feud with Team Taz (Powerhouse Hobbs and RickyStarks). Strickland and Lee would then begin tag teaming, dubbing themselves...
Coming, MJF successfully defended the AEW World Championship against RickyStarks and won the Dynamite Diamond Ring for the fourth time. On March 5, 2023...