{"id":70716,"date":"2020-06-17T20:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T00:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=70716"},"modified":"2020-06-17T20:58:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T00:58:33","slug":"ricky-starks-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/06\/17\/ricky-starks-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NWA TV Champ Ricky Starks Answers Cody&#8217;s TNT Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a month removed from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/05\/18\/ricky-starks-leaves-nwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">revealing he&#8217;d departed from the rebooted <strong>National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)<\/strong><\/a>, former NWA World Television Champion <strong>Ricky Starks<\/strong> appeared on <em><strong>AEW Dynamite<\/strong><\/em> to answer <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong>&#8216; open challenge for the TNT Championship, <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>&#8216;s latest championship belt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolute <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starkmanjones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@starkmanjones<\/a> has ARRIVED and is ready to take your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TNTChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TNTChampion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CodyRhodes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CodyRhodes<\/a> to the limit!<\/p>\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> NOW on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GdI7QAsxEP<\/a> for our International fans. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWonTNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yQ8i9Pz04q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yQ8i9Pz04q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1273418465471234048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>An early signee with the new NWA, Ricky Starks originally debuted with NWA at their <em><strong>70th Anniversary Show<\/strong><\/em> PPV in the fall of 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/08\/13\/indie-star-ricky-starks-signs-with-nwa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially signing<\/a> in the summer of 2019. He was a regular star on their\u00a0<em><strong>NWA Powerrr<\/strong><\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>YouTube show and won the reactivated NWA World Television Championship this past January. He would lose the title in March.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IQGbCsGhvHg<\/p>\n<p>A pro wrestler since 2012, he worked his way through the US indies, finding his groove in the rich Texas scene with\u00a0<strong>Anarchy Championship Wrestling (ACW)<\/strong>\u00a0in October 2012, and by the following year was also working for\u00a0<strong>Inspire Pro Wrestling<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Lonestar Championship Wrestling (LCW)<\/strong> in the area. In 2017, he paired up with a California indie wrestler and\u00a0<strong>Lance Storm<\/strong>\u00a0trainee\u00a0<strong>Aaron Solow<\/strong>\u00a0to form\u00a0<strong>Extra Talented<\/strong>, who has become one of the indie scene\u2019s top tag teams. That year they captured the WrestleCircus Big Top Tag Team Champions, defeating\u00a0<strong>The Rascalz<\/strong>\u00a0(Dezmond Xavier &amp; Zachary Wentz). The tandem made their UK debut that same year, working for a multitude of the UK\u2019s top indie promotions, including\u00a0<strong>PROGRESS, Over The Top (OTT) Wrestling, Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE), Fight Club: PRO<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>ATTACK!\u00a0<\/strong>They also made their Bar Wrestling debut that November in one of\u00a0<strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong>\u2018s last matches in\u00a0<strong>The World\u2019s Cutest Tag Team<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong>. He also won the ACW Television Championship and held it an astounding 651 days. He became <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/01\/25\/indie-watch-extra-talented-absolute-ricky-starks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one of the top prospects in the US indies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FREE MATCH] Ricky Starks vs. MJF - INSPIRE PRO WRESTLING\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJUVCssdhQo?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From his travels in the Texas circuit, Starks formed a deep friendship with AEW&#8217;s Sammy Guevara and now he&#8217;s joined his friend in appearing for AEW on\u00a0<em>AEW Dynamite<\/em>, although we may have to wait a bit to find out if Starks is just one of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2020\/06\/16\/codyfearswarhorse-fans-unite-to-get-warhorse-vs-cody-rhodes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the indie stars brought in for the open challenge<\/a> or if Starks will truly be All Elite.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[FREE MATCH] Ricky Starks vs. Sammy Guevara - INSPIRE PRO WRESTLING\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdhyW0leJAc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8PM ET on TNT and AEW DARK Tuesday nights at 7 PM ET\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a month removed from revealing he&#8217;d departed from the rebooted National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), former NWA World Television Champion Ricky Starks appeared on AEW Dynamite to answer Cody Rhodes&#8216; open challenge for the TNT Championship, All Elite Wrestling&#8216;s latest championship belt. Absolute @starkmanjones has ARRIVED and is ready to take your #TNTChampion @CodyRhodes to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":70810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4677,2,6],"tags":[5730,98,4318,6309],"class_list":["post-70716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-aew-dynamite","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-ricky-starks","tag-tnt-championship"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}