AEW: Ricky Starks suffers neck injury

The AEW roster has suffered a major injury as Ricky Starks is dealing with a fractured neck.

Voices of Wrestling broke the news on Tuesday that Starks will be out for three months’ time. The injury is being called a “slight fracture” and will not need surgery. Starks is expected to remain on television during his recovery.

During his match with Adam “Hangman” Page on the April 21 edition of AEW Dynamite, Page attempted a release German Suplex and Starks can be seen coming down awkwardly on his head and neck. Even though he appeared in a tag team match with Will Hobbs on the next edition of AEW Dark, which was taped on April 22, he did not tag into the match at all.

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Starks is coming up on one year with All Elite Wrestling. In June of 2020 he appeared as the surprise opponent for Cody during his initial run, answering the open challenge for Cody’s AEW TNT Championship. Soon after he would join Brian Cage as a member of Team Taz, a group that would eventually include Hobbs and Taz’s soon, Hook.

At 27-years old, Starks is one of the budding stars that has recently caught a lot of attention from wrestling fans. He is a multiple-time champion across a variety of promotions, including winning the NWA World Television Championship before COVID-19 shut down the wrestling industry in early 2020.

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