Injury Update On Ricky Starks After Scary AEW Dynamite Bump
Ricky Starks landed HARD on his neck while wrestling Hangman Page. Here's an update.
Ricky Starks appears to have left last night's episode of AEW Dynamite uninjured, despite taking a nasty-looking bump during his opening match with Hangman Page.
Per Fightful Select, Starks is doing fine, even after landing on his neck.
The Team Taz member hit Twitter to update fans on his condition after the show, crediting DDP Yoga for his flexibility:-
I’m good! Thank you @DDPYoga for my flexibility
— Ricky Starks (@starkmanjones) April 22, 2021
Starks lost to Page, the top-ranked wrestler in AEW, in an eight-minute match that saw him sell an ankle problem throughout. Page forced his opposite number to tap out after locking in a bulldog choke while trapping the hurt ankle at the same time.
This wasn't Starks' only act on Dynamite, as he ran out to help teammate Powerhouse Hobbs following the up-and-comer's defeat to Christian Cage. A staredown with Cage suggested a future match between the two.
Recent weeks have seen Team Taz teasing tension, with Brian Cage breaking rank to show respect to Sting causing all kinds of internal problems, though there was none of that last night - even though Starks and Hobbs both lost. Cage wrestled Page on next week's show, built from a post-match confrontation after the Starks match.