AEW's Ricky Starks Bills Swerve Strickland $100,000 For "Career Revival"
Ricky Starks takes aim at Swerve Strickland following AEW Rampage match.
Ricky Starks, in the aftermath of his recent AEW Rampage victory over the former NXT North American Champion, has sent Swerve Strickland a fake bill for $100,000.
Starks tweeted the invoice out in the wake of the 25 March episode of Rampage. Seeking $100,000 for professional services rendered in "Name notoriety assistance and career revival" and "Wrestling training", the invoice asks, kindly, that remittance checks are made payable to "ABSOLUTE VIBE":-
You’re welcome. @swerveconfident pic.twitter.com/eeMAvIPXgZ
Advertisement— Ricky Starks (@starkmanjones) March 26, 2022
Strickland responded quickly, calling Starks "cheap":-
100K??? U cheap https://t.co/LKECYermHt
Advertisement— The Realest Swerve Strickland (@swerveconfident) March 26, 2022
Although Swerve has been butting heads with Starks and fellow Team Taz member Powerhouse Hobbs since arriving in AEW earlier this month, things escalated on Rampage, where Ricky defeated Strickland to successfully retain his FTW World Championship. This came thanks to interference from Hobbs, who body-blocked Swerve on the outside before rolling him back into the ring. The three-count was then elementary after Ricky hit his vulnerable opponent with the Roshambeaux.
Keith Lee made the save when Team Taz went after Strickland in the post-match angle, bursting through a banner to get to the ring. This follows up on recent interactions between the four men - as AEW appears to build towards a Starks/Hobbs vs. Lee/Strickland tag team bout.
Nothing has been announced on that front, though we can likely expect it soon.