Ricky Starks will be out for roughly three months because of a fractured neck.
The Team Taz member suffered the injury during the April 21 Dynamite while working with Hangman Page. A rough landing after Starks tried to land on his feet taking a German suplex was said to be the cause. At the time, he tried to downplay the issue...
I’m good! Thank you @DDPYoga for my flexibility
— Ricky Starks (@starkmanjones) April 22, 2021
Fightful does say it’s only a “slight fracture” that won’t require surgery.
The 31 year old is a former NWA Television champ. He’s yet to win a title in AEW, but he’s been featured prominently since signing with the company a year ago. And he clearly has influential supporters, both in his own company and a couple other locker room around the business:
Same
— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) May 11, 2021
He’s the best. Count Danhausen in for a cool one hundred dollar Bill on this bet. pic.twitter.com/2Y70h6ARua
— Danhausen (@DanhausenAD) May 11, 2021
Get well soon, Starkman. These three aren’t the only ones betting on you.
This news was first reported by Voices of Wrestling, then confirmed by Wrestling Observer and Fightful.