CI Wrestling Thread #56

[AmericanDragon]

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Good for Ricky, NXT is where he needed to start out at given it’s WrestleMania season.

That was some distracting camera work though. Kept going to the zoomed out shot like it was a filled arena when it’s just the PC lol.

And that’s why AEW wasn’t using him. He asked not to have his option renewed going into 2024, where did you think he was going to go, TNA or New Japan? TK wasn’t going to gift wrap them a featured talent when it was obvious he was leaving for the Fed the second he was done in AEW.

 

[Nightwish84]

And that’s why AEW wasn’t using him. He asked not to have his option renewed going into 2024, where did you think he was going to go, TNA or New Japan? TK wasn’t going to gift wrap them a featured talent when it was obvious he was leaving for the Fed the second he was done in AEW.

It's poor form to sideline a healthy worker for nearly a year on the off chance they may appear in WWE the following year. Starks eventually got an occasional indie booking but was ghosted throughout 2024. Second, hiding him from the world led to the "IWC" and podcasters asking "where's Ricky?" for most of last year. The internet hyped him up because they (the fans) wanted to see him. He could've been used and lost on ROH, Rampage, or Collision and guys like Garcia, Hook, Perry, and others could have beaten him.

So what was accomplished? Fans hyped Ricky up for almost a year, TK ignored and avoided questions about him in public, and at the end of the day, he's in NXT within 24 hrs and you've got Punk talking about his debut on IG. So putting him on a shelf like a toy to collect dust didn't help Tony or AEW at all.