Ricky Starks pulled from indie event set for same date as WWE NXT Vengeance Day

  • Ian Carey
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Ricky Starks will not be performing for Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling this weekend, but he could be free to show up at NXT Vengeance Day.

Starks was scheduled to wrestle Aaron Solo on Saturday in Buford, Georgia, for the promotion founded by Dusty Rhodes in 2000 and revived in 2023 under Cody Rhodes’ Nightmare Factory LLC. The event was scheduled for the same night as NXT Vengeance Day.

On Wednesday, TCW announced that due to circumstances beyond their control, Starks would no longer be appearing.

“Due to circumstances beyond our control, Ricky Starks will not be in attendance on Saturday, February 15th at the Tannery Row Ale House.”

“However, you can still expect the same incredible evening of Georgia’s premier star-studded, action-packed, family-friendly, independent professional wrestling that TCW Live has to offer! We will see you at the matches!”

Starks made his NXT debut on Tuesday, appearing in the crowd and delivering a promo. He stated that if NXT is the future of professional wrestling, then it needs a true superstar of the future.

“And everyone’s been begging the question, when will the revolution be televised again?” he said. “I’m here, ain’t I?”

Starks had been with AEW since 2020 but had not appeared on AEW programming since March 2024. He’s a former FTW and World Tag Team Champion in the promotion.

WWE has yet to make an official announcement regarding Starks’ status with the company.

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Ian Carey
Ian Carey

Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has been featured in NOW Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. A lifelong wrestling aficionado born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has covered the industry for a decade and a half. He joined the f4wonline.com team in 2019.