Ricky Starks on AEW absence: ‘It’s a mindf*ck’

Eight months removed from his last AEW match, Ricky Starks still does not have a definitive answer as to why he’s being kept off television. Starks, who was once one of AEW’s top rising stars, has not competed for the promotion since the end of March. In an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that was uploaded this week, Starks reiterated that he remains under contract with AEW and is not injured. The experience has been a “mindf*ck” for Starks, who is in the prime of his career but has had to stay at home. “I’ve been home, I’ve been healthy. Never was injured. I did have a stinger. I got a stinger in that match against Top Flight in March. I got immediately checked out and everything was fine, but I was just concerned at the time,” he said. “So that happened and then I was just home. And that’s kind of where it’s been at. I’ve just been home. It’s kind of — it’s a mindf*ck because I’m in my prime and it sucks when you’re on such a momentum, riding the wave and doing work and doing stuff, and then to