Posted on 2/19/125 by Colin Vassallo
Ricky Starks signed his NXT contract last night on The CW,
but the name is no longer Starks, but rather Saints.
While quite a few have moved on from AEW or indies to WWE
and kept their name, not everyone is that fortunate, and the
former AEW Tag Team title holder is a casualty of a name
change.
The contract signing was headed by NXT General Manager Ava,
who called Ricky the hottest free agent at the moment.
During his in-ring promo, he was interrupted twice, once by
Ethan Page and once by Wes Lee. Eventually, Je’Von Evans
also showed his face, attacking Page.
The new arrival challenged Wes Lee to a match for next week
which will be his official in-ring debut for the company.
He then signed the contract as the camera panned over the
paper work which said Ricky Saints.
WWE avoided mentioning Starks by name over the last several
days since his surprise arrival on last week’s episode.