Posted on 3/01/125 by Colin Vassallo
Ricky Saints, who won the DEFY title just a couple of weeks
before making his debut on NXT, has surrendered the title as
he is not allowed to wrestle for other promotions while
under a WWE contract.
Saints, still using his Ricky Starks name then, won the
title from KENTA on February 7 and never had a title
defense.
“I wanted to give a quick message to the fans of Defy. It is
an honor and privilege to be your Defy World Champion, and
it was a big goal of mine to do just that when I defeated
KENTA,” Saints said in a video uploaded on social media.
“But unfortunately, when opportunity knocks, I must answer.
And as everyone probably knows by now, I definitely answered
that knock and it is bittersweet because I have to
relinquish the Defy World title,” he continued.
The promotion announced that a new champion will be decided
at their upcoming Super 8XGP tournament on Saturday, March
15.