Ricky Starks pulled from upcoming GCW appearances

Just as soon as it started, Ricky Starks’ GCW run is over.

The company announced on Tuesday that Starks has been pulled from all of his upcoming GCW appearances. This includes unannounced matches in December as well as an unannounced match at their Hammerstein Ballroom event on January 19.

We have just been informed that Ricky Starks has been pulled from all upcoming GCW appearances including his announced match on 12/14 in Los Angeles, his unannounced match on 12/28 in Seattle and his unannounced match on 1/19 at The Hammerstein Ballroom. pic.twitter.com/MygHHgmWAI

— GameChangerWrestling (@GCWrestling_) November 27, 2024

Shortly before GCW’s announcement, Fightful Select reported that it was AEW’s move to pull Starks’ appearances, with the decision being made on November 26. According to the report, AEW was unhappy regarding GCW star Effy’s recent comments regarding Shad Khan & Tony Khan and AEW running the Hammerstein Ballroom one month prior to GCW’s event.

Starks made his first appearance for GCW over the weekend confronting Jimmy Lloyd. He cut a promo saying he was tired of sitting at home and called himself a generational superstar, eventually laying out Lloyd.

In a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Starks talked about his current status with AEW, where he hasn’t been used since the end of March. 

“I could have a thousand theories about what’s really going on. The fact of the matter is that — if I don’t have a definitive answer, I can’t just make up an answer for people and just assume,” Starks said. “You know what I’m saying? Would I love to know the exact reason? For sure. Do I have speculations about why? Absolutely. But that does nothing — to speak on things that I speculate does nothing for the situation. So I think it’s just a matter of — it sucks.”