Earlier this year, Ricky Saints, aka Ricky Starks, was released from AEW and shortly arrived in WWE. Since then, Saints has made a name for himself in WWE NXT as the North American Champion.
Cameron Hawkins profiled him on The Ringer, and he noted that his WWE deal came together quickly.
“It was a very quick turnaround. People think that was days in advance. I had never spoken to WWE at all before any of that. I never got on the phone with anyone before that, blah, blah, blah. So all of that, when I say it happened so fast, it happened so fast and it never let up off the gas.”
Saints shared that his aspiration in AEW was to be given a chance to take the ball and run with it fully. While that didn’t happen for him in the rival promotion, he wants the same in WWE.
“My aspirations in AEW were to just be given a chance and given the ball fully. I want that in WWE, obviously. I want the WWE Championship, but along the way, the Intercontinental Title would be great.”
