Tony Khan Believes Ricky Starks Will Comeback From Injury & Improve The Same Way As Shawn Michaels

Team Taz member Ricky Starks suffered an unfortunate injury when he faced off against Adam Page last month on AEW Dynamite. He suffered a fractured neck and will be out of action for around three months.

AEW President recently spoke on Busted Open Radio, where Khan addressed Starks’ injury. Khan believed that Starks will return better than before in the same way Shawn Michaels did back in the mid-90s.

“Do you remember when Shawn Michaels had that phase in the mid 90’s, in 94, where he wasn’t wrestling as actively? Even before they (Shawn and Diesel) won the tag belts, he was almost more of the manager. He did some speaking, did some announcing and became a more versatile performer. And I thought when he came back and they were the tag team and then did the turn that he was probably in a better place for it, really.

I think that can hopefully be what we get out of this. He (Ricky) can come back and, being involved with Hobbs and Cage, that when he’s back he’ll be in a better position. But it’s very unfortunate. I’m just glad he’s okay and, in the moment, I think we all felt like ‘that could’ve been a lot worse’, when Hangman put him down. Starks is one of the most exciting young wrestlers we have, and I’m just glad, like I told him, ‘months is better than years. And so the few months, we’ll get through this.’ He’s been a huge part of our success and I think when we come back hopefully we can experience success in this time when he’s out, and we’ll be in a better place when he comes back and hopefully he will too.”

We wonder what will become of Ricky Starks once he makes his AEW return.

h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.