Ricky Starks continues to shoot down the rumors that he was arrested due to a drunken fight after he won the Owen Hart Cup in 2023.
The rumor, which surfaced earlier this year, stated that Starks had become drunk and got into a fight in Calgary after he won the Owen Hart Memorial Foundation Tournament. The fight reportedly led to him being arrested.
While appearing on a recent edition of the “Insight with Chris Van Vliet” podcast, Starks continued to deny that such an incident took place. He said,
“I’ve never strayed away from working hard, and I will be damned if I have anyone put that into question. That is insane. I have worked tremendously hard, tirelessly hard, since 2020 in AEW, and even before AEW I worked hard. Even at NWA. There is no one at NWA that would tell you I was a lazy worker. Ask Nick Aldis. Ask Billy Corgan. Ask Eddie Kingston. Ask LA Knight. You’ll never find it. It’s unheard of. If anyone ever says that I’m difficult to deal with or that I’m lazy or that I’m an alcoholic and got arrested [laughs]. It’s all lies.”
He continued, “It didn’t happen, but I will say that I sound like a total badass. I beat up a cop and got arrested, and was able to wrestle the following year. There’s been a few crazy stories, and they all come from a place of trying to tear me down. There are people in the industry, and people outside of the industry too, that are, so to speak, just p*ssies.”
