Ricky Starks surprised the world of wrestling on Tuesday night when he appeared on WWE Nxt only hours after he was released from all elite wrestling.
Among those surprised, the superstar Roxanne Pérez.
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Ricky Starks makes his entrance during NXT at the WWE Performance Center on February 11, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Eric Johnson/wwe through Getty Images)
The two -time NXT Women’s Champion, who has an opportunity in a historic reign of the third title on NXT Revenge Day on Saturday, was among those surprised.
Pérez told Pak Gazette Digital in a recent interview that meets Starks since he was younger and was excited to see him in the brand. Besides, she didn’t even know she was going to be there.
“It was amazing. I met Ricky Starks since he was literally 15 years old. He came to Texas as I did, so we definitely met a lot,” he said. “I didn’t even know that I was going to be there. I didn’t even see him go out to the crowd. I saw him on the television screen with everyone else and that made me very happy because he is incredible. He is a great person and I think he deserves everything “
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Ricky Starks visits the official #imdBoat portraits study in San Diego Comic-Con 2022 at the IMDB Yacht on July 23, 2022 in San Diego. (Irvin Rivera/Getty images for IMDB)
Starks had not made appearances since last March and had been seen in some cases at stake Changer Wrestling, House of Glory and Defy.
Fans cheered in the stands when it appeared.
“It’s obvious that you know who I am,” he said. “If NXT is the future of professional struggle, guess what? You need an absolute superstar of the future. If this is the most popular brand, well, you need the hottest free agent at this time, baby.”
Pérez added that he hoped that Starks emerging in NXT leads to some kind of work together.
“Seeing him here now and, hopefully, maybe work with him, that will be incredible.”
Roxanne Pérez during the real rumble of women during the WWE Royal Rumble in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale-Imagn images)
Pérez will seek to recover the NXT Women’s Championship in a Four -Road Fatal match against the current champion Giulia, Bayley and Cora Jade.
The revenge day is scheduled for Saturday at 5:30 pm et in Washington, DC
