On his five-year plan: “I see myself making a lot of money. I see myself on top of the wrestling world and I see myself, you know, doing some some movies here and there. Maybe some DC or Marvel movies. Who knows?”
Pretty Ricky Starks Says He Plans To Be A Movie Star Within Five Years
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On his five-year plan: “I see myself making a lot of money. I see myself on top of the wrestling world and I see myself, you know, doing some some movies here and there. Maybe some DC or Marvel movies. Who knows?”
During a recent interview with Alicia Atout, Ricky Starks discussed potentially pursuing acting. Below are some highlights (via Fightful):
Ricky Starks on his dream acting role: “I feel like, one thing about me is I’m always up to any challenge. I’m a very curious person by nature. So even if it’s not something that I think I would fit in, I would still try it because I like that. I think for me, comedy is a good one. Action, drama, I could do drama. I could do some pretty good drama. Those are the main ones. The acting thing is still an idea, it’s still a goal because I want to at least experience that. I want to at least try my hand in that. I get everyone is like, ‘Oh, I want to get into acting now that I’m a wrestler.’ I promise you, it’s not made for everybody, but for me, I believe it is. I do believe that I’m made for acting. I have one of my best friends, one of my bestest friends in the world, she tells me, ‘When are you just gonna get into movies? I’m just waiting for that.’ I said, ‘We’ll, it’s gonna happen soon.'”
On not having a problem with starting over: “To hear somebody that is behind you and that is supportive of you, it’s only great when you already believe it yourself. Then to have someone push you like that is the best support system you can have. But I also am not naive in the sense of like, well, I can’t just jump from this boiling pot to the other one. I have no problem starting over. It’s just a matter of making sure that all the moving parts happen. If you can accomplish one small part of it, it’s just another way to at least keep adding on and compounding up until when you finally achieve what you want, which is a big role or something like that.”
At last night’s AEW Collision, CM Punk defeated Ricky Starks in their rematch for Punk’s unofficial AEW World Title. After the match, Starks attacked guest official Ricky The Dragon Steamboat.
Ricky Starks on his dream acting role: “I feel like, one thing about me is I’m always up to any challenge. I’m a very curious person by nature. So even if it’s not something that I think I would fit in, I would still try it because I like that. I think for me, comedy is a good one. Action, drama, I could do drama. I could do some pretty good drama. Those are the main ones. The acting thing is still an idea, it’s still a goal because I want to at least experience that. I want to at least try my hand in that. I get everyone is like, ‘Oh, I want to get into acting now that I’m a wrestler.’ I promise you, it’s not made for everybody, but for me, I believe it is. I do believe that I’m made for acting. I have one of my best friends, one of my bestest friends in the world, she tells me, ‘When are you just gonna get into movies? I’m just waiting for that.’ I said, ‘We’ll, it’s gonna happen soon.'”
On not having a problem with starting over: “To hear somebody that is behind you and that is supportive of you, it’s only great when you already believe it yourself. Then to have someone push you like that is the best support system you can have. But I also am not naive in the sense of like, well, I can’t just jump from this boiling pot to the other one. I have no problem starting over. It’s just a matter of making sure that all the moving parts happen. If you can accomplish one small part of it, it’s just another way to at least keep adding on and compounding up until when you finally achieve what you want, which is a big role or something like that.”
At last night’s AEW Collision, CM Punk defeated Ricky Starks in their rematch for Punk’s unofficial AEW World Title. After the match, Starks attacked guest official Ricky The Dragon Steamboat.
Freddie Prinze Jr. is a huge fan of what Ricky Starks has been doing in AEW as of late. Prinze weighed in on Starks’ heel work on the latest episode of his Wrestling with Freddie podcast, calling Starks the best heel right now in the company. You can check out some highlights below, per Wrestling Inc:
On Starks’ recent performances: “He calls himself ‘Absolute Ricky Starks,’ but I’m calling him ‘Goddamn Starks,’ baby. He walked out and had a purse/backpack on. Just that alone was heat and he was strutting with it. The son of a b**** is wearing the belt that he whipped the a** of Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat with… I will say this, this is the first week that he got some boos. It took whooping a 70-year-old man’s ass. Heel Ricky did a great job again. I think he’s the top heel on all of AEW right now. Granted, he’s gotten to be with CM Punk, he’s getting ‘A’ storylines, and he’s opening the show nearly every week, but I feel like he’s earned it at this point. Every time they’ve given him a little, he’s made a lot.”
On Starks making the most of what he has: “What was the Taz saying back in the day — ‘If you can turn chicken s*** into chicken salad.’ If you can do that, then you have a skill, and he did. So now they’re serving him up with better ingredients and look at the dishes he’s serving up. Every week he’s doing something real, real good. Some have been better than others, but he hasn’t had a bad episode of AEW Collision yet.”
On Starks’ recent performances: “He calls himself ‘Absolute Ricky Starks,’ but I’m calling him ‘Goddamn Starks,’ baby. He walked out and had a purse/backpack on. Just that alone was heat and he was strutting with it. The son of a b**** is wearing the belt that he whipped the a** of Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat with… I will say this, this is the first week that he got some boos. It took whooping a 70-year-old man’s ass. Heel Ricky did a great job again. I think he’s the top heel on all of AEW right now. Granted, he’s gotten to be with CM Punk, he’s getting ‘A’ storylines, and he’s opening the show nearly every week, but I feel like he’s earned it at this point. Every time they’ve given him a little, he’s made a lot.”
On Starks making the most of what he has: “What was the Taz saying back in the day — ‘If you can turn chicken s*** into chicken salad.’ If you can do that, then you have a skill, and he did. So now they’re serving him up with better ingredients and look at the dishes he’s serving up. Every week he’s doing something real, real good. Some have been better than others, but he hasn’t had a bad episode of AEW Collision yet.”
Fightful reports that Ricky Starks, through Dream Palace LLC, has filed to trademark his ring name for action figure purposes.
Mark For: RICKY STARKS trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of action figure toys; Action figures; Action figures and accessories therefor; Toy action figures; Toy action figures and accessories therefor.
Mark For: RICKY STARKS trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of action figure toys; Action figures; Action figures and accessories therefor; Toy action figures; Toy action figures and accessories therefor.
KateFabersBoyfriend
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Might want to invest in a hairline.
Tanahashi Coates
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He might not be Denzel but he could be Denzel's friend 
KateFabersBoyfriend
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There have been thousands of professional wrestlers. Only Dwayne can really be considered a movie star. Dave is probably the most respected. Even Cena had to come crawling back to Vince.
Austin has done as couple of things but he's not a movie star. Who has had the next most Hollywood success? Nash?
It seems like the odds of becoming a movie star after being a pro wrestler are even worse than making a living being a pro wrestler at all.
Austin has done as couple of things but he's not a movie star. Who has had the next most Hollywood success? Nash?
It seems like the odds of becoming a movie star after being a pro wrestler are even worse than making a living being a pro wrestler at all.
KateFabersBoyfriend
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Dwayne shows up when he wants to. Cena came back because he needed to.
KateFabersBoyfriend
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OkNo he didn't need to
Cattle Mutilation
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Unless Cena can't control his spending, he definitely did not need to come back.
