Ricky Starks
 Starks in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Richard Starks February 21, 1990 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Ricky Saints Ricky Starks |
| Billed height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Billed weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Billed from | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Trained by | Mr. Mexico II |
| Debut | 2012 |
Richard Starks (born February 21, 1990) is an American professional wrestler. As of February 2025, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Ricky Saints.
Starks began his career as Ricky Starks in 2012 and worked on several independent promotions. In 2018, he began to work with National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was the inaugural holder of the revived NWA World Television Championship. In 2020, he left NWA and signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). With AEW, Starks became part of Team Taz, where he won the FTW Championship. After leaving the stable, he won the 2023 Owen Hart Cup and the AEW World Tag Team Championship once. He left AEW in 2025 and signed with WWE soon after, being assigned to NXT under the name Ricky Saints, where he won the NXT North American Championship and the NXT Championship.