Backstage Update On Ricky Starks' Injury Status Following Scary Spot On AEW Collision

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"Absolute" Ricky Starks absolutely gave a scare to his fans on Saturday night.

In his first match back from a hiatus following the loss of his AEW World Tag-Team Championships, Starks returned to action on Saturday night's episode of AEW Collision on TNT from Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada.

Starks once again joined forces with former tag-team championship partner Big Bill to take on the Top Flight duo of Dante Martin and Darius Martin in a quarterfinal bout in the ongoing AEW World Tag-Team Championship Tournament.

The ending of the bout saw Starks appear to suffer an injury.

It appeared that Starks was wobbly near the end of the bout, and then he failed to kick out of a basic roll-up pin attempt by Darius. Moments later he would take a DDT and the match immediately went to the finish, with Starks once again not kicking out.

Following the confusion, Starks took to his Instagram Stories after the match to confirm that something did happen, but that he was okay (see below).

"I’m all good, everything checked out fine," Starks wrote. "Was being precautious."

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez reported on today's episode of Wrestling Observer Radio at F4WOnline.com that Ricky Starks suffered a "stinger" as a result of a spot during the match, and for the most apart appears to be okay.