Appearing on Busted Open Radio, the newly renamed Ricky Saints discussed the idea behind his new name.

Now formerly known as Ricky Starks, he said that the new name is as close as you’re going to get to Starks and he likes the name as it’s pretty indicative of New Orleans.

“I know a lot of people are going to be…it’s going to take time for people to get used to it and I respect that they care so deeply about me, um, that they rebel against the name change but at the same time I am a product of New Orleans and I want to pay respect to that as well,” Saints told Bubba Ray.

The former AEW Tag Team champion signed his NXT contract on last night’s episode and it was the first time that he was addressed by the name after WWE didn’t mention it since his surprise appearance last week.

He also tackled the issue of his AEW release and why he was never brought back to television after he got injured in March 2024 among other topics.

“There are some people who stuck their nose in my creative business that shouldn’t have happened,” Saints said. “Veterans. And that’s it, I’ll leave it at that. And if they got a problem with me, they got my number. And text me about it.”