AEW: Battle of the Belts VI Revealed, Tony Khan on Ricky Starks’ Star Growth, Wed. Dynamite News

AEW Reveals Battle of the Belts VI Special for This April in Rhode Island

AEW recently revealed on their official website that their next Battle of the Belts special, Battle of the Belts VI, will be taking place on April 7th at the Ryan Center in Kingston, Rhode Island.

Besides Battle of the Belts VI, it was also announced that they will be holding a new Rampage show that night as well.

Tickets for this upcoming set of shows was also announced to officially go on sale starting on January 13th.

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Tony Khan Comments on Ricky Starks’ Star Growth in AEW

A recent episode of the Sports Guys Talking Wrestling podcast had AEW CEO Tony Khan as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts on the growth of Ricky Starks as a star in AEW.

“Oh man, well Ricky Starks has come so far in just a few years with AEW as the company’s grown. I think Ricky Starks has come a really long way since he debuted and he’s become a very popular wrestler. He was a real rulebreaker when he first arrived in AEW but the fans have really taken to Ricky Starks. He’s so charismatic, he’s such a great wrestler and the fans really like him and I think Ricky Starks has a great future in AEW and what a great match it was just a few weeks ago at Winter Is Coming when he challenged MJF for the world championship and I expect a lot of bright things to come from Ricky Starks and what a huge match he has just hours from now, Chris Jericho versus Ricky Starks to kick off this new era of AEW on TBS on Wednesday night Dynamite coming up very soon.”

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Show News & Notes

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Seattle, Washington featured the official debut of AEW’s new stage set and other visual production changes for their Dynamite series going forward.

During Wednesday’s Dynamite show, AEW commentator Excalibur stated that the reason for ring announcer Justin Robert’s recent absence from AEW shows is due to family-related issues over his mother currently dealing with an illness.

Former WWE talents The Bollywood Boyz, Gurv & Harv Shira, reportedly were among the indie talents who worked at Wednesday’s tapings for next week’s AEW Dark Elevation show, according to PWInsider.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that Wednesday’s Dynamite show was the first official AEW event overseen by AEW’s new Senior Vice President & Co-Executive Producer Michael Mansury.