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Adam Copeland opens up on his infamous promo segment with Ricky Starks

Posted: Jun 26th 2026 By: Shounak Chakribarti

A few years ago, during an episode of AEW Collision, Adam Copeland and Ricky Saints (known as Ricky Starks in AEW) had a heated promo segment.

Shortly after, the internet was filled with rumors about the two having a real-life beef with each other. Now, years later, during his appearance on SHAK Wrestling before AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, Copeland has cleared the rumors.

“We got out there. He started, you know, cutting a promo on me, and I was like, well, I’m not in an angle with him, okay? And that was it. It’s just like a thousand promos in the Attitude Era, you know. By the next day, it’s like, okay, now what do we got? Like, I don’t care. I’m sure Ricky doesn’t. I don’t care.”

Copeland claimed that fans read too much into things, and the exchange the two had was simply a wrestling promo. He claimed that by the next day, he had moved on and was sure that Saints had too.

Copeland, 52, is currently active in AEW, while Saints actively performs on the WWE main roster following his recent jump from NXT.