On an April 2021 episode of All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite, Ricky Starks magically stood upright seconds after landing squarely on his head as a result of a German suplex spot gone wrong. The New Orleans native finished the match with a fractured neck. Starks, a charismatic professional wrestler primed for future stardom who heavily performed on the Texas indie scene before signing to AEW, claims doctors told him he barely avoided paralysis. His neck injury would sideline him for almost three months until he defeated Brian Cage for the unsanctioned FTW Championship in his second hometown of Austin.
