Ricky Saints has officially bid farewell to the NXT brand as he is about to make his WWE predominant roster jump to SmackDown. Through the April 28, 2026, episode of NXT, Saints lost to Shiloh Hill in a one-on-one contest. After the match, the previous NXT World Champion cut a heartfelt promo in front of the live crowd.
In a recent Twitter post, Cody Rhodes gave Saints a brand new nickname, calling him “Crybaby Ricky.” The Undisputed WWE Champion wrote,
“Crybaby Ricky gonna’ do something or what? 🤜 (Pumped for you).”
Saints Promo On WWE NXT Show
After Ricky Saints got here up short against Shiloh Hill, he addressed the live crowd. He thanked the fans and management for his or her support throughout his NXT run. The WWE star said,
“I must be thanking you. I must be thanking the people within the production truck. All of them. February 7, I stood up there and I talked my stuff, and also you guys welcomed me and also you chanted ‘Ricky Starks’, and also you made sure I remembered who I used to be. On the eleventh, I had my match, after which just a few months after that, I won the North American Championship. I need you to grasp something, I didn’t know what I used to be getting myself into once I got here here. But you welcomed me.”
“I’d be lying if I said this was all an easy transition. Nevertheless it was not and that’s okay, that’s the way it gets sometimes, but at the tip of the day, I got here out here, I busted my a**, I made sure that I did what was needed for business. You guys repaid me with love, with stroke, with buying the shirts, with all of that. I don’t think that I’d even get this far had it not been for the people here, and definitely for the people within the back.”