Summary

Ricky Saints says he would give his AEW run a B, while putting his time in NXT slightly higher at a B+.

Saints said he enjoyed what he did on television in AEW, even if he came away wanting more from that chapter of his career. When weighing that against what he has done in NXT, he said the current run edges closer to an A.

The source material also noted that Saints has been in NXT for just over a year, a stretch that included reigns with the NXT North American Title and the NXT Championship. It also stated that he challenged for the NXT Title in a four-way match at Stand & Deliver, where Tony D'Angelo left with the championship.

Quote from Ricky Saints

Speaking while appearing on The Ringer with David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide, Saints said:

"That's hard. I loved my run at AEW for all (television) stuff. You can say what you want about the other stuff. If you look at it in totality, I did enjoy it, I just wanted more out of it. I think I would give it a B. I have to remove certain personal things of accomplishments that I wanted that I didn't necessarily get. I have to remove that. I have to look at what the actual work was. What was actually done. When compared to NXT, I would give my NXT run a B+. We're edging out an A,"

What Ricky Saints' NXT Grade Says

Ricky Saints framing NXT as the stronger run matters because it points to where he feels his momentum has been best realized. After a year that the source says included title success and a recent NXT Title opportunity at Stand & Deliver, his comments make clear that he sees the current chapter as closer to meeting his expectations.

That does not read like a full dismissal of AEW, because Saints was careful to say he enjoyed much of that run, especially the television work. Still, putting NXT a notch higher gives fans a clear window into which stop he believes has made better use of him so far.

Sources

Ricky Saints while speaking on The Ringer