Ricky Starks on CM Punk: “I Have No Issues With [Him]”

Current AEW superstar Ricky Starks was recently a guest on an episode of WhatCulture Wrestling and discussed several topics. Among them were his thoughts on CM Punk.

Below are some highlights from the interview:

Starks on not getting a match with Punk:

“Well, you know, it was weird. It was a weird setup from the month prior. Because I wasn’t at All In. And I had done that whole thing during the summer. And, like the fans were still behind me after whipping Steamboat. And it was just, it was a crazy turn of events, that looking back on it, I’m just like, Damn, if I could bottle it up being put in my pocket, I would. Obviously, I was frustrated. I was definitely frustrated because I must have done something bad in my past life. Because I just feel like I don’t want to say it’s bad luck. But man, I just tough breaks after breaks, you know, I’m saying that’s just what it feels like. And I guess I don’t really give it too much thought about it. And I just put my head down and just keep working.”

Starks on his feelings about Punk:

“Every time he saw my outfits, he would laugh, and he would be like, ‘This is perfect.’ There was a great collaboration going on in that regard. That’s why I have no issues with Punk. I don’t give a fuck with anybody tries to tell me. I don’t care. He has never done me wrong. And you can have your opinions on him and all that. But you shouldn’t vilify someone for thinking differently than you. You get I’m saying. I will say that till I’m blue in the face, he really went out of his way to really try to make something on that Collision show for me. And I feel like we were it was working. And I feel like we were really onto something. And I think that’s why that strap match with Bryan really means a lot because it just felt like the things that I had learned was like coming to a head of like, ‘Here we go.’ So, you know, yeah, he was a great dude. And I still think Punk is a good dude, in my opinion, like, he has helped. He tried to help a lot of us on that show. And I can always be thankful for that.

[h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription]

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