Ricky Starks believes that CM Punk is one of the few people who understood what he was going for with his character.

“Punk was very instrumental in making sure, like, ‘Hey, we should try to do something different with this dude.’ And I think Punk is the only one that was closest to really understanding me in that regard,” said Starks. “If you remember how I pulled up in the car, I had that. Then I was the one that came out with the Louis [Vuitton] bag and I dressed … every time he would see my outfit, he would laugh and be like, ‘This is perfect.'”

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Starks added that he got along well with Punk, and doesn’t want others to tell him to disparage Punk just because they don’t like him.

“So there was a great collaboration going on in that regard so that’s why I have no issues with Punk. I don’t give a f**k what 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 don’t … you shouldn’t vilify someone for thinking differently than you,” stated the AEW star.

He added that Punk helped him immensely on “AEW Collision,” and argued that his character was working well thanks to Punk’s feedback and inputs. Starks has featured sparingly in the last few months and admitted he has no idea when he’ll be back on AEW television.

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