In the eyes of many, the December 7th, 2022, episode of AEW Dynamite was make or break for new World Championship number one contender Ricky Starks.
Immediately after winning the Dynamite Diamond Ring Battle Royal Starks was confronted by MJF who wasted little time in attempting to verbally rip him to pieces. MJF dismissed his new challenger as nothing more than a “dollar store Dwayne” among a string of other insults claiming he is nothing more than an imitation of WWE legend Dwayne Johnson.
However, Ricky Starks quickly fired back with what has been described as the best and most important promo of his career. Instead of wilting in the moment, Starks went on the attack throwing his own insults at MJF’s clothes, personality and everything in-between.
To close the segment MJF delivered a low-blow to the number one contender, but Starks came flying back with a Spear to stand tall with with World Championship belt.
MJF Taken Aback By Fired Up Ricky Starks
Speaking in a new interview with Alex McCarthy for Inside The Ropes, Ricky Starks discussed the reaction to his promo. The star said that he was surprised by the reaction from fans, while he was “more than delighted” with how it went.
Interestingly, Starks also revealed that it caught the usually unflappable MJF somewhat by surprise.
“Through a mutual friend, I heard that he was a little bit like, whoa, okay. You know, that was kind of the case. Even Mark, I remember Mark Henry was like, wow, wow, I did not expect that. He goes, I kind of knew that you could, you know, clap back, so to speak. But that was, I didn’t expect that. And I didn’t expect it at the rate that you had it where you had your foot on the gas pedal. I said, you know, that’s how it is.”
Ricky Starks is set to take on MJF on the special December 14th edition of Dynamite, and both the AEW World Championship and Dynamite Diamond Ring will be on the line.
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