Who Came Up With Ricky Starks Beatdown Of Ricky Steamboat On AEW Collision Revealed

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A new interview has revealed who came up with Ricky Starks beatdown of Ricky Steamboat on AEW Collision.

On the August 5 edition of AEW Collision, CM Punk defeated Ricky Starks to retain the Real World Championship in the main event with pro wrestling legend Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat counting the final 1-2-3.

After the match, Starks attacked Steamboat from behind and began to whip the legend with his own belt before Punk ran him off.

Speaking with Nick Hausman on Haus of Wrestling, Cameron “Ceehawk” Hawkins of The Ringer provided some backstage insight into the match and angle with Steamboat. He stated:

“A bit of a Collision note. So, in the original finish, like after the match, Ricky Steamboat was gonna chop Starks, and that was going to be it.”

“Ricky Steamboat pulls Rick and Punk into a room and tells them the finish that we saw. It brought Rick to tears because he appreciated it so much. So, salute to Ricky Steamboat for making a good thing, a great thing.”

Hawkins clarified that he spoke with Ricky Starks following the bout who provided some insight into how Steamboat came up with the idea, saying:

“Well, I mean, you know, that’s my man (Ricky Starks). So we talked about how things go and, you know, especially after the match, I was like, ‘You killed it.’ He was like, ‘Cam, this is what happened,’ and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool.’ Yeah, man, salute to Steamboat.”

“That’s dope. Because think about how cool and how physical and how visceral that was; Ricky Steamboat’s idea, and his whole thing was, ‘Look, man, this is supposed to make you look good. Not me.'”

Haus of Wrestling did confirm that they were able to independently confirm Hawkins’ story.

CM Punk’s next challenger for the Real World Championship may have already been announced, which you can read here.

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