Ricky Starks Gets Irritated Being Compared To The Rock

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Ricky Starks speaks on being compared to The Rock including the surprising reason it actually bothers him a bit.

On the  Pro Wrestling Illustrated podcast, Ricky Starks spoke about not only how he believes he is on the same level as Roman Reigns but also that it does piss him off being compared to The Rock.

Speaking out on the matter, linking his fashion sense to the comparisons, Starks said:

“Well, the only thing that bothers me is when people try to say that I’m actually actively copying The Rock with the way I dress and all this other dumb sh*t. It does piss me off because I’ve never gone into wrestling trying to copy The Rock. I’ve never studied The Rock’s promos to do exactly how he does. Everything I do, it comes from my head. It comes from how I feel and how I want to look. So when I hear people say that and discredit my originality, it does bother me a bit.

“I think the issue is that some people, even outside of wrestling fans, they’re so closed minded that they can’t understand there’s individuality in certain people, and because of the way that I dress, they compare it to how The Rock used to dress. The Rock isn’t the only guy that knows how to dress. You all are just so used to people in basketball shorts and their own merchandise shirts, that you can’t fathom somebody coming on screen and dressing in a turtleneck and nice slacks. It’s the most bizarre thing.”

Starks went on to add it actually isn’t the comparison that rubs him the wrong way, it is the accusation that he is in someway plagiarizing the Great One, saying:

“I don’t mind the comparison. It’s just when people say verbatim ‘Yeah, he’s just stealing The Rock.’ If you want to see who is stealing The Rock, maybe we should look at some other promotions and go from there. Because I have never sat up here and tried to basically bite off The Rock’s style of anything. I am who I am. So that’s the only thing I really get irked about is when people try to discredit me in my own way, but in terms of comparisons looks wise, I actually don’t mind.

“Me and The Rock are both handsome individuals, and you can’t say that a lot for some of the fans that try to talk trash about us.”

Ricky Starks has most recently been squaring off against a few new faces from WWE, not shying away from referencing the growing locker room in promos with Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland.

You can view the entire men’s roster for All Elite Wrestling including their wins/loss record for 2022 here.

Transcription via WrestlingNews.co

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