Chris Jericho Praises Ricky Starks For 2/22 AEW Dynamite Promo, Honing In On Nuances

On Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Chris Jericho signed the contract to face Ricky Starks at AEW Revolution. 

Jericho and Starks have been feuding since the start of the year, going back and forth on the mic and in the ring. Starks defeated Jericho on the January 4 episode of AEW Dynamite, but failed to get a rematch by losing the Garcia Guevara Gauntlet on the February 8 episode of AEW Dynamite. 

Starks has often drawn comparisons to The Rock in his career, and Jericho made his WWE debut by interrupting The Rock. 

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Jericho was asked about feeling the same electricity in the ring with Starks that he felt with The Rock. 

“When you first stand in the ring with The Rock, you talk about a generational talent, that’s a different level. The thing with Ricky is, I’ve seen glimpses of that, which is great. He’s still harnessing and the idea for this program was to continue to build. He did a great promo in San Antonio when we started that really blew my mind, I thought it was awesome. Then there were some moments that weren’t quite as good just because that’s how it goes. I thought last night [Wednesday] was the best Starks has been in our program so far. Nuances. A lot of the younger guys, they’ll talk with deep breathing because they are afraid to be like, ‘I want to say this. Pause. Let the crowd react.’ He really had some great nuances with that. That’s what Sammy Guevara and Danny Garcia are learning. Guys have to learn when they haven’t had a lot of promos, really how to hone in what you are and how to hold the crowd in the palm of your hand without saying a word. At the click of a pen, shall we say. Ricky is really starting to hone in on that and figure it out, which has been great,” he said.

In the AEW Revolution bout between Jericho and Starks, the Jericho Appreciation Society (Garcia, Guevara, 2point0, Jake Hager) are banned from ringside. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Jericho discussed possible plans for AEW in Winnipeg. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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