Matt Hardy: I’m Happy For Big Bill, I Think Ricky Starks Has A Ton Of Potential

Matt Hardy shares his thoughts on Big Bill and Ricky Starks winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Matt Hardy shares his thoughts on Big Bill and Ricky Starks winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

On the October 7 episode of AEW Collision, Big Bill and Starks beat FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship.

Speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, the AEW star shared his thoughts on Bill and Starks winning the gold. He first made it clear that he was happy for Big Bill.

“I’m very happy for him. Obviously, we worked with him whenever we were doing the Firm storyline, and he did the deal where he came and he was in the Firm Deletion match. But there was a time where The Firm, they knew they were going to split those guys up, and they just beating them every week, and they just beating them and beating them. I know he got very frustrated, and I said, ‘Dude, I know it’s frustrating, and it’s really get into a groove and get frustrated. But it’s just like anything else, just make the most out of whatever you have to work with,’ and he’s been doing that. He’s had a great and positive mental attitude, and he really has. He’s made the most out of everything he’s been given to work with, and you can see it’s finally starting to show off now. It’s great that he is in that slot, and he’s a good dude, he’s worked really hard. He’s in a very good spot now in AEW, he’s one-half of the tag team champs, so it’s very cool. Also happy for Ricky Starks, I like Ricky Starks a lot too,” Hardy said.

Hardy also spoke highly of Ricky Starks. He shared his belief that the former FTW Champion has a lot of potential. Hardy noted that he likes seeing Starks getting used in a prominent spot like this, and he stated that he thinks Starks will be an important player in AEW’s future.

“I like Ricky. I think Ricky has a ton of potential, and I like seeing him utilized in a nice spot like this, highlighted as a tag team champion and getting that big win over FTR. I dig it. I think Ricky is going to be a very important building block for AEW going forward in the future,” Hardy said.

During the podcast, Hardy also discussed Adam Copeland feuding with Christian Cage in AEW. Check out his comments here.

Check out the card for the October 14 episode of AEW Collision here. Fightful will have live coverage of the show as it airs.

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