Chris Hero: Darby Allin’s Crossover Effect Is Bigger Than Bell To Bell Or Promos

Chris Hero has high praise for Darby Allin. 

Darby Allin has become one of the top stars in AEW and is considered one of the four pillars of the promotion. Along with his in-ring success, Allin has become a crossover star with appearances at Nitro Circus and goals to climb Mount Everest. 

Speaking to David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide on The Ringer’s Masked Man Show, Chris Hero explained how Allin is bigger than what happens in the ring. 

“We get in the wrestling bubble and we only see what’s in front of our face and we only reference what’s in our recent memory and what we remember historically. It’s very easy in pro wrestling to be self-cyclical. It’s not always about the bell-to-bell and the promos. It is larger than that. When I look out into the arena and see these kids with their face painted up like him, these are five, six, seven year old children that are going to grow up and have lives. This is connecting with people on a deeper level. Darby, wrestling fans are like, ‘It’s Darby, we’re going to see something crazy, he’s great and creative.’ This dude is in a skit with Tim Robinson. This dude is hanging out with JPEGMAFIA and Tony Hawk. Darby’s crossover is incredible, and it’s not this phony studio-made. These are things that Darby likes and is interested in. You see him and it’s like, ‘I wonder what that dude is about.’ He did Nitro Circus. It’s not even about the pro wrestling, it’s about the butterfly effect of who else he meets in the world. People like Darby, when they crossover to different areas of entertainment, it affects the business as a whole, it’s not just about the rating he gets or the false finish. Some wrestlers are bigger than that and I think Darby is one of them,” said Darby. 

Darby is set to team with Sting & Adam Copeland to take on Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, & Luchasaurus at AEW Full Gear. 

Hero is getting back in the ring on November 17 when he takes on Timothy Thatcher at West Coast Pro. Fans can find Hero’s comments on his return by clicking here. 

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