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During an interview with WhatCulture.com, Ricky Starks talked about video footage of himself being in attendance at WWE Wrestlemania 40 to witness Cody Rhodesā WWE title winā¦
āDude, I made a joke to Cody. I was like, that video, they caught the video of me acting like that after I just saw āTaker come out, dude. It wasnāt because you were winning. I was making that joke with him. Bro, it was crazy. It was really cool to witness that because Codyā¦people make all these jokes about me being Codyās friend and all this stuff, but the reality of it is that I shouldnāt feel like I canāt talk about a friend that I have. Cody has done more for me behind closed doors and for my family than anyone will ever know. I donāt have to explain myself or justify any type of relationship I have with someone. But I will just end it to that and say, beyond this wrestling shit, heās done more for me than I could have ever asked someone to do. So in return, he will always have my loyalty and respect because that is how, me as a person, thatās how I operate.
So to see that, to see that live, to know the things that he went through the year prior, that was really cool to see because as a friend, you should always want to see somebody succeed. I was there to see Jade have her WrestleMania match, and I was so floored. Me and Jade were training so hard months prior to doing all that. No one knows that. Itās cool because Iām invested as a person outside of wrestling to see these people succeed in what they are working towards, and they would do the same for me. So it was great to be there and to share that with everybody in the box.ā
Starks also reacted to security footage of himself backstage at the 2023 Royal Rumbleā¦
āI loved it. I have no problem with supporting friends at other companies and all that stuff. I donāt believe in that tribalism bullshit. You got people whoāve never been in wrestling that try to push that agenda, but I donāt care. When I went to go see Cody at the Rumble, someone leaked the security footage. Itās not like I was trying to be seen. Someone leaked that footage. It was so bizarre, so weird.ā
āI was doing my part of trying not to bring any focus to me. Just because I kind of knew, like, all right, Iām just gonna chill out. Thatās always how it is. Iām just trying to chill out. Iām not trying to be out here with a flag, saying, āHey, here I am.ā Thatās not it. But Iāll be damned if I let anybody, whether itās the people I work with, whether the people online, Iāll be damned if I let anyone let me feel like you shouldnāt have friends. Think about that. Outside of this wrestling bubble, thatās sad. Itās mind-numbing to be like, āWeāre mad at this guy, this guy sucks because he wanted to go see his friend.ā Itās like, guys, itās not that big of a deal. Iām just there watching wrestling. Iām going to continue to support my friends at whatever company because whoās gonna tell me otherwise? Who am I hurting? What village am I pillaging? Who cares?ā (quotes courtesy of Colin Tessier)
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