Ricky Starks Recalls Being Told To Be Grateful For His Job After CM Punk’s AEW Release

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AEW star Ricky Starks appeared on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, where he talked about a number of topics including how he was told to be grateful he had a job after CM Punk was fired from the company.

Starks said, โ€œBefore I went out, I was nervous, but I guess I didnโ€™t really realize what was about to happen. I was so frustrated in such a beautiful and organic way. The day before, Tony comes out and announces that Punk is gone. I actually opened that show with a promo. Watch the promo. Very good, and you can kind of tell whatโ€™s happening. I was so frustrated about things happening the way they have. Iโ€™ll never forget someone telling me, โ€˜Just be grateful that you even have a job.โ€™ Iโ€™ll never forget feeling like, โ€˜How dare you.โ€™ Donโ€™t tell me to be grateful for something that Iโ€™ve worked very hard for. That saying, โ€˜I know that youโ€™re hungry for a dinner. Here is a half-eaten loaf of bread. Let me take that back. Here are the crumbs.โ€™ Fuck you. Donโ€™t tell me to be grateful for something. You donโ€™t live my life and understand the things Iโ€™ve gone through to get in this moment. It really set me off. When it came to Sunday, I was looking forward to it, but I didnโ€™t realize what laid ahead of me and what I was going to be capable of what I was doing. Bryan had that injury too and we had to deal with that.โ€

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(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)