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Welcome to the busted open podcast. This is Dave LaGracque. On today's episode Thunder, Rosa,

and I talk about AEW Dynamite because who is Thunder's wrestler of the week, but Ricky starts.

Also speaking of AEW, Ring of Honor final battle is coming up tomorrow afternoon and we get

to speak to Claudio Castignole just before his big match with Chris Jericho for the Ring of

Honor World Championship. Also, we have one of my favorite interviews of 2000 and 22.

Poyo Del Mar joins us right now on the busted open podcast.

Thunder, who is your wrestler of the week?

Well, I guess there were a couple people that, you know, they brought some highlights to my life.

They entertained me. But, you know, we were talking about Bailey, definitely we talk extensively

on Tuesday. But this one is someone who I know for quite a while. He was on the independency

with me when I met him here in Texas, actually, and we did a lot of shows together.

And that is Ricky's Starks. Ricky's Starks definitely is finally after how many years being an AEW

said 2.5, 3 years being an AEW having a big, big match, a championship match to the extent

that he is now. And the segment that happened on Wednesday was, I think, very heartfelt.

I feel like for a while, Ricky seemed very, even when he was in the ring, very upset. He's a very

emotional character. And when I met him here in Texas, I noticed he has a lot of charisma

and everything. And then when we were at NWA, a lot of people were able to see what he was really

all about. And he started showing little sprinkles of what he could become. And then when he came

to AEW and has done some stints in different times, I think he's always performed.

And about this one specifically, and JFD did a really great job on getting the heat with all

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