Chris Hero discusses Darby Allin’s crossover ability.
Allin is one of the top stars in AEW and despite never being world champion in the company so far, he has his own cult following that he has developed thanks to his high risk offense and his never say die attitude.
Speaking to David Shoemaker and Kazeem Famuyide on The Ringer’s Masked Man Show, Chris Hero discussed Darby Allin’s crossover ability. Hero noted that Allin’s crossover effect is not based off his in ring ability and promos.
“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,”
Chris Hero
Allin is currently scheduled to team with Sting and Adam Copeland at this weekend’s Full Gear event, where they will take on The Patriarchy in a trios match.
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