{"id":101535,"date":"2021-09-30T00:25:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T04:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=101535"},"modified":"2021-09-30T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T04:25:12","slug":"lio-rush-officially-signs-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/09\/30\/lio-rush-officially-signs-with-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Lio Rush Officially Signs With AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lio Rush<\/strong> is officially #AllElite, as announced by AEW following his promo on Dynamite. &#8220;The Man of the Hour&#8221; appeared in a video, explaining that after weeks of <strong>Tony Khan<\/strong> trying to get him to join, he has decided to make the jump. Rush had announced earlier this year that he was planning to retire from professional wrestling following an injury that he suffered during the Casino Battle Royale at <em><strong>Double or Nothing<\/strong><\/em> when he entered as the Joker. He has since then continued to work as part of<strong> New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)<\/strong>, which he signaled was going to happen until he completed his contracted dates. While there is no guarantee that this is a sign that those retirement plans have been put on hold, one would believe the signing of a contract would mean he had second thoughts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Man of the Hour @TheLionelGreen is bringing his big business style to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEW<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6H0DwKRPM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/i6H0DwKRPM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1443384236665364483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What Lio Rush brings to the table for AEW is one of the most athletic and exciting wrestlers in the world. His mixture of high-speed maneuvers and hard-hitting strikes makes him an asset to anyone. In his announcement that he was coming to AEW, he has promised to bring his big business style in hopes of getting to the top. Calling himself &#8220;LBO&#8221; Lio, Rush makes it clear that his &#8220;Leverage Buyout&#8221; mindset will be what sets him apart from everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what &#8220;The Man of the Hour&#8221; does moving forward now that he is #AllElite.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>More from LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TNT and AEW Dark: Elevation (Monday nights) and AEW: Dark (Tuesday nights) at 7 PM ET on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFN4JkGP_bVhAdBsoV9xftA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lio Rush is officially #AllElite, as announced by AEW following his promo on Dynamite. &#8220;The Man of the Hour&#8221; appeared in a video, explaining that after weeks of Tony Khan trying to get him to join, he has decided to make the jump. 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