{"id":116117,"date":"2022-09-30T16:48:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=116117"},"modified":"2022-09-30T16:48:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:48:54","slug":"rush-signs-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/09\/30\/rush-signs-with-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"RUSH Officially Signs With AEW, is All Elite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El Toro Blanco, aka <strong>RUSH<\/strong>, has officially signed with <strong>All Elite Wrestling<\/strong>. AEW President <strong>Tony Khan<\/strong> announced the news in a tweet on September 30 that former ROH World Champion RUSH has inked a deal with the company. RUSH will compete on the September 30 episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/09\/30\/aew-rampage-card-september-30\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>AEW Rampage<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, facing John Silver in a singles match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s official: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rushtoroblanco?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@rushtoroblanco<\/a> is<br \/>All Elite!<\/p>\n<p>What a week for Rush!<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was his birthday, today he\u2019s All Elite, and it\u2019s<br \/>Rush vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilverNumber1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SilverNumber1<\/a> TONIGHT on<br \/>Friday Night <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss Friday Night <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWRampage<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTdrama<\/a><br \/>@ 10pm ET\/9pm CT TONIGHT! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ScImPIpteT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/ScImPIpteT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyKhan\/status\/1575888565031927820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>RUSH Signs With AEW<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>RUSH made his AEW debut in a taped vignette at <strong><em>AEW Double or Nothing 2022<\/em><\/strong>. Since then, he has been paired up with his close friend <strong>Andrade El Idolo<\/strong>. RUSH made his in-ring debut on the June 29 episode of <em>AEW Rampage<\/em>, where he competed in the Royal Rampage battle royale. Then, he faced AEW Interim World Champion <strong>Jon Moxley<\/strong> on the July 27 episode of <strong><em>AEW Dynamite<\/em><\/strong>. RUSH also competed in the Casino Ladder Match at <strong><em>AEW All Out<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH is a former 2x ROH World Champion, and he had been featured in <strong>Ring of Honor<\/strong> until he went down with a knee injury in August 2021. He missed the last several months of the year and the beginning of 2022 before he started performing again in Mexico. Rush held the ROH World title for 498 days between his reigns.<\/p>\n<p>Before he ran in ROH, RUSH starred in <strong>Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL)<\/strong> and he also competed for <strong>Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide<\/strong>. He is a 2x CMLL World Tag Team Champion, among other accolades. The <strong>Los Ingobernables<\/strong> faction started at CMLL with Andrade.<\/p>\n<p>Since arriving in AEW, RUSH seemingly kicked his younger brother <strong>Dragon Lee<\/strong> out of <strong>La Faccion Ingobernable<\/strong>.<\/p>\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 wrestling stories worldwide as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of important news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can catch AEW Dynamite Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS 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>. Additionally, AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Toro Blanco, aka RUSH, has officially signed with All Elite Wrestling. AEW President Tony Khan announced the news in a tweet on September 30 that former ROH World Champion RUSH has inked a deal with the company. 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