Lio Rush released *UPDATE* False Alarm: NOT RELEASED
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Cacbeards are gonna be furious when they see this
Beautiful Bobby Eatin
SWEEEEEEEEEETNESS!
They have a hard cam in the same place tooGood lord. Can't take the Combat out of the zone with this one.
Man, I'm still 
as hell that this nerd got hired by WWE when Fred Yehi and Ricochet are out there. Lio Rush is a fukking goof, has terrible psychology, and a long history of being a fukking moron and bridge burner despite only being like 23. This is a dude whose last match before WWE, he decided to take a powerbomb/piledriver from a ladder through a table and the no sell it despite being 4 feet tall. And then his first month with WWE he makes fun of someone getting fired. Like, how dumb can you get?
as hell that this nerd got hired by WWE when Fred Yehi and Ricochet are out there. Lio Rush is a fukking goof, has terrible psychology, and a long history of being a fukking moron and bridge burner despite only being like 23. This is a dude whose last match before WWE, he decided to take a powerbomb/piledriver from a ladder through a table and the no sell it despite being 4 feet tall. And then his first month with WWE he makes fun of someone getting fired. Like, how dumb can you get?
Man, I'm still
Ricochet was waiting out his Lucha Underground slave contract. He’s free next month to go to WWE.
Man, I'm still
I don't know I'm guessing WWE looked at his age and the fact that he's got some experience already so they don't have to teach him from scratch and they figured that if they fixed the thing between his ears then he'd be a decent long term under card asset. They could get 14 years out of him and he'd still only be as old as Dolph/Orton are now. Vince likes owning people. The AJs, Samoa Joes, Bobby Roodes etc are fine for now but Vince will never really own them. They made their name elsewhere and they made money elsewhere. WWE and co probably figured that if they take someone like Lio Rush, they mould him as they see fit, they trot him out there for however long they want and get as much use out of him as possible then when they get rid of him he is whatever they say he is. If WWE say he's a tranny lover then he's a tranny lover. At that point he wouldn't be able to make money independently of them which is what WWE want.
Riley Escobar
GOAT
Man, I'm still
This cac is actually Jim Cornette
Idk, I don't think Vince has ever seen a thing Lio has ever done. This screams of HHH hiring someone who has some buzz on the internet like Apollo Crews or Undisputed Era nerds. I'm pretty confident HHH hasn't seen any of his work either, just hired him because of internet buzz and maybe Regal seeing him live once.
This cac is actually Jim Cornette
I mean...I'm saying why hire Lio when Ricochet is available even with in a year, and Ricochet is basically king of flippy shyt that Cornette would hate. Lio is bootleg Ricochet mixed with bootleg Low Ki. Derivative flippy shyt mixed with no selling nonsense because he thinks he's a bad ass despite being 5'3" and 157 pounds. This goof puts more effort into his entrance poses than any semblance of story or selling in a match. Lio Rush is trash and has nothing to offer to WWE that multiple other guys can't do much better.
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Vince doesn't really mess with NXT but his practices permeate WWE which is why I mentioned him. Lio had a little buzz which may have contributed to him getting signed. But Lio didn't have anywhere near the buzz Uhaa Nation had and he doesn't have anywhere near the equity Cole and Friends built up. Buzz being the operative word. As far as WWE are concerned Lio is young, malleable (unlike most of their other Indy signings) and he's cheap (because he doesn't have the "name" or the options the other guys have). Which is right where WWE wants him. WWE can do whatever they like with him.
WWE could sign up Adam Cole, give him silly gimmicks and fukk around with him for 5 years and then get rid of him but when he gets out of his contract TNA (or whatever they're called at that point) will treat him like a big deal, ROH will treat him like a big deal, New Japan is an option, he'll always be associated with the Bullet Club he has equity, he has a brand. Lio Rush gets signed up, WWE fukks around with him for 5 years and gets rid of him he doesn't really have much. That buzz he had when he got signed up will be gone, whoever was swearing he's the next big deal before he got signed up won't be there anymore. That's what WWE want. He won't make as much money outside of WWE as he'll make in it and he won't make money for someone else.
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I know this wasn't addressed to me but I see that your focus is on why WWE signed Lio Rush the individual but straight up WWE doesn't give a fukk about Lio Rush the individual all they care about is the type. WWE is a pimp and they like them young, dumb and cheap. WWE will probably sign Ricochet but Ricochet is high maintenance. He could pop up anywhere he likes after January. He could sign deals with both NJPW and ROH, work Indies and sell merch and he'd make a comparable amount of money to most of the WWE guys. When Ricochet gets to the negotiating table with WWE they're going to have to pay more money than they would with a guy like Lio and they'd probably have to cater to his (already well established) gimmick more in order to see a return on their investment.
Just look at that whole Emma tweet debacle that happened. Do you think if WWE had just signed Ricochet and he made that joke there would have been anywhere near the same uproar? Jack Gallagher would be too busy eating pins from Rico to tell him to get English lessons. Lio is perfect for WWE because he's low man on the totem pole and they can treat him as they see fit. WWE can have Lio working the corner at 3AM.
I know this wasn't addressed to me but I see that your focus is on why WWE signed Lio Rush the individual but straight up WWE doesn't give a fukk about Lio Rush the individual all they care about is the type. WWE is a pimp and they like them young, dumb and cheap. WWE will probably sign Ricochet but Ricochet is high maintenance. He could pop up anywhere he likes after January. He could sign deals with both NJPW and ROH, work Indies and sell merch and he'd make a comparable amount of money to most of the WWE guys. When Ricochet gets to the negotiating table with WWE they're going to have to pay more money than they would with a guy like Lio and they'd probably have to cater to his (already well established) gimmick more in order to see a return on their investment.
Just look at that whole Emma tweet debacle that happened. Do you think if WWE had just signed Ricochet and he made that joke there would have been anywhere near the same uproar? Jack Gallagher would be too busy eating pins from Rico to tell him to get English lessons. Lio is perfect for WWE because he's low man on the totem pole and they can treat him as they see fit. WWE can have Lio working the corner at 3AM.
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MightyHealthy
said what he said
Honestly, he's right.This cac is actually Jim Cornette
Fred Yehi should have been signed years ago. That guy can fukking go.
Rush trying to fukk up a chance before he even gets it, is insanity in comparison.
Yehi is that dude. Literally one of the most unique workers to pop up recently.
at all the Yehi love in here. 
