Lio Rush got a text out of the blue in the middle of the night before he made his second debut with AEW.
Speaking with AEW Unrestricted, Lio Rush revealed how got a text at 3am asking him to return to AEW. (H/T to Fightful for the transcription).
The AEW star returned to the company in the summer of 2024. He appeared as a surprise guest in a Casino Battle Royal. This match was to determine Swerve Strickland’s challenger for Forbidden Door, and was won by Will Ospreay.
“Kind of the tail end of that tour, I got a random text at three in the morning [asking] if I could show up at AEW in LA. The Casino Gauntlet. So many things were going through my head, I was extremely excited. I knew that it was going to be an actual surprise. Even though I did a surprise in the Casino Battle Royale before. I knew that this one was legitimately going to be a surprise surprise. Ever since that day, just a lot of hard work. Just a lot of staying consistent with myself and staying consistent with AEW.
“So much time has passed, I’m in a much better place, I’m ready to work. I’m ready to be here, I’m ready to be all elite. I didn’t say that right off the bat. But all the work that I put in, I think that ultimately gave me the time and space to see if I did want AEW to be my home. I feel like if it went any other way other than how it went down at WrestleDream, it probably wouldn’t have been the right fit. Now that I’ve got a chance to be in the locker room. Be at all the shows, be on Ring Of Honor, Collision, Rampage, Dynamite. Be able to work with Tony, be able to work with the guys and girls in the locker room again. I feel like it showed me that yeah, this is the place I want to be.”
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