Mike Johnson of PWInsider is reporting that Lio Rush could be on his way to NXT soon. For those that don’t know Rush, he is a former CZW World Champion and has also been featured in Ring of Honor for the past few years.
The report says that Rush will make his final appearance for CZW on August 5th. Word backstage is that he was recently at the WWE Performance Center and was offered an NXT deal.
Rush is only 22 years of age. He is also the former tag team partner of current NXT star Patrick Clark (aka the Velveteen Dream).
Lio in a recent interview with ‘Ring Rust Radio’ spoke about his desire to come to WWE:
“Of course, I feel like everybody’s long-term goal should be in the WWE. If you hear anybody say the WWE would never be my main goal, that’s complete bulls—. We all grew up watching WWE; there wasn’t any other thing on TV other than WWE. WWE was the main reason people wanted to actually become a wrestler. My interest in WWE again is through the roof”
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Maybe NXT Takeover Brooklyn could be his first appearance with the company? We will have to wait and see.
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