Rush and Andrade El Idolo Remove Another Mask During Rush’s AEW In-Ring Debut

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This week’s Rampage edition from Detroit included the official ring debut of former ROH World Champion Rush.

Rush competed in the 20-man Royal Rampage match, which Brody King won to become the new #1 contender to Jon Moxley, the interim AEW World Champion. Rush entered the Royal Rampage match as the #5 entry from the red ring, and he was accompanied by Andrade El Idolo and Jose. Penta Oscuro, accompanied by Alex Abrahantes approached the red ring at position #6, but Rush met them there and they went at it.

Rush and Penta later fought on the apron and eliminated each other after Rush executed a low kick. Before they left, Andrade threw a steel chair at Penta’s head, and Penta had his mask taken off, just like they had done to Rey Fenix the week before.

After the show, Jose The Assistant acknowledged on Twitter that Rush had taken off Penta’s mask amid the chaos, which the commentary team had missed.

Jose added that since La Facción Ingobernable is in AEW, nobody is safe.

Rush made his AEW debut on May 29 during the company’s most recent Double Or Nothing pay-per-view, when Andrade expressed his impatience of losing and being linked with losers. He then welcomed Rush to AEW as his “new business partner”. Rush stated in the beginning of June that he is grateful to AEW President Tony Khan for the chance, but at the time they were still “under talks and negotiations” and for the time being there were “just dates” planned, not a full-time contract. Rush said in the early June interview that his current goal is AEW, that he is working with the company, and that he wants to compete against all the biggest performers. On June 24, Rush then made his Rampage debut by assisting Andrade in defeating Fenix, beating him down following the bout, and removing his mask.

Rush and Andrade had connections going back to their time with the Ingobernables stable in CMLL and earlier. From 2010 to 2015, they participated in a lot of CMLL matches both together and against one another.

Late in August 2021, Rush was placed out of action after sustaining a knee injury while working for ROH. He started wrestling again in late April, but he hasn’t done anything since. Rush’s first ROH World Title reign, which began in 2019, only lasted 77 days, but his second and final reign, which lasted 498 days, is the longest single reign in the company’s history.

Rush and Andrade vs. The Lucha Brothers has yet to be announced, but we’ll keep you informed if that changes.

Stay tuned to PWMania.com for more.

Here are some related tweets from Rush’s in-ring debut:

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