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Ring of Honor announced this afternoon that they have signed lucha star Rush to an exclusive contract. The announcement was made via social media with the following video:
BREAKING: International star Rush (@rushtoroblanco) has signed an exclusive contract with #RingOfHonor!
— ROH Wrestling (@ringofhonor) January 15, 2019
Who would YOU like to see Rush compete against in the #ROH ring?? pic.twitter.com/wUtva4KQ6t
PWInsider.com has been told the deal will be exclusive for the United States, but will allow Rush to continue to wrestle for CMLL in Mexico, where he is contracted. He had debuted for Ring of Honor last month in Philadelphia at a TV taping, beating TK O'Ryan.
Rush, 30 years old, is the son of La Bestia del Ring and the brother of Mistico and Dragon Lee. He's been one of the top talents in Mexico for years and was just starting to break out in the United States via appearances for Major League Wrestling. MLW had been working on signing Rush to a deal and had gotten him to agree in principle, but Ring of Honor, having the working relationship with CMLL, was able to circumvent MLW and ended up signing Rush instead.
Due to the new deal, Rush's MLW run is already over and he will not be appearing for MLW over Wrestlemania weekend, where he was slated to headline on 4/4 against LA Park in Queens, NY. Instead, one would assume he will instead work the Ring of Honor G1 Supercard event at Madison Square Garden on 4/6.
MLW posted the following on their website:
With great reluctance Rush has been forced to withdraw from his April 4th match against LA Park.
Despite efforts by MLW Rush was pulled due to the insistence of a third party promoter.
“This is a match and organization Rush wanted to be a part of but sometimes politics get in the way and that’s what this comes down to: politics,” said MLW CEO Court Bauer.
Pentagon Jr. vs. LA Park will now headline the 4/4 MLW event in New York City instead.
It will be interesting to see how often Rush comes in to work for Ring of Honor as he's a weekly headliner for CMLL at Arena Mexico on Fridays.
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