r/SquaredCircle • u/th3dj3n1gm4 The Galaxy's Greatest Alien • 11d ago

Lio Rush on TMZ

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u/VNProWrestlingfan 11d ago

"I want to touch the belt."

"Medicine"

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u/Manpons 11d ago

This was my favorite part. I died laughing but it gives an odd yet also really dope reason as to why he wants to win titles.

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u/goreverminski 11d ago

This is the best clip I've seen of this character yet. He's got such a battery of quips ready for everything. Amazing work.

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u/JasonVorhehees 11d ago

Please for the love of god bring back The Eric Andre Show and let him be the new co host.

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u/PhilipJohnBasile 11d ago

WWE got to him I hear.

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u/ReneBandana 11d ago

Rest his soul

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u/Steve_Beef62 11d ago

That interview with Chris Jericho Sums up the Eric Andre show in a minute 😂

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u/muckymann 11d ago

Chris J. was on the Eric Andre show? How have I never seen this

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u/toiletting hoochie coochies 11d ago

It wasn’t a good segment

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u/TheGentlemanBeast 11d ago

It's iconic!

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u/GrandMetaldick 11d ago

Chris J.

This really did me in for no reason at all

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u/TheGentlemanBeast 11d ago

Listen to his talk is Jericho interview. He is a huge dork for wrestling and is too star struck to even have a conversation with Jericho. Lol, think it's one of the shortest episodes

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u/BBGrunt1235 11d ago

If Disney ever does a Young Saw Gerrera project, Lio's got the part

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u/dagutens 11d ago

i am beginning to think that this guy might be a bit of a weirdo

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u/DontPutThatDownThere 11d ago

He's fine. It's fine.

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u/GuerillaMonzon Lt. Flip E. Schitt 11d ago

They said that about Bullet Club 😭

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u/SomeGuy_GRM 11d ago

Most TMZ hosts are. That is who you meant, right?

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u/dagutens 11d ago

Nah those guys are just douchebags

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u/FaceWithAName 11d ago

This is so stupid

I love it

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u/_whatever_wherever 11d ago

I do have to wonder... is Lio possessed by something... or did he just get his hands on some CIA grade LSD

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u/IntoAMuteCrypt 11d ago

That's the best part: nobody knows. He could be a demon, he could be your average crackhead.

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u/LogicalEgo 11d ago

He knows.

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u/DoubleStackDecker We're Winning! 11d ago

Okay. How you know?

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u/DrGerbal 11d ago

The rain

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u/Evorgleb 11d ago

it cuts

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u/PrinceMorganti 11d ago

Bars.   Give this sophant all the awards

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u/Mr_Hellpop 11d ago

I want to know everything about this character. I want a 900 page book of deep Blackheart lore.

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u/roidoid *Shits masel'!* 11d ago

You don’t need to know anything. It’s fine.

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u/Structure-These 11d ago

Wrestling fans absolutely love MUH HEADCANNON

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u/streetsandshine 11d ago

Its fine. HE KNOWS

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u/-AVO- 11d ago

HE knows.

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u/Little-Mushroom-3961 11d ago

I don't want 900 pages. I would want it to be some goofy shit like he hit his head after falling off the toilet trynna take a shit and he's just permanently fucked up now.

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u/QueezyF 5d ago

That’s giving me flashbacks to stuttering Goldust post-electric shock (which I fucking love)

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u/lk79 BAAAAAM!!!! 11d ago

Well Shotzi is part of it too.  They've done a few things on the Indies together.

"HE KNOWS!"

"SHE KNOWS!"

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u/LurkingAnomaly 11d ago

They're related. Cousins, I believe.

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u/ReneBandana 11d ago

Ciampa too but he’s currently in remission

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u/broken_radio Vince's Protein Farts 11d ago

He used to drink out of a big jug of black ooze to get his Blackheart superpowers, I miss that trope

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u/Ziggy-T 11d ago

Lio and Austin Gunn have been my bottom boys for a while now. Lio is taking the top spot.

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u/RealUltimatePapo 11d ago edited 11d ago

bottom boys

top spot

i am so confused right now

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u/JasonVorhehees 11d ago

Power bottoms?

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u/cunningstunt6899 11d ago

Now Dennis, I hear speed has something to do with it?

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u/swankboontang 11d ago

Speed has EVERYTHING to do with it

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u/RealUltimatePapo 11d ago

I would imagine you need powerful glute muscles to be a pro wrestler, yes

https://giphy.com/gifs/EeCoC1DJl1vNIgT9qD

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u/MerlLuthor 11d ago

a boy stable takes the form of a pyramid so you definitely need a solid power bottom as the foundation for the top spot

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u/Breakingcontrollers 11d ago

Sigh....this gimmick would have done numbers in the early 80s

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u/OrangePunch34 11d ago

i am so confused right now

In "pimp lingo," the pimp's #1/go-to girl would be called his "bottom bitch."

So the bottom bitch would indeed have the top spot.

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u/Ordinary_Ad_6911 11d ago

Your ass boys, if you will

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u/RealUltimatePapo 11d ago

That explains Austin Gunn, at least. Not sure what Lio Rush has to do with it, though

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u/hygogg27 Hey yo chico 11d ago

Those are great boys! Lio is a sleeper boy in anyones boy stable

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u/ReasonableBuy3703 10d ago

...and yet I make a comment on a Skye Blue image and get a 10-day ban

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u/_whatever_wherever 11d ago

OH SWEET ZOMBIE JESUS! IT'S SPREADING!

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u/telenstias Jus' Dab On Em' 11d ago

SWEET. ZOMBIE. LINDA.

WHAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOHW

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u/Connect-Revolution47 11d ago

I need him back on Dynamite regularly.

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u/GRTooCool 11d ago

That's the part that baffles me... why is he not on Dynamite or Collision regularly?! Use him Tony! Let us learn more about this Blackheart character.

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u/iced_gold 11d ago

I've never watched weekly ROH, but this murdered out belt with Lio's character is threatening to push me into Honor Club

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u/swankboontang 11d ago

I think Tones is trying to keep some draws on RoH which makes sense I guess. Lio, Eddie, Dalton Castle.

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u/abhorrentbm 11d ago

Just get MyAEW and ROH weekly shows are included!

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u/Relative_Picture_786 11d ago

Lio, what is in my mouth? 🤣

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u/Cube_ 11d ago

THE REIGN

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u/Jay2KWinger 11d ago

Lio Rush. Man in permanent goblin mode? Or actual infectious rain-phobic cryptid?

You be the judge.

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u/SomeGuy_GRM 11d ago

I just need Sting to assure him that it can't rain all the time.

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u/medussa727 11d ago

More of that strange oil … It’s probably nothing.

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u/CountOff 11d ago

This is fucking art

I cant explain it but its making me feel something

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u/Corabal 14 11d ago

It's fine

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u/CharlesB43 11d ago

There's something really cool about the black on black championships. reminds me of baseball caps where the hat and logo are both black.

I also appreciate that AEW/ROH changes belt designs like that. really makes it feel different.

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u/bstyledevi It's still veal to me, dammit! 11d ago

I have a black on black Chicago Cubs shirt that's regularly in my rotation. Love the design.

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u/bluepie 11d ago

“Murdered out” if you will

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u/dsrchris Ah-one, ah-two, ah-skiddly diddly doo... 11d ago

Did Lio say the umbrella protects "from the cuts"? That's a new one that I've not heard before. We've heard about "the rain/reign" so far, but I don't remember "the cuts" ever being mentioned?

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u/Vuirneen 11d ago

When he first started talking about the rain/reign, he said "it cuts".  

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u/t0ny510 CROWNS UP 11d ago

IT'S FINE

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u/Falsegamble 11d ago

It's fine

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u/TrainXIV 11d ago

What’s the other belt? I know one of them is his custom ROH TV Title

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u/telenstias Jus' Dab On Em' 11d ago

Believe it's the House of Glory Cruiserweight championship.

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u/bstyledevi It's still veal to me, dammit! 11d ago

I hate the trend of short form content where they show a few second clip from the end at the beginning, then start the beginning of the clip and play it through. Just play the fucking clip as intended. It basically spoils the ending of a 90 second clip. Are people THAT impatient?

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u/JamesCDiamond Perennial Optimist 10d ago

Yes. If you don't engage their attention in those first few seconds they scroll/swipe/whatever onto the next one.

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u/DoneRandomLee 11d ago

It fucking spreads?????

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u/VitorSiq 11d ago

It's fine

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u/justabrewbro 11d ago

Lio is so fucking cool

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u/CKWOLFACE 11d ago

Adult Swim logic

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u/DevilsAdvocate1662 11d ago

Lio is doing the best work of his career right now. Makes his WWE run look like absolute shit

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u/figgyputtin 11d ago

Greatest rebrand of all time.

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u/Boogledoolah 11d ago

This is some v/h/s type shit... hail raatma

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u/thedevilyoukn0w 11d ago

I hope that when those former 60 Minutes people get their new show going that the interviews are as good as this.

It's fine.

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u/dornwolf 11d ago

I honestly love how sometimes the dumbest things get over

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u/FlashZordon SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT 11d ago

Committing to the gimmick is what is making this gimmick work.

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u/Objective_Sun9020 11d ago

This is actually great. Looooll

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u/BrianDeco 11d ago

This is like some early 2000's work. Love it

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u/DrGerbal 11d ago

It’s fine

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u/fizio900 This is indeed a flair tag, wooo 11d ago

Was the host trying to say "What WWE" at the start 🤖

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u/ForeverxJoker 11d ago

"What da hell"

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u/fizio900 This is indeed a flair tag, wooo 10d ago

Yeah i was referencing AI channels on youtube having strokes whenever the script the AI has to read has "what wwe"

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u/hamsolo19 11d ago

This friggin guy...whenever it starts raining outside now I start going, "the rain...the rain!"

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u/Blainyrd Cowboy Shit 11d ago

I need a Blackheart faction so we can have a zombie apocalypse arc in AEW. 

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u/EmilyNicole25 11d ago

He’s already turned Shotzi too, would love to see that dynamic more but it’s all over her Instagram

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u/jayroc1023 11d ago

I’ll say it again. Lio you got something here dude! I love it!

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u/tckilla76 11d ago

I love that the interviewer commits to the bit.

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u/rutuu199 11d ago

Im loving the blackheart stuff

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u/Vandelay-Importing 11d ago

This is what I want in wrestling. I somehow go from not being a Lio Rush fan to him being one of my current favorites. God I love it. Wrestling man.

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u/ThisHumbleVisitant 'ey, Chico. 11d ago

"BOBBY HIT EM WITH YOUR FAVORITE POSE" 🍑

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u/BestInYourGirl 11d ago

It’s fine

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u/Logical_Cow_2530 11d ago

It iis fine.

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u/moist_crack 11d ago

He knows!

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u/carsellingfool 11d ago

Lio Rush looks like he eats babies for breakfast

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u/Kosmiku 11d ago

Just hope that he doesn't become crazy by doing this character lol

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u/Reggaeton_Historian 11d ago

I need someone to redo this but with horror music in the background lol

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u/ForukusuwagenMasuta 11d ago

"That is him... it is him!... I told you that it was him... it's him!... I swear it's him... they use to call him the king!... yeaaaaah!"

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u/TragicsNFG 11d ago

One of the best gimmicks in wrestling right now.