More excerpts from Lio Rush's recent chat with Ryback on his Conversation With The Big Guy podcast have started finding their way online, and the latest pertain to his final few months in WWE.
Despite winning the NXT Cruiserweight Championship during that period, Rush feels that his final run in WWE was "disappointing and underwhelming."
"I was ready to move on, I accepted the situation for what it was," said of how he felt before hearing from WWE again. "And, you know, I think I checked out about three four months after I didn’t hear anything [from WWE]. And once it got close six to seven I was like okay I have this plan that I’m gonna, you know, move out, get away from wrestling just get away from everything. Focus and work on myself, my family, and other interests that I have."
He elaborated on that point, adding: "You know, I got that call from Hunter. Some conversations were had you know over the next couple of weeks about, obviously pay. That was my main thing you know? I wasn’t screwing around. I said, ‘this is what needs to happen in order for me to come back, I didn’t hear anything from you guys for a seven months so I’m not just gonna come as soon as you whistle and tell me to come back.'"
However, even after winning the title following his NXT return, Rush says he felt like he was "played" by WWE. "As happy as I was that I was able to live out a dream and win a WWE Championship? In front of my family, in front of my fans, my friends and stuff like that? It was very disappointing and underwhelming. Just because, I got played, I was fooled. And I blame myself for that. Because I should have. I should have known that that was gonna happen based off of past experiences with them [WWE]."
Clearly, he's referring to the fact that he ultimately ended up being released by WWE, and it's not hard to see why he feels somewhat used by the company after being sent home for several months, only to be brought back and then fired.
What do you guys think?