Former WWE Superstar Lio Rush recently caught up with Ryback on his podcast, Conversation With The Big Guy, and the former Cruiserweight Champion addressed what happened after he was sent home from RAW following the time he spent as Bobby Lashley's manager.
"When I came back to NXT and the six to seven months break that I had in the company? I did sign a new contract," the controversial wrestler explained. "It still really wasn’t even what I was looking for. But they [WWE] did end up giving me a new contract."
"When I was asking [about a pay rise] I kind of just got ‘alright since you’re not happy? You need a break. Vince [McMahon] is going to call you.’ Of course he never did," he continued. "It ended up being you know seven months, I was ready to move on with my life because I didn’t hear anything. I’m just sitting at home that whole time."
Rush would go on to confirm that he "didn’t hear once from a single person," and "I kept reaching out, I thought that they [WWE] wanted nothing to do with me anymore so I was gonna move on with my life."
As for his eventual return, he added: "I was moving to California, I was looking at some property out there and I got a phone call from Triple H, saying that he wanted to bring me back but underneath the NXT banner. Because they were going to have NXT on USA Network, and they thought that NXT could benefit from me already having USA Network exposure [on RAW] and translating that over to NXT."
While he's been arguing with WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry online lately, it seems Rush is considering moving on from wrestling as he's been focusing on a music career since his WWE release. It would definitely be interesting seeing him step back into the squared circle for another company, but his experiences with WWE may well have soured him on embarking on an in-ring career.