Lio Rush has vowed to come out of tonight’s Survival of the Fittest match at ROH Death Before Dishonor as the new ROH TV Champion. Rush will be facing off against Atlantis Jr. (c), Shane Taylor, Lee Johnson, Brian Cage, and Johnny TV for the title.
In a “Digital Exclusive,” Rush expressed his desire to capture the gold. He said,
“I knew this wasn’t gonna go good. I don’t know whose idea it was to put us together in this match, but look who got caught in the crossfire, me. Look who took the pin tonight, the champ, Atlantis. I hope that you got used to being on the ground because come Death Before Dishonor, you’re going to be taking that pin again, but it’s going to be me with my hand raised.”
He continued, “I don’t know if you know somebody, but ask around. I’m the 2016 Top Prospect winner, and I got another statement to prove I’m back. I want gold, brother. Survival of the fittest. You best believe it’s going to be Leo Rush and Ring of Honor television champ. World television champ, might I add. Oh, yeah. That belongs to me.”
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Athena has many talents who she’d like to face, including Mayu Iwatani and Thekla.
During a recent appearance on the “Sports Guys Talking Wrestling” podcast, the reigning ROH Women’s World Champion mentioned Iwatani and Thekla as names she’d like to face off against in the future. She said,
“I have a lot, but if we’re talking about the Forbidden Door, I’ve never been to Japan. I’ve always wanted to go. I’m kind of a secret fan of Mayu Iwatani, that is someone I really wanna wrestle. There’s another woman in Stardom as well, her name is Thekla.”
She continued, “There’s a couple of women from Tokyo Joshi Pro I would like to wrestle. Honestly, the sky is the limit, there’s so many phenomenal women out there that are just grinding and killing it day in and day out and I would just love to make magic with them.”
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