AEW: Britt Baker on WWE’s Interest Towards Her, Lio Rush on AEW Contract, Peter Avalon Update

Britt Baker Comments on WWE’s Interest Towards Her & If She Feels the Same

Inside The Ropes held a recent interview with Britt Baker. One of the topics discussed included Baker’s thoughts about the reports of WWE’s interest towards signing her to a contract in the future and if she shared the same feelings.

“They definitely expressed interest—unfortunately, I’ve got to pick and choose how I say this—but I just feel like you can’t trust anything with that company, whereas at AEW, I’ve never been promised anything that didn’t follow through.

So it’s something that, unfortunately, it’s sad that it comes down to that, that it makes a company not really desirable because you can’t trust anything they say. I know business is business, and I understand totally that’s what it is, but as a wrestler, business is business as well.”

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Lio Rush Comments on Status of AEW Contract

Fightful held a recent interview with Lio Rush. Some of the topics discussed included his thoughts on the process of signing with AEW, AEW allowing their talent to take outside bookings, and the current status of his deal with the company.

On the topic of the process of signing with AEW, Rush stated:

“It’s always a cool thing when you have somebody passionate about what you love doing. Tony is clearly, incredibly passionate about professional wrestling. A lot of his excitement bounces off people and his energy is very contagious when it comes to wrestling. It’s cool to have a boss that thinks of wrestling in that aspect. When it comes to me in particular, it was a nice feeling to have someone with that much influence and power say, ‘this guy is good and I want him as part of my company.’ That’s such a compliment, a really cool compliment. I’ super appreciative of that.

On the topic of AEW allowing their talent to take outside bookings, Rush stated:

“It doesn’t come up in conversation a lot. You see so many people within AEW work all these other places and it’s just where we are at in wrestling. It’s exciting times. you’re seeing so many people pop up in different places and you never know who is going to show up where, announced or unannounced. The fans are so excited about wrestling. A show can be sold out already without even having to name particular people and you could be going to that show and see somebody show up. That’s super cool. It’s pretty well-known that Tony is excited about his pool of talent and as long as we’re being safe and doing good business, then it’s good business for AEW. It doesn’t come up a lot. It’s just, ‘Hey, I have this show coming up, is this cool?’ ‘Yeah, as long as it doesn’t run into anything.’ It’s exciting.”

On the topic of the current status of his contract with AEW, Rush stated:

“I got offered a deal initially and things happen, things change, the world of wrestling has changed. I will say this, this is no secret, this is me pointing out the obvious; I’m a lone wolf. I go where I want, I like putting things on my resume and I like working different places and wrestling anybody and everybody. We’ve seen that since I left WWE. I’ve been to AAA, MLW, AEW, New Japan. (My independence) is very important. It’s very important for my mental stability. I never really like being stuck in one spot, especially if I don’t have control over that,” Rush said. “This is the time’s we are in with wrestling right now and it’s a beautiful thing that you can have someone be signed here, but also work there and signed to multiple deals, but still be able to pop up. We just saw Mickie James get announced for the Royal Rumble, that’s incredible. It’s no secret. I’m on a deal with AEW, but I’m also on a deal with New Japan. I’m also doing my own things back at home. It’s pretty open-ended and it’s exciting.”

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Peter Avalon AEW Contract Status Update

“Pretty” Peter Avalon recently announced on Instagram that he is currently taking bookings for indies events.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources within AEW stated that Avalon is still under contract with the company and the reason for his announcement was simply due to him now opting to take indie bookings for some side work.

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