Adam Copeland Loves That Lio Rush Is Going All In With His Blackheart Gimmick In AEW
Adam Copeland praises Lio Rush.
Rush has been a popular topic of conversation since he introduced his Blackheart character to AEW fans earlier this year. There’s no doubt that the gimmick has divided fans, but in a new interview with Westwood One Sports, Adam Copeland said he loves that Rush is fully committed.
“Especially with the climate of wrestling characters now — if The Undertaker were to come out now, would it work? I don’t know. I still truly believe that if you fully commit to something as a performer and you go all in, then there’s no questions at least. Then you can go, ‘Right, I went all in on this thing and I tried to make it work.’ What I love about Lio is you can tell he’s going all in. Truly, that’s the way it’s going to work is if you just throw it all at the wall. Whatever sticks, whatever doesn’t, okay cool, I’ll just throw some other stuff up there and see if that sticks. I got all day for people who are going to try and recreate themselves.”
Continuing on, Copeland explained why he prefers to rely on gradual shifts for his character.
“From my personal standpoint, I’ve always tried to make it more of a gradual character shift. It is more of a shift than a [sudden] change because the one time I did that was the creation of Judgment Day. It was too fast, it was too much, too soon, too too too. I was a babyface that they saw fight back from a neck surgery he’s not supposed to fight back from. Then, I’m working AJ, who’s just turned babyface. It was a recipe for meh. I realized that’s why I usually do the gradual shift on character. The circumstances were what they were and I had no choice, but that further taught me to kind of gradually do it. But that’s for me, right? Lio, I feel like he goes, ‘Okay, I’m at bat, I got to just start swinging and swinging big.’ You got to appreciate that.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Adam Copeland talked about Darby Allin’s crazy bumps. His full comments (and a fun story) can be found by clicking here.
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