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LFI member injured during AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

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LFI leader Rush was injured during his match during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite.

Rush, Dralistico and The Beast Mortos were challenging AEW Trios Champions The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata) when Rush was getting back into the ring for the final sequence of the match.

However, he stumbled after his kneepad got caught on the bottom rope, hitting his elbow on the mat as he fell. According to our Bryan Alvarez, the former ROH World Champion dislocated his elbow when he did that.

He immediately was grabbing his left arm, holding it as he rolled outside. Shibata rolled outside with him and basically held onto him as opposed to a brawl. Alvarez said Rush popped the elbow back into place and he then took part in the post-match beatdown angle between Joe and AEW World Champion Hangman Page.

As of this point, Rush is scheduled to wrestle in Mexico Thursday in a match that also includes LA Park and his sons.

Rush: ‘The time has come for LFI to get bigger’

Posted on by Ian Carey

Rush says it’s time for La Faccion Ingobernable (LFI) to get bigger.

The AEW wrestler posted to social media on Tuesday, writing:

“The time has come for LFI to get bigger. We will rule the world.”

In AEW, the faction currently consists of Rush, Dralistico, The Beast Mortos, and Sammy Guevara, with Guevara and Rush currently holding the ROH World Tag Team Championships. The recently returned Andrade El Idolo is a former member of LFI, and helped form the original version of the group in 2014 alongside Rush in CMLL. However, Andrade appears to have aligned with The Don Callis Family since arriving back in AEW.

Some fans have speculated that Rush’s post could be teasing Santos Escobar signing with AEW. Escobar has never been aligned with LFI or Los Ingobernables, but he did team with Rush and La Sombra multiple times in CMLL from 2010 to 2012.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the possibility of Escobar signing with AEW on Tuesday’s edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, noting that there are people in WWE who expect him to sign there.

“They’ve been expecting him to leave for some time,” Meltzer said. “They obviously took him away from Angel and Berto for that very reason, not expecting him to stay. He’s gone and I do know people there, it’s multiple people there who expect him to go to AEW. I don’t know if he does or he doesn’t.“

Rush returns on AEW Collision after two-month absence

Posted on by Josh Nason

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Former Ring of Honor World Champion Rush made his return to AEW on Thursday’s Collision after a lengthy absence.

The 36-year-old teamed with Dralistico and The Beast Mortos in a squash trios win over KM, LSG and Rosario Grillo with Rush picking up the pin and win after hitting the Bull’s Horns.

It was Rush’s first match anywhere since a February 8th Collision win for the LFI threesome and just his third overall in 2025. He was suspended in storyline for striking a referee which was announced on TV that same month.

It’s unclear what the non-storyline reason was for his absence this time. According to a Fightful report, he and Dralistico got some heat for an incident during a mid-November Rampage bout where they attacked Richard Holliday as he was legitimately being checked on by a doctor. They were supposed to win a four-way number one contenders’ bout, but did not due to the incident. The duo then disappeared for just over two months.

AEW provides status update on Rush & Dralistico

Posted on by Matt Boone

AEW gave an update on the whereabouts of Rush and Dralistico during this week’s episode of AEW Collision.

Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness explained the recent absences of the two LFI members, saying that they have been absent due to being “at home with family matters.” No other specifics were provided during the broadcast.

Rush last appeared on AEW Collision on November 14th, teaming with fellow LFI member The Beast Mortos in a losing effort against The Acclaimed. In the case of Dralistico, he appeared at the Rampage taping on October 30th, teaming with Rush and Mortos in a winning effort against Beef, JD Drake & The Butcher. He did, however, turn up at the Arena Del Valle Lucha Libre show on December 1st.

Mortos worked this week’s Collision, earning a squash victory over Aaron Solo. It was announced afterward that he will be competing against AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada in the ongoing Continental Classic tournament at next week’s Winter is Coming edition of AEW Collision.

FTR vs. LFI added to AEW Collision

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A second match has been added to the lineup for the Saturday, October 26 AEW Collision.

AEW’s Tony Khan has revealed another match set for Saturday’s Collision, a tag team encounter featuring FTR’s Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler vs. La Faccion Ingobernable’s Rush & Dralistico.

The AEW CEO wrote in a social media post:

“This Saturday Night, 10/26 Cedar Rapids, IA 8pm ET / 7pm CT on @tntdrama Saturday Night #AEWCollision

LFI @rushtoroblanco/@DRALISTICO_LFI vs FTR @DaxFTR/ @CashWheelerFTR

After their altercation last week following LFI’s win, RUSH + Dralistico collide vs FTR on TNT this Saturday!“

The tag team bout is the second match announced late Thursday for Saturday’s lineup, joining a Ricochet vs. Lio Rush singles battle.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa hosts this Saturday’s Collision event. The show airs at 8 p.m. Eastern time on TNT.

The announced card for the Saturday, October 26 AEW Collision:

  • Ricochet vs. Lio Rush
  • FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (Rush & Dralistico)

Jake Roberts completes trade with Don Callis, aligns with new faction on AEW Dynamite

Posted on by Josh Nason

Jake Roberts has some new running mates in AEW and it’s not who anyone would have expected as he is now part of LFI along with Rush, The Beast Mortos and Dralistico.

Earlier on the Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite, Roberts completed a deal with Don Callis that put Lance Archer in the Don Callis Family. Renee Paquette asked Roberts what he got in the deal and he asked her if she liked surprises.

Following Hologram’s win over Komander, Roberts came out on the stage and Rush, Mortos and Dralistico ran in and attacked both men. Afterward, they raised fists and pointed to Roberts who then followed suit.

Rush had joined the Callis Family earlier this year, but it had appeared that was quietly dropped in recent weeks.

After re-signing with AEW in March, Roberts hasn’t been on TV in quite some time. It’s unclear what this means for The Righteous who were also part of Roberts’ faction over the last year.

Archer joins Konosuke Takeshita, Powerhouse Hobbs and Kyle Fletcher in the Callis clan.

Tag Team & TBS title matches set for AEW Full Gear

Posted on by Josh Nason

Following Saturday’s edition of Collision, two multi-person title matches are now official for next Saturday’s AEW Full Gear.

AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill will put their titles on the line in a four-way match featuring former champions FTR in addition to House of Black’s Malakai Black & Brody King, and LFI’s Rush & Preston Vance.

This will be FTR’s first shot at the titles since losing them to Starks and Bill recently. Both the House of Black and LFI will be looking for their first AEW Tag Team titles.

The other title match will see TBS Champion Kris Statlander against past title challenger Julia Hart and the winner of this Wednesday’s Dynamite match between Red Velvet and Skye Blue.

Hart defeated Willow Nightingale on Collision to earn her slot in the newly-announced title bout. Statlander will be looking for the 15th defense of the gold she won at May’s Double or Nothing. Hart, Velvet and Blue are all still looking for their first AEW title of any kind.

Here’s the current card for next Saturday’s pay-per-view from The Forum in Los Angeles, California:

  • AEW World Champion MJF defends against Jay White
  • AEW Women’s World Champion Hikaru Shida defends against Toni Storm
  • AEW International Champion Orange Cassidy defends against Jon Moxley
  • AEW Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill defend against FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler), House of Black (Malakai Black & Brody King) and LFI (Rush & Dralistico)
  • TBS Champion Kris Statlander defends against Julia Hart and Wednesday’s winner of Skye Blue vs. Red Velvet in a three-way
  • Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland in a Texas Death Match
  • Sting, Darby Allin & Adam Copeland vs. Christian Cage, Luchasaurus & Nick Wayne
  • The Golden Jets (Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) — Winner gets an AEW Tag Team title shot, Golden Jets disband if they lose
  • Zero Hour pre-show: ROH Tag Team Champions MJF & mystery partner defend against The Gunns (Austin & Colten Gunn)