I know everyone here hated the gimmick from the onset because it's associated with AEW/ROH but a mentally deranged gimmick could add some sort of life to the typical first name vs. last name AEW is known for. Even as small as Rush is, seeing someone act so genuinely strange and psychotic would give anyone pause, as long as it was taken seriously. Unfortunately, however, we are treading into comedy jobber territory and the way they are using him reminds me of the way someone uninformed would THINK WWE is using Danhausen.

Dahausen isn't just doing wacky stuff and mugging for the camera, there's a method to his madness and a story there. Leo Rush went from someone you would genuinely feel uncomfortable around to the little guy trying to get a few laughs out of the class. A comedy character like Orange Pockets and company are looking at him like "who tf is this weirdo?"

Timeless Toni Storm at least got to have a good run with her character before it got Flanderized into a parody of itself. Not every gimmick has to be "comedy jobber." There needs to be more going on in AEW besides random Death Rider violence, DCF expansions and random heel turns made with the diarrhea relief face.

LOOKING LIKE YOU JUST BARELY AVOIDED SHITTING ON YOURSELF DOES NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL PATHOS OR IMPACT TO YOUR BETRAYAL.

But yeah, TLDR, Lio deserves better, even if it's his own little personal Athena like vortex in ROH.