Adam Copeland: You Can Tell Lio Rush Is Going All In With Blackheart Gimmick

Adam Copeland had some praise to share recently for Lio Rush’s recent gimmick change and character work.

Recently, Lio Rush brought in a Blackheart gimmick which has definitely caught the attention of the fans from all around the world.

In a recent interview with Westwood One Sports, Adam Copeland was asked about the climate of wrestling characters today and had a lot of good praise to share for Rush who has had good and bad criticism from the world of pro wrestling.

“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.”

“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.”

Copeland and Christian Cage are set to battle FTR for the Men’s AEW World Tag Team Championships at AEW Double Or Nothing in an I Quit Match where if Cope and Cage lose, they must retire as a tag team.

H/t to Fightful for the transcription.