If you're mostly just a fan of mainstream American professional wrestling, you probably haven't heard of AEW‘s newest addition, Rush.

When Andrade El Idolo and his assistant Jose sat around a table waiting for another member to join their meeting in a pre-taped segment on Double or Nothing, and a large man in a white suit and long hair walked through the door, you probably didn't pop and maybe didn't even know who the man in question was until Excalibur and company said the name “Rush” on commentary. Heck, you maybe didn't even know how to look up Rush, as the pronunciation – Roosh – is notably different from the Prog Rock band from the '70s.

If you fall into that camp, that's totally fine; there's way more wrestling than there are hours in the day at this point, but don't exclusively associate Rush's abilities with his name recognition in the US, as he can most certainly go and has turned in some incredible matches against some of the best performers in the world today.

Rush accomplished a lot before his AEW debut.

The son of La Bestia del Ring and a member of the Los Ingobernables faction alongside his brother Dragon Lee, Rush broke into the business in his native Mexico, where he wrestled for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre – CMLL – from 2009-19. He wrestled with and against some of the biggest luchadores in the world, from Ultimo Guerrero to L.A. Park, and took part in CMLL-NJPW cross-promotional matches with the likes of Karl Anderson, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki, GOD, and Shinsuke Nakamura.

Towards the tail-end of his run in CMLL, Rush began to take his show on the road and explored wrestling north of the border. He initially did some matches for MLE, taking on Sammy Guevara, Shane Strickland, and his old foe L.A. Park on Fusion before taking his talents to Ring of Honor as part of CMLL's talent-share partnership.

If you want to watch some highlights of Rush, his ROH run from December 2018 through September of 2021 is worth your time, especially since more than a few of his opponents from the era are now prominent fixtures of AEW today.

Rush began his time in ROH by feuding with the Kingdom, which then featured Matt Taven and Vinny. He then began a feud with Bandido that would define his ROH run before winning the world championship versus Taven at Death Before Dishonor XVII. From there, Bandido and the American iteration of his faction, La Facción Ingobernable, began a feud with PCO, Marty Scurll, and current AEW star Brody King, who were then known as Villian Enterprises.

But then, just as the feud was picking up and Nick Aldis from NWA was inserted into the story, COVID-19 hit, and the promotion went on hiatus from March of 2020 until December of the same year. Though Rush ultimately retained his title throughout the stoppage and defended the belt against Brody King, Shane Taylor, and Jay Lethal, he was ultimately dethroned by Bandido at ROH Best In The World 2021 and suffered a knee injury at Glory By Honor that kept him out of action until April of 2022.

And now, well, now Rush is a member of All Elite Wrestling, currently on a per-appearance deal, where he will wrestle alongside Andrade El Idolo in addition to working in Mexico.

Will it work? Will El Toro Blanco mesh with Andrade's Black Mask-esque character and form a dynamic tag team? Or will this particular pairing struggle to catch like basically everything else Charlotte Flair's husband has been involved in as a member of AEW thus far? I guess we will have to see.