For the Australian footballer born in 1890, see Leo Rush.
Lio Rush
Rush in 2024
Birth name
Lionel Gerard Green[1]
Born
(1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 29)[2] Lanham, Maryland, U.S.[3]
Spouse(s)
Sarah Lai Wah
(m. 2018)
Children
3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
Aracno Lennon Duffy[3] LI Green[3] Lio Rush[3]
Billed height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[4][5][6]
Billed weight
160 lb (73 kg)[4]
Billed from
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Debut
November 2014[7]
Lionel Gerard Green (born November 11, 1994), better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and musician. He is currently performing for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is a member of the Chaos stable. He has also performed for Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Impact Wrestling, where he was a former Impact X Division Champion. He has also appeared for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he performed as Aracno.
Rush also worked for WWE, where he was the youngest NXT Cruiserweight Champion. In WWE, he also served as the manager of Bobby Lashley and was the winner of the 2018 WWE United Kingdom Championship Invitational. He is also known for his time in Ring of Honor (ROH), where he won the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament, and in Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship once and the CZW Wired Championship twice.
^"WWE signs Lio Rush". WWE. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
^"Lio Rush". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^ abcdVan Der Griend, Blaine (May 20, 2016). "Lio Rush out to make a name for himself". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
^ ab"Lio Rush". WWE.
^Farrell, Sean (February 9, 2016). "Lanham's Lio Rush to compete for Ring of Honor contract". thesentinel.com. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
^Cite error: The named reference MCW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Shepard, Brad (July 28, 2015). "Shamrock Cup winner Lio Rush talks about his career influences, Tough Enough's Patrick and more". PW Insider. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
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Wrestling. During his time there, he won the MCW Tag Team Championship with LioRush. After competing in several other independent promotions, he participated...
with LioRush who was attempting to recruit him as his tag team partner. On the November 11, 2021, episode of AEW Dynamite, Martin teamed with Rush against...
(Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)) in a 12-man tag team match, Trey Miguel and LioRush defeated Hiromu Takahashi and Mike Bailey; and in the opening contest,...
Strong, winning the title at 38 years old, while the youngest champion was LioRush when he won it at 24. Neville and Enzo Amore were tied for the most reigns...
2022). "NJPW STRONG The New Beginning USA Spoilers (1/15): Jay White, LioRush, JONAH, More In Action". Fightful. Retrieved June 4, 2023. Knipper, Justin...
episode of 205 Live, Tozawa defeated Cedric Alexander, Humberto Carrillo and LioRush to become the number one contender for the Cruiserweight Championship at...
faced LioRush. In the closing stages, Rush hit a suicide dive to Kushida on the outside. Kushida then locked in the Hoverboard Lock, but Rush escaped...
named "Search and Destroy" with Jonathan Gresham and LioRush. On 8 July, White defeated LioRush. At the next set of TV tapings, White defeated Will Ferrara...
television return as she interrupted a match between Lince Dorado and LioRush, allowing her husband, who attack Dorado. Three weeks later, on October...
place in the New Japan Cup USA tournament, however he was defeated by LioRush in the first round. Connors then entered New Japan's Tag Team Turbulence...
Major League Wrestling's World Middleweight Champion LioRush in a title vs. title match. Despite Rush winning the match and being recognized as champion...
WrestleMania. At Elimination Chamber, Finn Bálor defeated Bobby Lashley and LioRush in a handicap match to win Lashley's Intercontinental Championship. Lashley...
Wrestling events. He maintains friendships with wrestlers Parker Boudreaux, LioRush, Finn Bálor, Bianca Belair, Montez Ford, Montel Vontavious Porter, Sonjay...
took place on July 22, 2023 at the RJ Meyer Arena in Joppa, Maryland. † LioRush suffered an injury which forced him to withdraw. Therefore in the Triple...