Lio Rush is known for his time in Ring of Honor, where he won the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament, and in Combat Zone Wrestling, where won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship once and the CZW Wired Championship twice.
46 Facts About Lio Rush
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Lio Rush remembered wanting to be a professional wrestler since he was five years old.
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Lio Rush debuted under the ring name "LI Green", but after a negative response to the name from promoters, he changed it to "Lennon Duffy".
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Lio Rush learned to wrestle during 2014 with MCW Training Center.
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Lio Rush debuted at the 2014 Tribute to the Legends and created a tag team named "Sudden Impact" with Patrick Clark, who would go on to work for WWE as Velveteen Dream.
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Lio Rush lost his match against Ethan Page the following day.
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On Thursday June 23,2016, Lio Rush defeated David Tita in the first day of the Elite World Championship to make the quarter final.
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On February 18,2017, Lio Rush made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla at "Only Kings Understand Each Other", where he was defeated by Ricochet.
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On May 27,2017, Lio Rush defeated Ken Broadway at House of Glory's "Adrenaline" to capture the HOG Crown Jewel Championship, ending Broadway's almost year long reign.
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On September 12, he changed his name to "Lio Rush" and started a feud with Joey Janela, where he faced him, Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley at Down With the Sickness 2015; the match was won by Janela.
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On March 26,2016, at CZW Proving Ground, Lio Rush defeated Joey Janela, Dave Crist and David Starr to win the CZW Wired Championship.
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Lio Rush lost the Wired title back to Janela in a Ladder Match at Down with The Sickness on September 10,2016, After his feud with Janela was over he stepped out of the Wired Championship picture and started a feud with Sami Callihan becoming a heel in the process for the first time in his career and adopted a darker gimmick.
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On May 13,2017, Lio Rush beat Joe Gacy for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.
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Lio Rush lost the belt to Davey Richards at a non-CZW show, ending his reign at only 17 days.
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Lio Rush defeated Janela at CZW Once in a Lifetime for his last match in CZW and against Janela.
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Six months after his professional wrestling debut, Lio Rush took part in a Ring of Honor training camp.
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Lio Rush made his debut in ROH on December 19,2015, beating Vinny Marseglia in a dark match.
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Lio Rush went on to compete in the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament, defeating Jason Kincaid on January 9, going on to defeat Brian Fury on February 6 to win the tournament.
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On Supercard of Honor X Night 1 at April 1,2016, Lio Rush unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for ROH World Championship.
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At Survival of the Fittest night one Lio Rush defeated Misterioso Jr.
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The Next night Lio Rush was in the Survival of the Fittest match where he was the last to before he was eliminated by Bobby Fish.
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In March 2017, it was reported that Lio Rush had given his notice to ROH.
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On July 9,2017, it was reported that Lio Rush had been offered a NXT contract and that his signing was imminent.
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Lio Rush would make one additional appearance on NXT television, losing a squash match to Lars Sullivan.
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Lio Rush was then off television again until April 2018.
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In June 2018, Lio Rush was moved to WWE's main roster as part of the cruiserweight division, appearing on 205 Live.
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Lio Rush established himself as a heel on 205 Live.
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Lio Rush suffered his first loss in a 5-way number one contendership match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, that was won by Tony Nese.
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Lio Rush suffered his first pinfall loss to Cedric Alexander a few weeks later.
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Lashley's feud with Balor lead to a 2-on-1 handicap match at Elimination Chamber for Lashley's title, where Lio Rush was ultimately pinned by Balor, resulting in Lashley losing the Intercontinental Championship.
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The next week, Lio Rush unsuccessfully challenged Balor for the Intercontinental Championship.
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The problem has been chalked up to be a possible misunderstanding, due to Lio Rush not adhering by the unwritten rules of the professional wrestling industry.
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At Survivor Series, Lio Rush successfully defended his NXT Cruiserweight Championship in an Interbrand Triple Threat match that featured Akira Tozawa and Kalisto.
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On May 30,2021, Lio Rush made an appearance for All Elite Wrestling at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view during the Casino Battle Royale match as the "Joker", where he was eliminated by Matt Hardy with help from Private Party.
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Lio Rush made his AEW Dynamite debut on November 10,2021 in a winning effort against the team of Matt Sydal and Lee Moriarty.
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On January 22,2022, Lio Rush revealed that his AEW contract was set to expire February 14,2022, and became a free agent on that date.
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Lio Rush made his New Japan Pro-Wrestling debut at the Super J-Cup.
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In July 2019, Lio Rush released his debut single as a rapper titled, "Scenic Lullaby".
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On his 25th birthday, Lio Rush released his debut extended play, 11:11.
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On May 11,2020, Lio Rush released his debut studio album, titled Ever After.
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On July 20,2020, Lio Rush released his second studio album, The Final Match.
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On September 28,2021, Lio Rush released his second EP, titled Not Found.
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Lio Rush mentioned the comedian actor Kevin Hart as his influence to his work as manager.
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Lio Rush made his video game debut as part of the Rising Stars Pack of downloadable content created for WWE 2K19.
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In 2020, Lio Rush was announced as a contestant on the thirty-sixth season of MTV's reality competition series The Challenge and was initially paired with Love Island alumna Gabby Allen.
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Lio Rush left the show on his own accord in episode 6, citing mental health reasons and the stress of the house triggering his childhood feelings of living in a group home.