Lio Rush

For the Australian footballer born in 1890, see Leo Rush.

Lio Rush
Rush in 2024
Birth nameLionel Gerard Green[1]
Born (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994 (age 30)[2]
Lanham, Maryland, U.S.[3]
Spouse(s)
Sarah Lai Wah
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(m. 2018)​
Children3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)
  • Aracno
  • Lennon Duffy[3]
  • LI Green[3]
  • Lio Rush[3]
Billed height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[4][5][6]
Billed weight160 lb (73 kg)[4]
Billed fromWashington, D.C.
DebutNovember 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 signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He also performs in its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), and makes sporadic appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He has also performed for Major League Wrestling (MLW), and Impact Wrestling, where he was a former Impact X Division Champion and former MLW World Middleweight Champion, as well as for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where he performed as Aracno.

Rush additionally worked for WWE, where he was the youngest NXT Cruiserweight Champion, 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 he won the CZW World Heavyweight Championship once and the CZW Wired Championship twice.

  1. ^ "WWE signs Lio Rush". WWE. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Lio Rush". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Van 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.
  4. ^ a b "Lio Rush". WWE.
  5. ^ Farrell, Sean (February 9, 2016). "Lanham's Lio Rush to compete for Ring of Honor contract". The Montgomery County Sentinel. Montgomery County, MD. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference MCW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ 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.