Lio Rush

Lio Rush

Rush in January 2016
Birth name Lionel Green[1]
Born (1994-11-11) November 11, 1994[2]
Lanham, Maryland[1]
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Lio Rush[1]
Lennon Duffy[1]
LI Green[1]
Billed height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3][4]
Billed weight 160 lb (73 kg)[3][4]
Billed from Washington, D.C.[4]
Trained by MCW Bone Breakers[1]
Debut November 2014[5]

Lionel Green is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Lio Rush. He is signed to Ring of Honor (ROH), where he was the winner of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament. He is also working for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW).

Professional wrestling career

Early career

Green debuted under the ring name "LI Green", but after a negative response to the name from promoters, he changed it to "Lennon Duffy".[1]

Combat Zone Wrestling (2014–present)

Green, as Lennon Duffy, made his debut for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) on December 31, 2014, defeating Slugger Clark.[6] He and Clark began to compete together as known as Sudden Impact. On September 12, he changed his name for "Lio Rush" and started a feud with Joey Janela, where he faced him, Trevor Lee and Caleb Konley at Down With the Sickness 2015, match won by Janela.[7] At Night of Infamy, on November 21, he wrestled Joey Janela for the CZW Wired Championship on a losing effort.[8] On December 12, during Cage of Death XVII, he won the CZW Wired TV Championship, defeating Janela for the title.[9] He made his first successful defense against Kevin Bennett on January 16.[10] He lost his title against Joey Janela on February 13 at CZW Seventeen.[11] On March 26, 2016, at CZW Proving Ground, Rush defeated Joey Janela, Dave Crist and David Starr to win the CZW Wired Championship.[12]

Ring of Honor (2015–present)

Six months after his professional wrestling debut, Rush took part in a Ring of Honor (ROH) training camp. He, however, was not signed due to his limited experience.[1] After getting more experience wrestling on the independent circuit, Rush took part in another training camp and, now with the backing of Kevin Kelly, Steve Corino, Adam Cole, Jay Lethal and Kyle O'Reilly, was signed as a participant in the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament.[1] Rush made his debut in ROH on December 19, 2015, beating Vinny Marseglia in a dark match.[13] Rush went on to compete in the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament, defeating Jason Kincaid on January 9,[14][15] going on to defeat Brian Fury on February 6 to win the tournament.[16] On March 31, ROH announced that Rush had signed a contract with the promotion.[17] On Supercard of Honor X Night 1 at April 1, 2016, Rush unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for ROH World Championship.

Other promotions

He learned wrestling during 2014 with MCW Training Center. He debuted at the 2014 Tribute To The Legends and created a tag team named "Sudden Impact" with Patrick Clark.[4] On July 18, he won the Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup XV, defeating Brandon Scott, Drolix, Eddie Edwards, Matt Cross and Shane Strickland in a six-way elimination match.[18] On October 3, he and his teammate Patrick Clark won the MCW Tag Team Championship, defeating The Hell Cats and The Ecktourage.[19] They lost the titles thirteen days later to The Ecktourage.[20]

He also competed for Evolve Wrestling where he defeated Fred Yehi on November 6.[21] He lost his match against Ethan Page the following day.[22]

Lucha Libre Elite announced Lio Rush as a participant in the Elite World Championship. On Thursday June 23, 2016, Lio Rush defeated David Tita in the first day of the Elite World Championship to make the quarter final. On Saturday June 25, 2016, Lio Rush was defeated by Michael Elgin.

In wrestling

Rush executing his Dragon's Call
Rush hitting his Rush Hour finisher onto Kevin Bennett
Rush performing a somersault plancha

Championships and accomplishments

Rush with the CZW Wired Championship belt

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Van Der Griend, Blaine (May 20, 2016). "Lio Rush out to make a name for himself". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Lio Rush". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Farrell, Sean (2016-02-09). "Lanham's Lio Rush to compete for Ring of Honor contract". thesentinel.com. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MCW Lio Rush profile". Maryland Championship Wrestling. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Shamrock Cup winner Lio Rush talks about his career influences, Tough Enough's Patrick and more". PW Insider. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "CZW Dojo Wars #17". Cagematch. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  7. ↑ "CZW 09/12/15 Down With the Sickness 2015 iPPV Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  8. ↑ "CZW 11/21/15 Night of Infamy & WSU Cherry T Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. November 21, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ "CZW 12/12/15 Cage of Death XVII iPPV Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. December 12, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Smash/CZW Smash Vs. CZW". Cagematch. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "CZW 02/13/16 Seventeen iPPV Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. February 13, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  12. ↑ "CZW 03/26/16 Proving Grounds 2016 Results". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. March 27, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ "ROH on SBG #224". Cagematch. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  14. ↑ "LIO RUSH IS NEXT TPT COMPETITOR!". Ring of Honor. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  15. ↑ "ROH 01/09/16 Winter Warriors TV Tapings Results *SPOILERS*". Pro Wrestling Ponderings. January 9, 2016. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  16. 1 2 "3/9 ROH TV Report – Top Prospect Finals, Daniels vs. Dalton Castle, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. March 9, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  17. ↑ "ROH signs top prospect Lio Rush before ROH Title shot". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Lio Rush shines at MCW Shamrock Cup 15". Online World of Wrestling. July 20, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  19. ↑ "MCW Tribute To The Legends". Cagematch. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  20. ↑ "MCW Autumn Armageddon Tour 2015 - Tag 2". Cagematch. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Csonka's Evolve 51 iPPV Review 11.06.15". 411 Mania. November 7, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Csonka's Evolve 52 iPPV Review 11.07.15". 411 Mania. November 7, 2015. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  23. ↑ "CZW Wired Television Championship history".
  24. ↑ "CZW Wired Champion".
  25. ↑ "MCW Tag Team Championship history".
  26. ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
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