![]() Lio withdrew from the game prior to the "Smuggle Run" challenge to better his mental health and be home with his family. ![]() With his goal of winning money to take care of his growing family, he's more than prepared to dig deep and do whatever it takes to win.ĭouble Agents Challenge History Episode This young married father of two (with a third on the way) possesses a seasoned maturity that should help him keep a level head even as a Rookie. Though small in stature, Lio packed plenty of attitude and intensity into his persona, which, along with his impressive physical talents, are sure to put him on plenty of competitors' radars heading onto his first Challenge. I don’t regret going to the higher ups at WWE and helping him not get fired because that is what we are supposed to do for each other.This competitor might be better known by his ring name Lio Rush, which he used as a pro wrestler during his time with WWE. He didn’t even know I spent money to help him because I did it for the right reasons. I can’t help you if you don’t want to help yourself. I really tried to mentor him, but it wasn’t even a week before he broke the protocol we set up for him. They wanted to fire him back then but I talked them out of it. “I went to my lawyer and paid money of my pocket to set up a protocol for Lio after he was suspended by the WWE. “Lio can’t go around talking about people’s black card, when the reality is stuff didn’t go his way because he burned all his bridges and I feel bad for him.” When you are an intern at a company they want you to be the first person there and last one to leave so you can gain their respect.” It is no different than a fraternity or football team. That is what I was trying to teach Lio, it was out of love, so he didn’t make same mistakes as me. When I was young in the business I felt the same way, I wasn’t carrying anyone bags, but that ostracized me from the locker room, wrestlers had to take me under their wing to help me understand the business, no liked me for my first 3 years in the WWE and I didn’t want that for Lio. “Every young wrestler in the business goes through the ribbing (carry bags, getting food and etc) to become a good brother in the locker room no matter your race. Lio needs to apologize to me and stop bringing my name up to try to sell albums.” “Lio had personal HEAT in the locker room where people wanted to punch him in the face and get him fired, not just other black talent, but multiple wrestlers. Emmas release was no different, and NXTs Lio Rush took to Twitter to comment on the matter and well. In our age of social media, everybody, it seems, has a reaction to everything. ![]() Adam Goldberg (adamgoldberg28) June 9, 2021. About 80% of those black wrestlers in the business have a six degree of separation from Mark Henry.” Lio Rush makes light of Emma’s release, gets yelled at by everyone, and then apologizes. Check out some of the most notable reactions to Lio Rush's retirement tweet: CZW ROH WWE NXT MLWNJPW GCW AEW Thank you lio rush. “I have worked with WWE talent development to help African-American wrestlers even before there was a WWE performance center. Rush’s Twitter response to AEW President Tony Khan’s controversial statement on New Year’s Eve 2021 led to his contract not being renewed. ![]() ![]() His contract with AEW expired in February 2022, and he became a free agent. That is how the conversation started but what Henry wanted people to know how he has helped black wrestlers throughout his career, the HEAT that was on Lio and how he saved him once for being fired by WWE. Lio Rush had a short tenure with AEW that began with his pay-per-view debut at Double Or Nothing in 2021. ![]()
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