Lio Rush

Lionel Gerard Green (born November 11, 1994), better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and musician currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), where 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.

He learned to wrestle 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, who would go on to work for WWE as Velveteen Dream.

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.

On October 3, he and his teammate Patrick Clark won the MCW Tag Team Championship, defeating The Hell Cats and The Ecktourage.

They lost the title thirteen days later to The Ecktourage.

He also competed for Evolve Wrestling where he defeated Fred Yehi on November 6.

He lost his match against Ethan Page the following day.

Lucha Libre Elite announced Rush as a participant in the Elite World Championship.

Green, as Lennon Duffy, made his debut for Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) on December 31, 2014, defeating Slugger Clark.

He and Clark began to compete together as known as Sudden Impact.

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.

At Night of Infamy, on November 21, he wrestled Joey Janela for the CZW Wired Championship on a losing effort.

On December 12, during Cage of Death XVII, he won the CZW Wired TV Championship, defeating Janela for the title.

He made his first successful defense against Kevin Bennett on January 16.

He lost his title against Joey Janela on February 13 at CZW Seventeen.

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.

Green was born to two gospel singers.

His childhood bedroom sat above his father's recording studio.

He remembered wanting to be a professional wrestler since he was five years old.

In his youth, Green struggled with mental health, leading to a brief hospital stay during his teens.

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

On Thursday June 23, 2016, Rush defeated David Tita in the first day of the Elite World Championship to make the quarter final.

On Saturday June 25, 2016, he was defeated by Michael Elgin.

On March 26, 2016, at CZW Proving Ground, Rush defeated Joey Janela, Dave Crist and David Starr to win the CZW Wired Championship.

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.

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.

On February 18, 2017, Rush made his debut for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla at "Only Kings Understand Each Other", where he was defeated by Ricochet.

On May 27, 2017, Rush defeated Ken Broadway at House of Glory's "Adrenaline" to capture the HOG Crown Jewel Championship, ending Broadway's almost year long reign.

Rush lost the title to HOG World Heavyweight Champion Anthony Gangone in a title for title match at House of Glory's "Never Trust a Snake" on July 1.

On May 13, 2017, Rush beat Joe Gacy for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.

He lost the belt to Davey Richards at a non-CZW(DEFY Wrestling) show, ending his reign at only 17 days.

On July 8, Rush announced that he would be making his final CZW appearance on August 5.

Rush defeated Janela at CZW Once in a Lifetime for his last match in CZW and against Janela.

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.

In WWE, he also served as the manager of Bobby Lashley and was the winner of the 2018 WWE United Kingdom Championship Invitational.