Is Lio Rush Returning To WWE? Why His AEW Run Was Cut Short, Working With Bobby Lashley, Tony Khan

Insight with Chris Van Vliet

Chris Van Vliet

Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Business, Health & Fitness, Sports, Wrestling

4.9 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Lio Rush (@iamliorush) is a professional wrestler, musician and actor. He is known for his time with WWE, AEW, MLW and NJPW. He joins Chris Van Vliet in Los Angeles to talk about coming out of retirement, the recent matches he has had in MLW and NJPW, why his time in AEW was so short, what he thinks of Tony Khan, whether or not he thinks he will return to WWE, his music career, what he learned from working with Bobby Lashley in WWE and much more! For more information about CVV and INSIGHT go to: https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com If you enjoyed this episode, could I ask you to please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcast/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and makes a huge difference in helping to spread the word about the show and also to convince some hard-to-get guests. Follow CVV on social media: Instagram: instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet YouTube: youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet TikTok: tiktok.com/@Chris.VanVliet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All systems are going.
0:01.3	Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Van Blea.
0:08.0	All right.
0:09.1	Here we go.
0:09.8	Welcome back to another audio adventure on Insight.
0:13.1	I'm CVV Chris Van Fleet.
0:15.3	Thank you so much for being with us on this one.
0:17.9	How's everything going in your world, by the way?
0:20.4	Is 2023 off to a good start?
0:22.5	If not, just know that you got 10 more months to get things back on track and headed in the direction
0:28.8	that you want them to go. Great conversation on the show today with Leo Rush. He was first on the show
0:36.6	when he was with WWE. This was in April 2020, and it was
0:40.1	right before the first round of the pandemic releases that happened, which, of course, he was a part of
0:45.5	with a bunch of other people. And a lot has happened for Leo since then. He was in AEW as the
0:52.6	Joker at Double or Nothing 2021 in the Casino Battle Royal.
0:57.3	He ended up getting injured there.
0:58.9	And he announced his retirement from wrestling.
1:01.3	He healed up, rehabbed, got better, came out of retirement, had another injury and just a lot going on in his world.
1:09.9	Now he's 100%. He's been making appearances for MLW, New Japan, GCW, and a bunch of other places.
1:17.5	He's also focused on creating new music and doing some acting as well.
1:22.2	So really interesting conversation with him because one of the best things about Leo,
1:27.9	one of the things I love about Leo Rush is that he always speaks his mind. So snap a screenshot. Let us know what
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