He’s announced his plans to leave AEW following a fall out with boss Tony Khan, but also signed a music deal with one of the worlds largest labels in UMG. Bleeding Cool will keep you updated on the status of all Lio Rush's retirements from wrestling, present and future.It’s been a year of ups and downs for Lio Rush, despite the fact that we’re not even out of January. However, at 26, Rush is amongst the youngest wrestlers to retire multiple times, and with a long potential career ahead of him, he could surpass even Flair's record. ![]() But for now, thank you all from the bottom of my heart and I'll see you all soon."īy retiring multiple times, Rush follows in the footsteps of multiple WWE Hall-of-Famers including Ric Flair, Terry Funk, and Ozzy Osborne. Due to my contractual obligations with NJPW, I will be making final appearances once I'm healed. This has been a great ride, but it's time to get off and do what truly makes me happy. "Thank you to all the promoters and friends that I've met along the way who believe in me and my vision. "Thank you to the fans who have fought it out with me for the past 7 years and the people in my corner," Rush concluded. ![]() The timing of this injury has forced me to stop and re-evaluated and ultimately it's resulted in making the decision to retire from professional wrestling…" What I want for my wife and my kids, and what's going to make me happy as far as my mental health is concerned. "Since the injury, it's given me some time to think. "But I'm looking at this as a blessing in disguise," said Rush. This is an unexpected turn down a road I would have and could have never saw coming…" Which would have lead to me being the first person in history to be signed to two major wrestling organizations simultaneously. ![]() So cool of AEW still wanting to sign me despite separating my AC in the Casino Battle Royal. Grateful for the opportunities that I've had this past year after my WWE release. "Knowing that I just made my surprise debut in one of the most exciting times in my career. "Now here comes the part that kept me up every night since Double or Nothing…" Rush continued. But who's counting that, or number of times someone retires from wrestling? Not us, for sure. Well, unless you count Jericho and Moxley. Rush says that even though he's retiring, Tony Khan definitely wanted to sign him to a fat AEW contract and it would have been the first time a wrestler was signed to both AEW and NJPW at the same time. ![]() Like simply putting on a shirt and a much harder fact to deal with, not being able to pick up my newborn son…" It became more and more frustrating every day finding little things that I could no longer do. For anyone who knows me, you know that I work endlessly for me and my family. I realized just how much this would affect my everyday life. "Me thinking it would only affect my wrestling obligations, I still tried to go on about my days as I knew them. The moment I went home in a sling, I kept saying to myself 'this was like any other time I got a little bruise or strain and I will shrug it off and continue on my new journey.' Once the pain subsided and I started to feel just how uncomfortable it was to feel my arm hanging from my body, I sunk into an immediate and rapidly growing depression because I knew something was wrong… Got the news that I'd be taking some time off due to this injury," said Rush. "I have written and erased this post so many times purely out of not being able to wrap my head around this. Lip Rush makes his AEW Debut and his final AEW appearance at the same time at Double or Nothing.
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