Lionel Gerard Green (born November 11, 1994), better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and musician.

He also performs in its sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), and makes sporadic appearances for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW).

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

[22] Six months after his professional wrestling debut, Rush took part in a Ring of Honor (ROH) training camp.

[3] 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.

[27] On Supercard of Honor X Night 1 at April 1, 2016, Rush unsuccessfully challenged Jay Lethal for ROH World Championship.

[29][30] Rush made his first televised appearance on the October 4 episode of NXT, where he was attacked by Velveteen Dream (his former tag team partner Patrick Clark).

[8] In June, he started posting vignettes on Twitter seemingly promoting a return, while PWInsider reported that he was headed back to NXT.

At Survivor Series, Rush successfully defended his NXT Cruiserweight Championship in an Interbrand Triple Threat match that featured Akira Tozawa and Kalisto.

On the January 15 episode of NXT, Rush defeated Tyler Breeze and Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in a triple treat match to compete in a No.

[49] After leaving WWE, Rush began to work with many independent promotions, most notably Game Changer Wrestling, where he had several matches.

[53] Rush first match with MLW took place at Kings of Colosseum on January 6, 2021, where he defeated Myron Reed to win the World Middleweight Championship.

[54] On May 30, 2021, Rush made an appearance for All Elite Wrestling at the Double or Nothing pay-per-view during the Casino Battle Royale match as the "Joker", where he was eliminated by Matt Hardy with help from Private Party.

After a victory over Rocky Romero, Rush qualified for the New Japan Cup USA 2021 before making headlines once he and Yoh went on to win the Super Junior Tag League the following year and will face the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, TJP and Francesco Akira at Wrestle Kingdom 17.

At Wrestle Kingdom 17 on January 4, 2023 Rush and Yoh were unsuccessful at winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions from Catch 2/2.

[64] On June 23, Rush returned to Impact Wrestling to team Nick Aldis to defeat The Motor City Machine Guns, Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin for the Summer Sizzler event.

[78] On December 14 at the Winter is Coming special of Collision, Rush and Andretti defeated Top Flight, earning a future AEW World Tag Team Championship opportunity.

[79] On the January 4, 2025 episode of Collision, Rush and Andretti failed to capture the titles from Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen).

[80] On January 18 at the Maximum Carnage special episode of Collision, Rush and Andretti attacked Top Flight, cementing their heel turn.

[81] On the February 22 episode of Collision, Rush and Andretti revealed their team name to be "CRU" as an acronym for "crazy, ruthless, and unhinged".

[85] On July 26, 2024 at Death Before Dishonor Lio faced Shane Taylor, Johnny TV, Lee Johnson, Brian Cage and Atlantis Jr. in a Six-Man Survival of the Fittest Elimination Match for the ROH World Television Championship but was unsuccessful as he was eliminated by Lee Johnson.

[93] During his early days in WWE, Rush became a heel manager for Bobby Lashley, a role he was praised for due to his promos.

[94] Rush made his video game debut as part of the Rising Stars Pack of downloadable content created for WWE 2K19.

[95] In 2020, Rush was announced as a contestant on the thirty-sixth season of MTV's reality competition series The Challenge and was initially paired with Love Island alumna Gabby Allen.

He left the show on his own accord in episode 6, citing mental health reasons and the stress of the house triggering his childhood feelings of living in a group home.