Lio Rush in the doghouse again

[Lobo]

Hell, a 5 foot, 110 pound woman is like a 5 time champion dominating other women bigger than her

Believablity in the WWE died in the 80s

I think you're talking about my wife miss bliss.

 

[Lobo]

Props on this.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

During a recent interview with the Inside the Ropes podcast, Lio Rush commented on the reports that he had a ton of backstage heat in WWE, butting heads with WWE management about his pay, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:

On the reports that he had backstage heat in WWE: “I don’t really know where the backstage heat thing came from. I mean, people talked to me, people were pretty cordial with me. Nobody ever came up to me and said anything bad or disrespectful and vice versa.”


On butting heads with WWE management over how much he should be paid: “As far as the split with me and Bobby, I know that there was some miscommunication as well as some frustration and just me butting heads with the powers that be, financially, that was my biggest thing at the time just because I was still making the money that I was making while I was in NXT at the time, and then merchandise was getting put out and I just felt like I contributed so much to that as far as the sayings and the mottos and the catchphrases and stuff like that, and I wasn’t getting compensated for that stuff. I wasn’t on the meet and greets with Bobby, which didn’t make sense to me.”

On why he felt like he deserved more money:“Everywhere Bobby went, I had to go because I was his manager, but Bobby was so busy, he was the Intercontinental champion, he was on every show, every live show, traveling, had to get hotels, all of that is great to be used, but I’m not making enough money to cover all these expenses because I have to do everything that Bobby is doing, but the difference is Bobby is making this much and I’m making this much. So if I’m going to be doing this, I basically need more money, I need more money to survive. It’s not just me out here, I got a wife, I got two kids, I got other responsibilities that I have to take care of, so I just felt it was unfair in that sense, and I guess they didn’t like a 25 year old, or a 24 year old, however old I was at the time, they didn’t like me being so outspoken about that, so I think they just cut it, but that’s what I think. They never told me why they split us up.”

This is reasonable as fukk.

No wonder they tried to silence this man.

One day that whole "talent is responsible for their own travel" bullshyt is going to comeback and bite them in the ass.

I'm already surprised you haven't seen someone die or get seriously hurt driving all night from town to town.

Imagine if the NBA/NFL/MLB/NHL made guys responsible for their own travel, even when those dudes make millions

 

[Thebadguy]

Mark Henry Threatens Lio Rush w/ Lawsuit, Say Sorry For Defaming Me!!

Rush accused Henry of torpedoing black wrestlers' careers, writing ... "This is why African American talent on the biggest platform will continue to not have equal opportunity because people like you constantly tear your own people down. A damn shame honestly.”

TMZ Sports talked to an extremely upset Mark Henry ... who says Rush's comments are straight-up nonsense.

"If you go down to the performance center at NXT, probably 25 I think, people of color in the facility, probably about 80 plus percent of them I helped get them there. I mean, it's completely opposite."

So, if it ain't true, why'd Rush write what he did?

Mark tells us Lio's clout chasing ... using his name and fame to promote his music career.

"He knew that I get a lot of attention. I have a lot of followers and he released the album, or song, or something, and he wanted to use that to get some attention. Get some buzz," Henry says.

Mark's adamant if Rush would've just asked for help, he would've plugged his music -- no problem -- but what he did instead was wayyy out of bounds.

"If he would've called me, I would've done it anyway. We would've just worked it. I would of really talked it up, we would of made world news, but now he said something slanderous."

"And, you can't question my blackness. Like nobody can question my blackness, pull my black card. No, not allowed. Nobody."

Mark's so mad ... he tells us he's seriously considering filing a lawsuit.

"My lawyer went to Harvard. I don't know what kinda lawyers he's dealing with, but I got those Ivy League people around me, and they're pissed!"

But, there is one thing Lio Rush can do before he finds his ass in a courtroom ... say sorry, and really mean it.

"He needs to apologize."

 

[Norrin Radd]

Mark Henry Threatens Lio Rush w/ Lawsuit, Say Sorry For Defaming Me!!

Sounds to me like Mark might get you in the door but you can tell he’s still in that “pay your dues and carry the bags” headspace. He seems like the type who thinks everyone’s got an equal opportunity in the business when that’s clearly not the case.

Gotta side with Lio on this one.

 

[jadillac]

Lio didnt mention Mark's name in that tweet.

Unlees he was replying directly to him, there's no way Mark has a case

 

[Thebadguy]

Lio didnt mention Mark's name in that tweet.

Unlees he was replying directly to him, there's no way Mark has a case

 

[ADK]

Mark is lame as fukk for this

 

[MightyHealthy]

Mark Henry exposes himself as a self-hating dipshyt.

"I tried to help Lio Rush, that's why I'm threatening to sue him."

Then he wants to take credit for POC doing well, like he allows it? fukk outta here.

anybody that threatens lawyers is a bytch.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Mark Henry is a tap dancing piece of shyt that is quick to throw another black wrestler under the bus for speaking out against massa, but let Randy Orton or anybody else employed by WWE say some problematic and/or racist shyt and nikkas like him are the first one to either be quiet or try to make excuses for them, social media really made me lose respect for nikkas like him and Booker T

Just because you give opportunities for black wrestlers doesn't give you a pass to act like the gatekeeper and Godfather for all black wrestling especially when you notoriously put the best interest of the company over the best interest of the wrestlers, ESPECIALLY the black wrestlers

Him and that delegation shyt are the same nikkas who came out in droves to throw Sasha under the bus last year when she was on hiatus

He thinks that because nikkas used to shyt in his bags in the 90s and bully him that it's protocol and some form of paying your dues and anybody standing up for themselves doesnt respect the business or "the boys".. c00n ass nikka

 

[Playaz Eyez]

 

[Francis White]

Lio didnt mention Mark's name in that tweet.

Unlees he was replying directly to him, there's no way Mark has a case

He did mention himz

 

[Prince Akeem]

Mark Henry Threatens Lio Rush w/ Lawsuit, Say Sorry For Defaming Me!!

Lio hit a nerve with that tweet.

Didn't even mention Mark by name.

 

[Prince Akeem]

 

[TrueEpic08]

Lio's grievances sound extremely reasonable to me, and probably wouldn't have been a problem for most non-carny companies on the planet. Don't know if I said this in the thread, but it looks as if my initial assessments of Lio were at least somewhat mistaken.

I've been thinking that both Mark Henry and Booker T have become token blacks for WWE, but Mark's really separating himself as of late. Threatening to sue a guy because HE had a problem with you airing out personal business and making judgments about his finances on live radio, finances that he specifically didn't want to talk to you about (and why should he have to talk to you anyway? Who in this thread talks to random workmates about their finances)? During a fukking pandemic in which he lost his job? That's low, and says a lot about Mark's character as well as his entitlement.

Gotta say I'm happy there seems to be Black talents who aren't willing to put up with the carny nonsense. Seems like the WWE isn't ready for, well anyone, but much less minorities, that want to see said system change.