WWE Hall Of Famer Threatens Lio Rush With Lawsuit

A WWE Hall of Famer has threatened legal action against Lio Rush after the two have gone back and forth in conflict for quite some time.

Rush had called out Mark Henry for saying he should have managed his money better while in WWE after Rush had openly said he wasn’t being paid enough to support his family in proportion to the work he was doing.

In an interview with TMZ following this up, Henry said:

“The reason he came out with it now is because he knew I get a lot of attention and I have a lot of followers. He released an album — or a song, or something — and he wanted to use that to get some attention, get some buzz. Not mad at him, if he would have called me I would have done it anyways, we just would have worked it.

“But now, he said something slanderous, and you can’t question my blackness. Nobody can pull my black card, no. Not allowed, nobody. If you go down to the Performance Center in NXT, probably 25, I think, people of color in the facility. Probably about 80-plus percent, I helped get them there. I mean, it’s completely the opposite.

“For him to go there was absolutely was the worst possible thing he could have done. It’s one of those things if I take legal action for slander, then I will, but I’m not sure yet.”

When asked if he’s really considering legal action, Henry replied:

“Yeah, this is too much, this is not a wrestling angle. This is him trying to get attention for himself.

“He needs to apologize and own up to the fact that ‘I made a mistake, I embellished a little bit — a lot — and I was trying to get some buzz and I shouldn’t have done that’. That’s what he’s going to have to do. … He said that I’m a part of the problem. I’m one of those black people that try to keep other black people from making it. It’s just hurtful.”

Thanks to Wrestling Inc for the transcription