Former WWE Star Reveals Lessons Learned From Bobby Lashley

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A former WWE star has revealed the lessons he learned from his time in the company working with Bobby Lashley.

Lio Rush joined WWE in 2017 and worked with Bobby Lashley between 2018 and 2019 but would leave the company in April 2020.

Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Rush would reveal what his trainer told him, saying:

“I think the biggest thing that I got reminded of… I give all of the praise and props in the world to my late trainer AJ Meyer, who passed away unfortunately to Leukemia.

“But he used to tell me all the time, as well as another trainer of mine, that this business is a marathon not a sprint.

“I would always replay that quote in my head. I knew what it meant, but I feel like I had to go through something in wrestling to truly understand what that meant.”

Rush would then go on to discuss his time in WWE with Bobby Lashley, adding:

“I think being with Bobby, seeing the things that he accomplished and seeing that he left WWE and came back and is still flourishing in a healthy career, showed me that it’s a marathon.

“It’s all about longevity and getting the most out of what you’re presented because it might not always be like that.

“I feel like I definitely made the most out of being a manager for Bobby. I feel like it helped me in so many ways that I wasn’t thinking about or going into it, not realizing that this was gonna help my talking so much.

“I was never a promo guy on the independent circuit before getting signed, I was just the young kid. It’s the new kid, look what he can do in the ring.

“I mean, I could talk, I wasn’t stumbling over my words or anything like that but I wasn’t making people feel anything. I didn’t really feel like I had a voice.

“I feel like being in WWE and being so attached and invested into a specific character helped me find a voice or showed me how to find a certain voice.”

He would also speak about the possibility of a return to WWE in the interview.

Lio Rush debuted for AEW in May 2021 and would stay with te company until his contract expired, leaving in February 2022.

He has recently revealed that he has contact with Tony Khan, describing their conversations as “always great.”

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