I definitely think that-that would be cool and that’s something that I’m looking to make happen. Rush said it’s something he’ll try to make happen. Lio appeared at NJPW Capital Collision in May and as our discussion rolled on, he stated that he is interested in the idea of New Japan using one of his songs as the theme for one of their STRONG specials on FITE. Since January, Rush has been sidelined with an injury and during his recent media tour, he has clarified that he’ll likely miss the majority of 2022 regarding an in-ring return. I mean, I get it because some wrestling and music things haven’t always been the best product put out, but I definitely think it laid the groundwork for people like me to be able to and do it in a way that nobody’s ever done it before and I definitely feel like I’m well on my way so, I’m super excited. I like the fact that, you know, people look at me in that way as some sort of representation for them within the wrestling industry and yeah, I’m looking to break that stigma. I feel like I went to high school with Lio,’ you know? Stuff like that, I’ll get that stuff all the time, and I dig it.

There’s nobody who looked like me and I feel like I’ve become kind of a face or someone of some kind of value in the wrestling industry, in that community, in the Black community of like, ‘Man, Lio looks just like us. Like you said, they need to see people that look like them and I feel like even when I was a fan of wrestling, there was nobody who looked like me. He does not think the two have the best collaboration history but regardless of that, he feels that it laid the groundwork for him to be able to do what he’s doing now. While speaking to Rush, he told me that he wants to change the stigma surrounding wrestlers in the music industry. The project is going to be out on various platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify. On 6/24, Lio Rush is going to release his ‘Not Found 2’ project which is a follow-up to the ‘Not Found’ EP he put out in September 2021. Originally published at Lio Rush discusses 'Not Found 2' EP, running into Tenille Dashwood, NJPW STRONG, 205 Live memories

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