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Lio Rush injured, pulled from GCW My Name Is

Posted on by Colin McGuire

Lio Rush is currently out of action due to an injury.

He was set to take on Blake Christian for the GCW World Title on August 4th in Detroit. However, GCW announced Rush will be unable to compete due to an injury. 

According to Haus of Wrestling, Rush will only miss about a month after suffering what he called a “not serious” injury.

Stepping in for Rush will be “Speedball” Mike Bailey, who will now face Christian for the title instead.

Rush is currently the Impact X-Division Champion after defeating Chris Sabin for the X-Division title at Impact’s Slammiversary earlier this month. He was not previously announced for their tapings this weekend in Chicago.

The last time Rush competed for GCW, he defeated Komander in February at the company’s Middle Of The Night PPV.

Rush debuted in NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors in May, where he finished tied for second in the A Block with 12 points. 

Jeff Hardy to make GCW debut appearance in August

Posted on by Josh Nason

Jeff Hardy will be making his GCW debut this August.

The promotion announced Tuesday that Hardy will appear at My Name Is in Detroit on Friday, August 4th. Following the event, he will perform a live concert at the same venue, separate admission required.

It did not state whether he would be wrestling on the show.

In May, Hardy returned from a year-long absence due to a DUI arrest and subsequent rehab stay. He has worked several tag team matches with brother Matt since then. Most recently, he and Matt lost to the Gunns on a late-June Dynamite.

Hardy has wrestled sporadically on the indies since he was released by WWE in December 2021, but not since his return.

On his Extreme Life podcast in June of this year, Matt said they wanted to limit Jeff’s indie appearances and signings to help with his “journey to sobriety.”

“Jeff is just so nice of a guy where it is hard for him to say no, you know, because he is very much a people pleaser and I think part of his journey to sobriety over the last year, he has probably learned a lot and he has put his foot down some in terms of being a people pleaser, much like he doesn’t wrestle on the indie scene right now. He’s open to doing signings and cons and stuff like that, but he only wants to do two a month. He’s really put his foot down with that, and I respect that, and I’m cool with that.”