10 Precise Moments When AEW Careers Ended

3. Lio Rush

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Namely, it affected Lio Rush's career.

Rush took to Twitter and publicly called for Tony Khan to apologise for his comments on diversity in the wake of Big Swole's own remarks. That happened at the tail-end of 2021, and it effectively brought the curtain down on Lio's AEW run.

He wasn't seen on AEW TV again after that, and the promotion let his contract tick down come February. Let's just say that any chances Rush had of an extension went up in smoke due to this controversy, but he did later say that he sat down to have an amicable chat with Tony about everything.

Still, Rush's career in All Elite ended when he hopped on social media to pile on the boss. Rightly or wrongly, he was considered a loose cannon who wasn't nearly important enough on programming to get away with such behaviour.

One Tweet was all it took, and Lio was gone.

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