Lio Rush Suffers Injury During Sunday’s PWG Battle of Los Angeles Event

Lio Rush was injured at PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles event on Sunday night where he beat Buddy Matthews via disqualification.

Rush took a curb stomp in his match, and it was later revealed he would be replaced in the semi-finals due to injury.

PWInsider reports that the injury to Lio Rush was caused by a fan throwing a drink at Matthews during a promo before their match. It left part of the mat wet, which caused Matthews to slip while hitting a curb stomp on Rush.

Rush posted on Twitter, "Just being honest with you guys here. I’m not good. But i will be good. And when I’m back, I’ll be dangerous."

The injury point was when Buddy hit the Rollins' style Curb Stomp. Not sure if he hit a sensitive spot or if he came down harder than expected. Given Excalibur's reprimand, my hypothesis is Buddy might've slipped slightly on a spot wetted by a thrown drink (just a guess).

— Lord Akiyama (@LordAkiyama) January 31, 2022