Lio Rush Talks The Importance Of Taking Time For Yourself, Says The Business Can Be Stressful & Dark

Lio Rush comments on the importance of taking time away when it is needed.

‘The Bad Child’ is currently in the midst of a run in IMPACT Wrestling, where he is the reigning X-Division Champion. Before coming to IMPACT, Rush had successful runs in WWE, AEW, and New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Throughout his near ten year career in the wrestling industry, Rush has stepped away from the sport on a few occasions to take care of injuries and his mental health. 

In a new interview with Wrestlesphere, Rush discussed the importance of stepping away from something when needed and taking time for yourself.

“An off-season is extremely important in this business. I can’t stress that enough. This business can be extremely stressful, it can be extremely dark, which I don’t fully think the wrestling fans take into consideration l. I feel like the peer pressure from the wrestling fans and just wrestling in general can force people to continue to push because they feel like something different is gonna happen. If you’re burnt out, you’re burnt out. If you can’t think anymore, you can’t think anymore. Everybody needs time away. Everybody needs to reset, everybody needs a break, everybody needs a spiritual, emotional, physical journey and break. Even it’s for a week, even take six, seven, eight months off if you want to. I’ve done it. Not intentionally. I mean I’ve gotten hurt and had to get surgery. But I think having a break away from it is very important. So if you can find that time, if you feel like you are on a smooth, narrow and just overall good path, but you feel like you want to take some time away, you don’t have to push yourself past the point of exhaustion and depletion and everything else. So take a break.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Rush talked about how fans have saw the worst of him throughout his career. Fans can learn more by clicking here.

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