Earlier this week, Lio Rush tweeted out the news that he plans to retire after he recovers from injury and fulfills his obligations to New Japan. AEW’s Tony Khan and MLW would post supportive messages following the news, and fans would share their concerns.
However, SmackDown ring announcer Greg Hamilton would instead post a derogatory comment where he’d say “Wow…..unreal…..if we all didn’t have our own lives and families to take care of I just might pretend I give a 🤬.” This resulted in a lot of backlash towards Hamilton, and he would swiftly delete the tweet.
Since then, Hamilton has reconsidered his tweet and apologized. He’d admit he didn’t always see eye to eye with Rush but acknowledged that Rush is both a great father and a wrestler that’ll be missed.
I can admit when I’m wrong….and I was wrong. We don’t have to see eye to eye backstage; but Lionel Green (Lio Rush) is an incredible father as well as a talent. I have all the respect in the world for that. No one made me type this. Just owning my mistakes. He’ll be missed. 💯
Hamilton’s Twitter account is currently set to protected as of writing, so only those he allows to follow him can read his tweets and reply. This may suggest his apology was not received well by some fans and that he continued to receive adverse tweets.
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