Bobby Lashley talks WWE vs. AEW.
Lashley's second stint with WWE came to an end in 2024, as his contract with the company expired in August. In October, Lashley made the jump to AEW, joining forces MVP and Shelton Benjamin, his Hurt Syndicate partners.
In a new interview with WFAA Dallas, Bobby Lashley was talked about the differences between working for WWE and working for AEW. In his first point, Lashley slammed some of AEW's harshest critics.
“I think right off the bat, I know that the critics try to keep AEW down because anytime they talk about a WWE guy going over, they act like it’s a bad thing. I keep trying to tell them, I am not a WWE wrestler. I am not an AEW wrestler. I am a wrestler. I wrestled for WWE for a good portion of my career, now I’m a wrestler for AEW. That’s all you need to know me by.”
Lashley went on to praise the creative freedom in AEW.
“Another thing with AEW, you have a little bit more creative input. I think WWE, they had their agenda and what they wanted to do and you had to stay on course with what they were doing. I think with AEW, Tony Khan gives these guys an opportunity to voice their opinion, to kind of run their stories the way they would like to and they have some say in it. Of course, he’s the final say, so if he says no, no it is. But he gives these guys an opportunity to kinda hear their voice a little bit more and make changes accordingly.”
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Hurt Syndicate member Shelton Benjmain is set to be in action on Saturday's episode of AEW Collision. Check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
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