Chris Masters Says Bobby Lashley Was The Hardest Person To Put The Master Lock On

Chris Masters struggled to put the Master Lock on Bobby Lashley.

Throughout their careers, Masters and Lashley have shared the ring on numerous occasions. In 2007, Lashley made a bit of history and was able to break the Master Lock submission on an episode of Raw.

Speaking with Chris Van Vliet for a new interview, Masters said that Bobby Lashley was the hardest person to apply the Master Lock on.

“Probably, Bobby. Just look at his build. I mean, I say that just because I remember just holding that thing for a long time on anybody can be kind of tough. I’m saying not for 20 seconds, but like with Bobby. I mean, it was hard, you know, because by the time I got it around his neck, it was probably not even fully locked in, just because he was so kind of broad up here.”

Masters went on to say that he was never able to apply the submission to Big Show.

“Well, I don’t even think it was possible with Big Show. Honestly, we went through this one time at a TV where we were trying, we tried to get it on, everybody was so excited when I got there to try it. They got me to the ring, or they want to see it, and then we had this idea of maybe using a chain. But I guess it didn’t make sense. You rap a chain, you do it there, but it’s like, well I guess it didn’t make sense, so we didn’t do that. Then it’s funny, because I feel like there was a point where I could have put it on him, and maybe he just was a little heavier when he was heavier. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe I was just was never able to get it on.”

Back in February, Lashley provided an update on a possible in-ring return. Check out his comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for the quote(s) in the interview.