The March 1 episode of Monday Night Raw will go down in history as the night that Bobby Lashley finally became WWE Champion.
Bobby Lashley first got an opportunity at the WWE Championship at Vengeance 2007 when he was part of a WWE Championship Challenge Fatal 5-Way that also included Mick Foley, Randy Orton, Booker T, and John Cena. In the 14 years since then, Bobby Lashley has taken many different career paths.
He took the time to train and fought in professional MMA and even spent some time as the champion of IMPACT Wrestling but March 1, 2021, is the day that he defeated The Miz to finally become WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
Many of his peers from all corners of the wrestling world reached out and reacted via social media to the historic moment. You can view some of the reactions below.
------ Congrats BIG MAN! https://t.co/fPtx3FNyQP pic.twitter.com/FUfXJuAbd1
— Lio Rush (@TheLionelGreen) March 2, 2021
Congrats Champ! https://t.co/S9Qj4cCa07
— Bianca Belair (@BiancaBelairWWE) March 2, 2021
I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!
— MVP (@The305MVP) March 2, 2021
Congratulations to @fightbobby! Hard work pays off! Kudos to @mikethemiz on making multiple defenses too! #WWERaw
— Drew Gulak (@DrewGulak) March 2, 2021
Nobody tries to put you right THROUGH the ring quite like Bobby Lashley.
— Kevin (@FightOwensFight) March 2, 2021
Congrats, @fightbobby!
Now, get a cat already and you’ll be on the absolute top of the world.
Congratulations, Bobby Lashley! Wow...#BobbyLashley #BlackHistory #WWE #WWEChampion
— Stevie Ray (@RealStevieRay) March 2, 2021
Business has never been better.
— WWE on FOX (@WWEonFOX) March 2, 2021
--: @The305MVP #THB pic.twitter.com/JsRFnzwbJN
Ok @fightbobby!
— KOFNAN the Barbarian (@TrueKofi) March 2, 2021
Congrats to “the tank that moves like a race car” @fightbobby on becoming WWE champion. Long overdue! ~PHS#WWE #WWERaw #WrestleMania
— Elijah Burke (@DaBlackPope) March 2, 2021
Miz pic.twitter.com/jJ6o4b8KKO
— Malcolm (@Malcolmvelli) March 2, 2021
Impressive and well deserved. Congrats, Champ. @fightbobby pic.twitter.com/MJMvYpwZab
— John Layfield (@JCLayfield) March 2, 2021
Congratulations on your new #WWE Champion! @fightbobby INDEED!
— FUNAKI (@shofufu824) March 2, 2021
-------- #WWERaw
--------------------------------
— Just Different (@swerveconfident) March 2, 2021
----------------
AND NEW!!! @fightbobby#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/uPxZMAbRn9
AND THE NEWWWWWWWWW @fightbobby -------- #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/1P7oAbeDfs
— Evan T. Mack (@evantmack) March 2, 2021
And. New. @fightbobby #WWERaw @AfterTheBellWWE pic.twitter.com/MSh5TMc0HI
— Corey Graves (@WWEGraves) March 2, 2021
That’s my Champion no doubt ---- https://t.co/QdIXGKN9yl
— Christian Casanova (@Kill4nova) March 2, 2021
Congratulations--
— "FAT ASS" MASA BEING THE ELITE AEW (@Masa_Anchan1971) March 2, 2021
NEW WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION BOBBY LASHLEY!!!----------------#WWEraw #BobbyLashley #fatassmasa #wwe #WWEChampion pic.twitter.com/sWDXb5j6qV
"You know WrestleMania coming up?"
— JourneyMANE. (@SugarDunkerton) March 2, 2021
Me: "Who all gon be there?"
"Sasha vs Bianca for the title. Lashley gonna be up in there dripping. Heard Bad Bunny bout to mix it up too."
Me: pic.twitter.com/fe4zyfgVR6
ABOUT TIME!!!! It’s March 1st but we still celebrating February!
— The World Famous CB (@CheeseburgerROH) March 2, 2021
Well deserved, Lashley deserves his flowers --. #BlackExcellence https://t.co/ZkUu9QB6BB
If you missed any of tonight's action, you can check out our live coverage here. Also, check out the podcast recapping the show here.
