Bobby Lashley has addressed his future in pro wrestling and past comments about Triple H and Vince McMahon following his WWE departure.
Lashley made headlines when he appeared on The Laboratory podcast, noting that he had a connection with McMahon that he didn’t have with Triple H, and McMahon understood him.
Lashley stated, “If I say the wrong thing right now….I had a connection with Vince. Vince understood me. Vince was big on the show. He looked at people that were stars. He saw that in me. There were a lot of little nuggets that Vince would give me throughout my career and tell me different things. Vince looked at me like, ‘I can tell Bobby works his ass off. I can send him anywhere around the country to represent the brand.’ He looked at me like a star. I like Vince. I haven’t really had too much of a connection with Hunter. Hunter has his guys. I’ve tried to, but we haven’t really worked enough together to get to know each other.”
While appearing on The Bo and Them Show, Lashley noted that he is negotiating with a boxing promotion about fighting. However, he still plans to wrestle. He is expected to reunite with MVP and Shelton Benjamin, with the believed landing spot being AEW.
Lashley also clarified his comments about McMahon and Triple H because they were twisted negatively. He noted that he’s never badmouthed anyone or the business and wants to clarify his comments.
Lashley stated, “I said something where I had more of a relationship with Vince than Triple H, and everybody was going after me. Vince did this and Triple H did this. It was a very simple, innocent comment. When Vince was here, I had more conversations with him. I don’t know what anybody does in their personal life. And where I work, that’s what I concentrate on. And when we were there, Vince was always trying to pull a different side of me. So there were different things I did at that time when I was in the wrestling business when Vince was in charge…”
What Vince told me was I want to see different layers of you… He was like man, there’s so much more to you, so I want to make you feel uncomfortable on TV so that we can get those different layers. So I had a different relationship with Vince. When Triple H came on, we didn’t really get a chance to sit down. He didn’t get a chance to get to know me.“
It’s unclear exactly when Lashley will make his wrestling return.
H/t to F4WOnline for the transcript
