As was reported on Sunday, MVP and Bobby Lashley have been removed from the internal WWE roster along with Tamina Snuka.
Tamina’s future in wrestling is unknown at this time but there is already talk about Lashley and MVP making the jump to All Elite Wrestling. Dave Meltzer discussed this on Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez.
Meltzer said, “I know that there is talk of them trying to get into AEW. It’s one of those things where technically nobody can talk to them because I don’t believe either’s contract is expired but their contracts are going to expire…as things stand right now, WWE is under the assumption that they are gone and that they are going to try to revamp The Hurt Business. I don’t know if they’ll use that name or not. I guess it depends on the ownership of the name. I think I saw MVP try to register to own the name, which would mean that they would maybe even try to use the name. But whatever it is, they want to get Shelton Benjamin, who is also a free agent, and revamp the group in AEW. Whether this happens or not, I mean it depends on Tony Khan. But it’s definitely something that is under consideration. I don’t believe it’s a done deal or anything like that but it is something that is alive. As of right now, Bobby Lashley and MVP are both going to be gone from WWE when their contract expires, which is relatively soon.”
A quick check of the United States Patent and Trademark website shows that WWE still has an active trademark on The Hurt Business name so if the plan is to use it in AEW, they may run into some hurdles.
For those of you wondering what Cedric Alexander is up to, he’s been teaming with Ashante Thee Adonis on dark matches in recent weeks.
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