Bobby Lashley recently appeared on The Laboratory podcast, where he talked about his WWE status.
Lashley was last seen on WWE television since the April 12th episode of WWE SmackDown and was later pulled from the King of the Ring tournament due to injury. He hasn’t wrestled since May and is expected to depart from WWE soon, where he reportedly hopes to reunite the Hurt Business with MVP and Shelton Benjamin, potentially in AEW. Here are the highlights:
On who he ‘rocks with’ between Triple H and Vince McMahon: “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.”
On his health: “I can tell you this, I had surgery. A little boo boo, happened in France during a match. Just a freak accident. They told me I wasn’t supposed to be back for six months. Six weeks, I have the brace off, working out. My physical therapist was like, ‘You’re not supposed to be able to do that.’ ‘I’m different.’ I’m working out and lifting. I don’t think I’m two months out of surgery now and I’m hitting it pretty hard. I think I’ll be ready and cleared in less than a month. At that time, we’ll see what happens.”
If you use any portion of the quotes from this article, please credit The Laboratory podcast with an h/t to WrestlingNews.co for the transcription.
