Bobby Lashley is proud of The Hurt Syndicate's authenticity.
Since debuting in 2020, The Hurt Business/Syndicate has been one of most popular in groups in all of wrestling, gaining a ton of fanfare in both WWE and AEW. The group has often been praised for feeling authentic, as Lashley, Benjamin, and MVP are close friends outside of the ring.
While speaking to Fightful for a new interview, Lashley talked about the group's authenticity, saying that they're different from groups that are just thrown together.
"It's something that in the wrestling business is not too prevalent in its authenticity. Most people don't understand what we have. A lot of times you see groups in wrestling and those groups are just people that are thrown together for no particular reason. Then it's like, all right, there's all these guys running around doing stuff and the minute they're done, they're all like dispersed. They don't talk to each other. They don't know each other. They're not friends with each other. They're just doing it for the show. I think when people see us, they think it and they know it's different."
Lashley then recalled going to the recent Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight with MVP and Benjamin.
"I mean, MVP, Sheldon, they've been good friends for years. We actually do stuff together. We went to the fight here in Dallas a few weeks ago—Jake Paul, Mike Tyson. We went to that thing. But we do things together. Sheldon's down in Cancun, he just sent me a message he was like, ‘Hey, man. Come down, have an opportunity to go on vacation.’ I might run down there and hang out with him for a little bit. That's the kind of people we are. We're actually genuinely friends. So when we do that, we're constantly talking on how we can build this and how we can make this work for AEW and what we can do for AEW. So it's something different and I think the crowd knows and it's something refreshing for them to see."
Elsewhere in the interview, Lashley talked about how The Hurt Syndicate isn't focused on being a face or heel group. Check out his full comments here.
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Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Bobby Lashley in the video linked at the top of this article. Also, check out more of Fightful's recent interviews by visiting our YouTube channel.
