Shelton Benjamin says he cheated.
Shelton Benjamin and Bobby Lashley have been friends for years. They previously had a run together as members of the Hurt Business in WWE. Now, they have reunited with MVP to bring The Hurt Syndicate to AEW.
Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, Shelton Benjamin commented on his friendship with Bobby Lashley and recalled how they had a shoot wrestling match in OVW.
“My relationship with Bobby actually started before his WWE debut. I was coming off an injury, I had broken my hand, and I went down to OVW just to get a few reps in. At the time, Bobby was still there training. We actually had a bit of an amateur wrestling match because at the time, typically if someone came in as a shooter, with amateur wrestling, I wanted to know, well, how good is he? It was crazy because they cleared the ring, and we kind of shot around for a bit. Bobby likes to say he won, and I like to say he cheated [laughs]. I was fighting honorably. I almost took him down twice, but he kept grabbing the rope and holding himself up. So when he finally got in on me, I didn’t grab the rope. So we will argue about that probably until we’re old men and gray [laughs]. But yeah, that’s when I found out, okay, he’s the real deal. He’s a great guy," Benjamin said.
Benjamin previously said he got yelled at for shoot wrestling Daniel Puder. Check out his comments here.
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