Bobby Lashley Says WWE’s Disregard for The Hurt Business Felt Like ‘A Spit in the Face’

The Hurt Business, consisting of Bobby Lashley, MVP, Cedric Alexander, and Shelton Benjamin, made a huge impact on WWE, boosting each member’s career and gaining a strong fanbase. Despite their success, the group disbanded in 2021, leaving many fans disappointed. In fact, Lashley believes WWE overlooking the Hurt Business was a spit in the face.

Roman Reigns himself felt the faction’s breakup was premature, a sentiment echoed by Bobby Lashley, who described the breakup as something that “hurt his heart.” Many fans shared this disappointment, especially after MVP recently claimed that Triple H refused to revive The Hurt Business, sparking considerable controversy.

While speaking during a virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest, Bobby Lashley shared his disappointment about how WWE treated The Hurt Business after their hard work during the pandemic. He felt the group was ignored despite all their hard work, calling it ‘a spit in the face.” Lashley believes they could have done even bigger things together, but WWE decided not to bring them back. He also mentioned that when the leadership in WWE changed, the new bosses weren’t interested in him, MVP, or Shelton Benjamin.

“It was kind of a spit in the face. We were never in front of a live crowd. During the pandemic, a lot of guys sat at home, ‘I’m not going to do this or that’ and it was us saying, ‘It’s work. We’re going.’ We did everything. We were on half the show most the time. We came out of the pandemic and people started resurfacing, ‘Oh, I’m ready to work.’ What about the guys who were putting the time in during this dangerous time? We got overlooked. That was a little bit of a spit in the face. I think we could have come back and done some big things together. They just didn’t want us. Different strokes for different folks. Different people like different things. When the regime changed, the regime wasn’t too high on me at all and were definitely not high on MVP and Shelton Benjamin.”

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MVP and Shelton Benjamin are already mainstays on AEW and Bobby Lashley is the only person left to complete The Hurt Syndicate. Therefore, we’ll have to wait and see when The Almighty will make his AEW debut, as Lashley has already signed a contract with the company and fans can’t wait to see how The Hurt Syndicate will dominate in AEW.

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