Bobby Lashley made his AEW debut on Wednesday, Oct. 30. He used the closing section of Dynamite to assault Swerve Strickland after he’d handed Shelton Benjamin his first loss with the promotion.
In Lashley, AEW has a former WWE, TNA and ECW champion. He has been a essential occasion expertise for a few of the largest wrestling promotions on the earth. He is aware of learn how to push a storyline, and brings a degree of brute energy AEW has usually been lacking.
In keeping with Eric Bischoff, who is usually outspoken concerning AEW and its perceived shortcomings, Lashley will doubtless be a hit in his new dwelling.
“He’s simply bodily such a supreme athlete, and a uncommon one,” Bischoff stated through his 83 Weeks podcast. “Like I stated, I imply he’s intense, he’s extremely sturdy. He’s able to doing a lot…It’s wonderful to me. He’s good; he’s very, very proficient; and he’s very motivated. This isn’t — you realize, so long as Bobby’s been round, you’d assume he’s in all probability form of uninterested in this and simply going by means of the motions, and possibly getting one final trip. He isn’t that man. This man has a giant coronary heart, and he desires to go. So I’m excited for him. It’s a great factor Let’s hope Tony does one thing proper.”
