Bobby Lashley Says CM Punk Will Shatter Records In UFC, Talks Improving His Skills, More

– TNA star Bobby Lashley recently spoke with The American. Below are some highlights:

Improving as a wrestler since his first time in TNA:

“As a professional wrestler I feel I’ve progressed. The Bobby Lashley that is here today would look back at the Bobby Lashley of yesterday and say you need to go back down to developmental for a little bit and learn some stuff.

“I took some time to really do some Indy work and I really prepared myself well by working with some good guys. My work rate has gone up dramatically, some of the matches I’ve had since I’ve been back with TNA have been amazing, against the likes of Bobby Roode, Eric Young, Austin Aries and Jeff Hardy.

I just want to keep proving to the crowd that there is a different element to me than what they saw before when I was just a big guy, I’ve got so much more to my arsenal.”

TNA moving to Destination America:

“I think Destination America is a great platform for TNA to be on. At TNA we’re still building, Destination America is a small channel and is building. The one thing I really like about Destination America is that they’re really on our side, they’ve got our backs big time and I’m really excited about that.

“I think they’re going to really start doing some big things for us, they want everybody on their channel to be a star, so if they need to use one of their other shows to help us I think they will do it. We’re all really excited to be working with Destination America and the opportunity they have given us.”

If CM Punk will succeed in UFC:

“Punk in my opinion has been the biggest thing to happen to the wrestling industry in the last 20 years. He will use the same model that he used in wrestling and he will take that over to fighting, I know he’s training with some people and he is having a great camp right now and he is going to prove a lot of people wrong.

“Nobody cares if Punk wins or loses, I care how he is going to show out there and he will earn a lot of respect from people. I’m excited to see when he fights, I’ll be watching along with the other two or three million people that are going to buy the PPV and he’s going to shatter records.”