AEW star Bobby Lashley spoke with Fightful on a number of topics, including what sets the Hurt Syndicate apart from other factions.
Lashley said, โItโs something that in the wrestling business is not too prevalent in its authenticity. Most people donโt 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 itโs like, all right, thereโs all these guys running around doing stuff and the minute theyโre done, theyโre all like dispersed. They donโt talk to each other. They donโt know each other. Theyโre not friends with each other. Theyโre just doing it for the show. I think when people see us, they think it and they know itโs different.โ
On his friendship with MVP and Benjamin:
โI mean, MVP, Sheldon, theyโve been good friends for years. We actually do stuff together. We went to the fight here in Dallas a few weeks agoโJake Paul, Mike Tyson. We went to that thing. But we do things together. Sheldonโs down in Cancun, he just sent me a message he was like, โHey, man. Come down, have an opportunity to go on vacation.โ I might run down there and hang out with him for a little bit. Thatโs the kind of people we are. Weโre actually genuinely friends. So when we do that, weโre 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 itโs something different and I think the crowd knows and itโs something refreshing for them to see.โ
You can check out Lashley’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)