Pro wrestling veteran and AEW star MVP appeared on an episode of the Marking Out podcast, where he covered a range of topics, including the original plan for him to win the iMPACT Wrestling World Title from Eric Young in 2014.
MVP said, “I was slated to win the Impact Heavyweight Championship. I went over to the UK to do an indie loop, and the craziest thing in the world, it was a tag match. I hit the ropes and I was running my knee just went out. I didn’t do anything, nobody did anything to me, it was the weirdest thing ever. I just felt my knee go out, it just hurt and wasn’t working, and I fell, I rolled out to the floor, and I tried to get up and I couldn’t stand, and I was like ‘Oh man I’m hurt.’ Like ‘No, I’m not hurt, I’m injured.’ Like I couldn’t walk, and I told the ref ‘hey tell the boys to call an audible, I can’t walk.’”
On how Bobby Lashley came in as his replacement:
“They asked me ‘What’s your relationship with Bobby Lashley?’ I said ‘Man that’s my boy we were tight, we’re cool.’ They asked ‘What would say if we brought him in and we do angle where you brought him in as your stand-in and he wins the title?’ And I was like ‘I’m with it let’s go.’”
You can check out the complete podcast in the video below.
