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 number of the largest wrestling promotions on this planet. He is aware of find out how to push a storyline, and brings a stage of brute energy AEW has typically been lacking.
In accordance with Eric Bischoff, who is usually outspoken relating to AEW and its perceived shortcomings, Lashley will doubtless be a hit in his new residence.
“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 superb to me. He’s good; he’s very, very gifted; and he’s very motivated. This isn’t — you already know, so long as Bobby’s been round, you’d assume he’s in all probability sort of uninterested in this and simply going via the motions, and perhaps getting one final trip. He is not 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.”