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 principal occasion expertise for a number of the greatest wrestling promotions on the planet. He is aware of tips on how to push a storyline, and brings a degree of brute energy AEW has typically been lacking.
In keeping with Eric Bischoff, who’s normally outspoken concerning AEW and its perceived shortcomings, Lashley will seemingly be successful in his new house.
“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 robust. 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 understand, so long as Bobby’s been round, you’ll assume he’s most likely sort of bored with this and simply going via the motions, and perhaps getting one final journey. He isn’t that man. This man has an enormous coronary heart, and he needs to go. So I’m excited for him. It’s a very good factor Let’s hope Tony does one thing proper.”
