AEW's Bobby Lashley says he had not planned to leave WWE, wanted to retire there
According to 'The All Mighty Bobby Lashley,' he was hoping to have a feud with Angelo Dawkins and/or Montez Ford on his way out of WWE. Lashley also said that he wanted to put them over as he ended his in-ring career.
Former WWE, ECW, and TNA World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley, who made his AEW in-ring debut on the November 20 episode of Dynamite, has revealed that joining the land of All Elite was not part of his plans. The 48-year-old said he was planning to retire from wrestling after a couple more years in WWE.
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Had planned to retire in WWE
Speaking on the Lame Guys podcast, Lashley said he had initially planned to wrap up his career before making the move to AEW earlier this month.
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CREDIT: WWE
¡°Could I or would I have hoped to stay with WWE? Absolutely. My plan was to have one more, maybe two years, and then retire with WWE. I was doing the stuff with the Street Profits," said Lashley, who left WWE in September.
Wanted to put some future superstars over
According to 'The All Mighty,' he was hoping to have a feud with Angelo Dawkins and/or Montez Ford on his way out of WWE. Lashley also said that he wanted to put them over as he ended his in-ring career.
¡°There are three or four people that I wanted to go out [against]. I wanted every one of them to have a good feud with me, and I wanted to put all of them over. It was definitely Dawkins, Montez, and Austin Theory; I wanted to turn him babyface," Lashley said.
CREDIT: WWE
WWE was burying me: Lashley
In his last stint, the four-time TNA and two-time WWE champion had been with the promotion since 2018. However, Lashley, who made his last WWE TV appearance in May this year, had become increasingly frustrated by the lack of push he was getting there.
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In a recent podcast, Lashley claimed that WWE was burying him, despite him remaining as popular as ever with the crowd.
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