Sometimes life takes many turns. Tell it to a Bobby Lashley who left WWE in 2008 through the back door and who returned without making too much noise, ten years later, until proclaiming himself WWE Champion against all odds for the first time in his career at 45 years old, the same age as that Bob Backlund who defeated Bret Hart at Survivor Series 1994 to become champion in the twilight of his career and when he least needed it; and what a difference in physique, who would have thought.
In the last stretch of Bobby Lashley's history in WWE, the former Marine has been able to surround himself with MVP-caliber Superstars who have played a key role in the recent successes of the champion as he did on his journey through the desert when leaving WWE. The foundation of "The Hurt Business" together with Cedric Alexander, Shelton Benjamin and the MVP himself took him to the highest levels of the McMahon company, which is said soon, and Marca had the opportunity to speak with him on the afternoon of yesterday, about a man he has been following and studying for a long time, the 21-year-old Olympic medalist Gable Stevenson.
After the Olympics, Stevenson seems to have to choose between WWE and UFC. Vince McMahon and Dana White are already negotiating behind the scenes with the Indiana star and who better training partner than Brock Lesnar. At the moment, Gable has announced on his social networks that he will be at SummerSlam this weekend, the great WWE summer event that will take place in Las Vegas and surely he will face some of those who could be his partners inside little about the ring if he finally chose this option. Olympic precedents are not lacking in WWE precisely: Kurt Angle or Chad Gable could indicate the steps to follow in a transition not suitable for all athletes. To Marca's question, Bobby Lashley replied as follows:
One of the personalities of this summer is the Olympic medalist Gable Stevenson who apparently has to choose between WWE and UFC, what would you do or what would you say to make him choose WWE over UFC?
"I'll tell you what, here's the thing, he has all the potential in the world to do whatever he wants to do right now so hats off to him because I saw what he did at the Worlds and the Olympics and it was amazing. I am not going to try to bring him here because he is young, he is 21 years old and he has time if he wants to go to the UFC before and get what he has inside and maybe that is his future or maybe it is WWE, but I will tell you one thing, if he comes to WWE the smartest thing you can do is call me and we'll get you into 'The Hurt Business' so your career can take off. If you come to WWE and don't get into 'The Hurt Business' then you'll fall under your own weight like the rest and become in a secondary guy. Those are his options: come to WWE and join 'The Hurt Business' and we'll make sure he's in the best position in the best hands or go to the UFC and try his luck there. I think that's what's best for him is that he comes here to WWE and I'm sure he knows he has the potential to come see me and help him emos with his career getting into 'The Hurt Business'. I'll tell you something else, maybe he'll tell MVP to call him and let him know his options, but the best thing for him is for him to join 'The Hurt Business' where we'll give him a nice suit so he can dress smart and neat and look like that as a professional giving it a title".
"I've gotten to the point, that pinnacle of wrestling... I'm trying to make some noise. I'm trying to shock people. I'm trying to (show) the world that you can be a wrestler and that you can make it big and make it big. big, just like I'm trying to do," says the 21-year-old fighter who has already spoken with Dana White, president of the UFC.
"It's definitely a very influential thing for me to do this for kids like me who maybe didn't grow up with much and who can see that they can end up achieving their dreams. It's really cool to see that kind of attention that I've gotten, especially for a fighter who doesn't It's really conventional, and it's all because of that gold medal match."
This coming Saturday we will be able to see the champion in action when he faces one of the legends of the ring, Goldberg, in which it will undoubtedly be one of the stellar fights of the evening and you will be able to see it live and exclusively in Spain through WWE Network. Are you going to miss it?
