Bobby Lashley Wanted Real Fight With WWE Star

Bobby Lashley just wanted to fight.

In late 2023, Karrion Kross and Scarlett announced the creation of a new alliance. That alliance saw the pair join forces with the Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering as The Final Testament. The new faction quickly set their sights on Bobby Lashley and the Street Profits, with the two sides trading attacks over the following months.

This set up a Philadelphia Street Fight between The Final Testament and Lashley’s stable The Pride on the 2nd night of WrestleMania 40. A match that was eventually won by Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford.

Ahead of WrestleMania, there were rumours of real-life issues between Lashley and Kross, but it seems that speculation was wide of the mark. Speaking in a new interview with Chris Van Vliet, Kross spoke of his admiration of Lashley.

I hate that I’m saying this. But zero [real heat], it was a work. He knows I feel this way about him. It’s not the first time I’m saying it. And unless you would have asked me about this, I would have never said it. I love that dude to death…

On the way to that Mania match, Bobby and I were constantly trying to find ways to intensify the conflict. Respectfully, we just felt like there were certain things on the way there that felt redundant. And it’s not me being salty about anything, it’s just him and I wanted to make this as intense and as crazy as possible.

The Monday Night Raw star went on to recall Lashley pitching a ‘real’ fight between them to give the rivalry more of an edge. However, they quickly talked themselves out of it, deciding that having to explain to management why they had beaten the hell out of each other would be a difficult sell.

“He had an idea to try to blur the lines on the way there, to make it feel as real as possible.

There was even one time Bob was like, ‘You know what we should do? All these guys, they like to talk and they like to run to the dirt sheets and stuff. Dude, we should fight at the beginning of the show. We should get in a fight because all these guys are going to go and call the dirt sheets and tell them that we actually had a fight, and it’s going to stir people up into what we’re doing on TV.’

I was like, ‘Bob, what? Hold on a sec. First of all, what happens if nobody breaks up the fight?’ And he was like, ‘Damn, I didn’t think about that.’ I go, ‘Yeah, I didn’t think about that.’ Also, what happens if we get fired? Because what are we going to do? Hunter’s going to pull us aside and be like ‘What’s wrong with you guys?’ [We say] ‘Oh, it’s just a work.’ And he’s like, ‘You guys are bleeding, what are you doing?’

Then just the whole logical process of having to explain that it was a work and hoping that the office would have been okay with it, that we did that, and then it spilling. I was like let’s hold off on this idea. I said, I love crazy stuff like this, but please, let’s hold off on that idea.

But like him and I were, every single week, trying to make this as insane as humanly possible. He wanted me to, and I would have done it. I’m glad I didn’t. In retrospect, he wanted me to powerbomb him out of the ring through a table at Mania.”

Bobby Lashley Closing On AEW Debut

Despite having a deal in place, the former WWE Champion is yet to debut in AEW to the surprise of many fans. But despite the delays, his debut is coming.

It was reported after WrestleDream that AEW felt the event had enough big matches and segments that Bobby Lashley wasn’t needed. Instead, the company is waiting to debut the star until it can stand out.

H/t to WrestlingNews.Co