How Vince McMahon Prompted Current AEW Star To Dress To Impress
One AEW star has explained how Vince McMahon played his mind games to get his point across to one star to start dressing better on TV.
The Hurt Syndicate hurt people, and they like to look good doing it. MVP, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin are decked out in clothes that would make the Four Horsemen blush on a weekly basis. But it seems it took some subtle direction from Vince McMahon to get one of the stars on board with the wardrobe choices.
Speaking with Jimmy V3, MVP explained that while the group was in WWE, Shelton Benjamin didn’t want to rock three-piece suits
We’re professionals. As MVP, I always wore a suit and a tie, I presented myself as an elite level athlete, big money guy. Bobby was always very well-dressed. He would always wear a blazer, sport coat, Bobby’s very stylish. Shelton we had to bring along. Shelton was an interesting deal. Shelton would dress well, but just in athletic clothing.
“A funny story where I was trying to encourage Shelton to dress up a little more once we started the Hurt Business. We were going back and forth about it, and Shelton said, ‘Hey look man, you make your money your way, and I’ll make my money my way.’ And we laughed about it, it’s cool.
“And then we had a meeting with our old boss who’s no longer around, and he was talking about how well me and Bobby dressed, and how well we’re presented, and Shelton always has on a nice pair of jeans – and Shelton picked up on that right away.
Vince McMahon’s Words Did The Trick
Vince McMahon’s comment was all it took for Benjamin to change his mind and drop a hefty amount of cash on a new wardrobe:
After that meeting, he called me up, he was at a men’s clothing store and asked me if I could come by and help him pick out some tie/suit combinations. He dropped several thousand dollars on some tailor-made suits. “Now we have a running joke where I go, ‘So Shelton, how are you making your money these days?’
We’re businessmen, that’s the whole idea. We’re businessmen. Professional wrestling is a business, and we’re aware of that, and we have a brand, and our brand is hurt. We hurt people, we do it for money, and no one is better at it than we are.
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