BOBBY LASHLEY

Lashley’s Return to WWE

The night after WrestleMania 34 in 2018, Lashley made his return to WWE on RAW where he confronted and attacked Elias. For the next month, Lashley successfully teamed with various partners including Braun Strowman, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Bobby Roode and Roman Reigns. At Backlash, he teamed with Braun Strowman and beat Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Following the event, Lashley feuded with Zayn and beat him at Money in the Bank.

In the fall of 2018, Lashley introduced Lio Rush as his new manager.

Lashley Wins Intercontinental Championship

In January 2019, he won the Intercontinental Championship in a triple threat match against Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose. His reign lasted 34 days when he was defeated by Finn Bálor in a handicap match also involving Lio Rush who was pinned. A few months later, he regained the title but lost it again to Bálor at WrestleMania 35.

Throughout 2019, Lashley feuded with Braun Strowman and Rusev. At WrestleMania 36, Lashley lost to Aleister Black but then proceeded to go on a winning streak against various opponents. At PayBack 2020, Lashley defeated Apollo Crews and won the United States Championship for a second time.

Lashley lost the WWE United States Championship at the 2021 Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event to Riddle.

Bobby Lashley Wins WWE Championship

In a lumberjack match on March 1st’s RAW, Lashley defeated The Miz to become the WWE Champion. The following week, Lashley retained his title against The Miz in a rematch. At WrestleMania 37, Bobby Lashley fought and defeated Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman in a triple threat match. He also retained his title at Hell in a Cell in a Last Chance Hell in a Cell match.

Lashley then feuded with Kofi Kingston where a match for the WWE Championship was made between the two at Money in the Bank. At the Money in the Bank event, he retained the title against Kingston. On the July 19th episode of Monday Night RAW, Goldberg returned to WWE and challenged Lashley for the WWE Championship. At first, Lashley declined the challenge but on the August 2nd episode of RAW, Lashley relented and accepted Goldberg’s challenge for a match at SummerSlam 2021.

Bobby Lashley lost the WWE Championship to Big E on September 13th’s episode of RAW. His title reign lasted 195 days.

At Extreme Rules, Lashley teamed with A.J. Styles and Omos to battle The New Day in a losing effort. The following night on RAW, Lashley faced Big E for the WWE Championship. The match ended in disqualification after Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander helped Lashley fight off The New Day, reuniting The Hurt Business.

Bobby Lashley’s Various Feuds

Bobby Lashley began feuding with Goldberg after he was called out by Goldberg on the October 4th episode of Monday Night RAW. Lashley then challenged Goldberg to a No Holds Barred match at Crown Jewel which he successfully defeated Goldberg.

A month later, Bobby Lashley beat Dominik Mysterio to earn his place on Team RAW in the Men’s Survivor’s Series match. At Survivor Series, Lashley was eliminated via count out, but Team Raw still won with Seth Rollins being the sole survivor. On the December 13 episode of RAW, Lashley defeated Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, and Big E in separate matches to be added to the WWE Championship match at the Day 1 pay-per-view, making it a fatal four-way match.

Bobby Lashley’s Second WWE Championship

At Day 1, Bobby Lashley was unsuccessful in capturing the title as Brock Lesnar was added to the match and won the title. On the January 3, 2022 episode of RAW, Lashley defeated Big E, Owens, and Rollins in a fatal four-way match. The match was originally scheduled for Day 1 and would give the winner an opportunity to face Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble. 

At Royal Rumble 2022, Lashley defeated Lesnar to win the WWE Championship for the second time. He won the match because of the interference from the WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. But, Lashley’s second WWE Championship reign was cut short at Elimination Chamber. During the match, Lashley was knocked out and treated for concussion protocols. Brock Lesnar defeated the remaining Elimination Chamber opponents.

On the March 28th episode of RAW, Lashley made his return from injury, responding to the demonstration of dominance by Omos. This set up a match between the two at WrestleMania 38 and this was also the first time Lashley turned face since October 2018. At WrestleMania 38, Lashley defeated Omos, thus ending his undefeated streak. On the RAW following WrestleMania 38, MVP turned on Lashley and aligned with Omos. Lashley lost to Omos at WrestleMania Backlash after a distraction from MVP. This led to a 2-on-1 handicap match at Hell in a Cell, where Lashley defeated Omos and MVP, ending their feud.

Lashley Wins United States Championship at MITB 2022

At Money in the Bank 2022, Lashley defeated Theory to win the United States Championship in his third reign. Lashley successfully retained his title in a rematch against Theory at SummerSlam 2022.

On the Monday Night Season premiere on October 10, Bobby Lashley was attacked by a returning Brock Lesnar. Lashley was attacked just prior to his match against Seth Rollins. Lesnar practically destroyed Lashley yet the match proceeded with Rollins after he was goaded and called a disgrace. Bobby Lashley’s injuries proved too serious and and he lost the title to Seth Rollins. Lashley’s reign lasted 100 days.

Bobby Lashley’s Feud with Brock Lesnar

At Crown Jewel on November 5th , Lashley lost to Brock Lesnar despite dominating majority of the match. After, Lashley viciously attacked Lesnar. Two nights later on RAW, Lashley answered Rollins’ open challenge for the United States Championship. But, he proceeded to attack Rollins before the match started. After Austin Theory cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Rollins, Lashley interfered, allowing Rollins to retain the title.

 At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26th , Bobby Lashley was unable to regain the United States Championship from Rollins in a triple threat match as the match was won by Theory. But Lashley earned another title shot against Theory at Raw Is XXX on January 23, 2023. Again, he failed to regain the title in a No Disqualification match after interference from the returning Brock Lesnar.

At the Royal Rumble on January 28th 2023, Lashley entered the Royal Rumble match at #13. He eliminated Brock Lesnar before being eliminated by Seth “Freakin” Rollins. At Elimination Chamber on February 18th , Lashley defeated Lesnar by disqualification after Lesnar performed a low blow on Lashley.

At Elimination Chamber on February 18th, Lashley defeated Brock Lesnar by disqualification after Lesnar performed a low blow on Lashley. On the March 31st episode of SmackDown, Lashley won the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. As part of the 2023 WWE Draft, Lashley was drafted to the SmackDown brand.

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