WWE has reportedly known for weeks that Bobby Lashley would not be competing at the Elimination Chamber event after suffering an injury in his Royal Rumble match against Brock Lesnar.
During the Elimination Chamber main event, Seth Rollins power-bombed Riddle through the pod which housed Bobby Lashley, causing Lashley to suffer a ‘concussion’.
Former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide took to The Ringer Wrestling Podcast’s Elimination Chamber review show and stated that he has it on good authority that Lashley is legitimately injured and this was all part of the plan.
He said, “I have under good authority, I know we’re talking about Lashley. I have it under good authority that Lashley is shoot hurt and has been hurt since his Rumble match. If you’ve noticed, he hasn’t worked any RAW’s, he hasn’t really defended his title. He was shoot hurt at the Lesnar match at the Rumble and again, I was wondering how they were gonna work him in there while being hurt and I’m assuming that this ‘concussion protocol’ thing is the way to get him out there and from what I’m told, it’s for at least four months, shoulder surgery. So, I’m hearing that he might not even make it to Mania unfortunately. I mean he’s a freak athlete so there’s a possibility that it’s different.”
Lashley has indeed not competed since the Royal Rumble. If the above report is correct, Lashley will miss WrestleMania and will not be able to return until mid-summer.
Thanks to POST Wrestling for transcribing the interview from The Ringer Wrestling Podcast.
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