The Hurt Syndicate On Reuniting in AEW, "WE HURT PEOPLE", New Members, Cedric Alexander

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Bobby Lashley (@fightbobby), Shelton Benjamin (@Sheltyb803) and MVP (@the305mvp) are a faction in AEW. They sit down with Chris Van Vliet in Toronto, Ontario to discuss getting the group back together in AEW after it was brought to a premature end in WWE, if they are interested in adding Cedric Alexander or any other members into the group, if MVP has retired, a possible World Title run for Shelton Benjamin, the rain delay at WrestleMania 37 that affected Bobby Lashley's match, dream matches and more!

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On knowing that the group would one day get back together:

Bobby Lashley: “I did. I mean, it was inevitable. When we came together originally, it was so natural, it was so real. The crowd, you guys knew it. This isn’t just a couple of guys that got thrown together. You see it all the time. You see in WWE, you see it in AEW, guys that get thrown together. And the minute they leave the show, they all go their separate ways. That’s not how we work. We are really friends, we really do stuff together, we really argue, we really fight like brothers. This is real, you guys feel it, and that’s why it gets over so well.”

On whether the plan was for MVP to go first, then Shelton Benjamin and finally Bobby Lashley:

MVP: “Well, the plan originally was to get Bobby to join me. Bobby, let’s go man, let’s get out of here. Shelton’s already at home. All we gotta do is just not sign, get Shelton back and we can run this back. Our final act, we could do this. Bobby, finally, he relented, and he said, Alright.”

On what the group can do now that they couldn’t in WWE:

Shelton Benjamin: “Well, first of all, being actually seen in front of a live crowd. That’s a good start. But I think this time around we have a bit more control of our destiny, obviously, a lot more. What happened before, everything ended way prematurely. None of us were happy about that, and by us, I mean everyone. So the fact that we’re able to come here and give you the product that we want to give you, and everything’s going great. Like I said, we’re having the time of our lives.”

On possibly bringing Cedric Alexander into the group:

MVP: “I believe he is still on his 90 days.”

Bobby Lashley: “We love Ced, he’s like our little brother, so we will see what happens.”

On possible dream matches:

MVP:  “I was actually very interested in the match-up that doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen just yet, but I was looking forward to seeing Cage and Archer against these two guys, to see some big, giant, physical tough guys that can actually try to bang with these dudes. I wanted to see that. I still like to see big guys go at it. I enjoy a heavyweight bout.”

Bobby Lashley: “Well, you know what? Going over to AEW, those guys are really good, and these guys trying to surprise us even more. When we first got there, we worked with Private Party and they shocked us at the beginning. I like those guys. I truly like those guys. I think those guys are going to be stars. But then The Gunns, they’re going to be stars also, and that’s the one thing that we do when we came over to AEW, we said, You know what, it’s not just about us. It’s about making some of these guys. And we don’t know who we were going to make. We were like, who in the landscape of AEW do we want to help elevate? So far, the teams that we’ve been against they’ve actually really impressed us. I like Private Party. I like The Gunns and The Outrunners, just recently getting with these guys man, we can’t be in the same room with these guys without falling out. I really like those guys, so we are going to beat them up, but we’re going to bring them up at the same time.”

MVP: “That’s something that I think the fandom needs to understand with us specifically. When we decided that we were going to get the band back together, we knew that realistically speaking this is the last ride, this is our last run and then we’re going to ride off into the sunset. Even though we’re in tremendous shape, we are still in our later years. The whole idea with what we want to do on our way out the door is make some stars. It’s one thing just to put guys over. No, that’s not what we’re talking about. We’re talking about trying to take some of the equity that we’ve built up through the years and now reestablish that equity at AEW, and then when the time is right, with the right young talent, transfer that equity and make somebody.”

On a possible Shelton Benjamin World Title run in AEW:

Shelton Benjamin: “I’m going to just say yes. I definitely still want a world title. If you watch my performances, I’m not performing like a guy who wants to just retire and ride off into the sunset. While I definitely want to help elevate other talent, because that’s a big part of why we’re here, I still have goals. Being a World Champion in a prominent company is definitely on top of that list. Now, I have been World Champion for Puerto Rico, WWC, but I don’t know if we want to count that one. It counts? ok. But as far as WWE the big name companies, I won a World Championship, and I’m working every day to make sure that dream stays alive.”

On whether MVP has retired from the ring:

MVP: “No, not yet. I got a little bit left in me. It’s funny. We did a six-man about a month ago now, give or take, and they were teasing me because I was actually in there for a little while, and it felt good. It was coming back to me, and Shelton said, ‘Are you ever gonna tag out?’ I’m like oh yeah, maybe I should.”

On Max Caster’s previous remarks about Shelton Benjamin:

Shelton Benjamin: “We’ve spoken, and pretty much what I suspected was true, Max is an idiot. He was poking the bear but then the bear showed up and he decided, okay, maybe I should stop poking. So long story short, it’s my spot now.”

On the WrestleMania 37 rain delay:

Bobby Lashley: “When you have a match with somebody like Drew, because Drew brings out a lot of intensity there. I remember at one point we said, I was telling MVP man, I’ll just go fight him backstage, just bring a camera back. Because once you get so amped up and go and get ready for a match like that and it starts raining, you don’t want to just break that. You don’t want to keep waiting and waiting and going back and forth. I knew something was going to happen. I knew we were going to go out there eventually, but I think at some point I was just going to go and punch Drew in the mouth, and maybe we start just fighting. Because Drew was actually one of my favorite opponents. He’s up there on my list, just because he brought something out of me that a lot of guys didn’t. Because I think a lot of guys get out there and they hide behind a microphone, they can say whatever they want, try to be a tough guy. You really know they’re not. Drew just embodied a little bit more than that, and that’s why I was really amped up to have that match with him. So I was ready to go. We kept walking by, and I was like we might just have to start fighting back here. And then if it stops and we can just take that out to the ring. It was going to happen, especially just coming out of the pandemic, this was the first opportunity for us to be in front of a crowd. We were going to have a match no matter what.”

On what’s next for them in AEW:

MVP: “Look, I’m spoiling it for you. I’m telling you what’s going to happen. We are going to hold these Tag Team Titles until we’re done, until we decide as a group that okay, we’re now ready to move on to that next level. And then we are coming for singles championship gold, no tag teams. That’ll be done, but we gotta beat a few more people first and imprint The Hurt Syndicate label on these tag team titles so people will know we were here. They will remember. Then it’s on to the next phase, and that’s singles championships for these two gentlemen.”

On if their kids have talked about becoming wrestlers:

MVP: “Yeah, my son talks about it all the time like, Daddy, when I’m in the WWE, will they play my theme music too? He’s already got his moves named and everything, yeah, so that’s what he wants to do now at 10. I’ll see if I can send him down another path.” 

Bobby Lashley: “I have two girls and a boy, and right now my boy is completely focused on football, but that’s what we do this for. We want to build legacy, so I’ve opened up some doors for him, just in case, not not as a fallback, but if he ever chooses to go into wrestling, the doors will be open for him.” 

On possibly expanding the group:

MVP: “We are always ready to talk business with whomever, whenever, if the time is right. As they say, if it don’t make dollars, it don’t make sense. So I can tell you with the utmost confidence that at some point in the future, we’ll add another. I can promise you that. Who? When? I’m not at liberty to say but I can tell you that there will be another suit in the quartet.”

On the worst bumps they have taken:

Bobby Lashley: “One time when Big E slammed me into the stairs. I don’t know what even happened. The corner of the stairs, the metal stairs, he picked me up and he slammed me on it. And it was one of those ones where I thought when I hit it and I laid down that ground, I was like, am I good? I’m still okay. But when I watched it back, and I have it on my Instagram, it’s horrible. It looked a lot worse than it was. So thank God I was okay afterwards. I wasn’t hurt at all, but it looks nasty.”

Shelton Benjamin:  “The worst bump I ever took was actually after I left WWE the first time and I was doing an indie show in Mexico. For some reason, again, this is Mexico. They had a ring and it was like double-stacked. So it was the height of a ring on top of a ring. At some point during the match, I took a bump where I was supposed to just roll out to the floor, and I rolled, and I forgot [the height]. I came down and splat on the concrete. It was one of the most painful experiences of my life, I thought everything was broke. So I was like, I will never wrestle in one of these things again. When you hear the wind coming by your ears as you’re going down, you know you’re in trouble.”