AEW star Shelton Benjamin appeared on an episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast, where he talked about a number of topics including his friendship with Bobby Lashley.
Benjamin said, “When I choose my actual friends, I look at not so much…obviously, I respect what they do in the ring, but as a man, I see Bobby, I see him all the time spending time with his kids, doing all these things, and as a father myself, I admire stuff like that. I look at all his hard work, his work ethic. For me, birds of a feather flock together.”
On the type of people he wants to be around:
“When I see someone working that hard and someone who is so dedicated to his craft and his family, for me, those are the kind of people I want to be around because those are the kind of attributes I want to emulate. Obviously, me and Bobby, we’ve had quite a few matches in the past too, so again it’s that friendship formed through now. So now, we’re kind of a one-two punch.”
On how The Hurt Syndicate is just like the Avengers:
“I guess the best way I would describe us that would make sense to people, if you’re watching The Avengers, MVP is clearly Tony Stark, I would like to say I’m somewhere between Thor and Captain America, but Bobby is clearly The Hulk [laughs]. That is the dynamic that I like to [say].”
You can check out the complete podcast below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
