Bobby Lashley is doing headlines all around the professional wrestling circuit for all the right reasons since last week’s episode of RAW. He was finally able to win the WWE Championship after spending 17 years in this industry. After dedicating his body all these years to this business, he deserved this accolade to reach the top of sports entertainment.
Following this biggest win of his career, Bobby Lashley clinched quite a few records. The first one was that he was the third overall black wrestler to hold the WWE Title. Plus, the record book shows that The Dominator was able to secure some more unconventional accolades in the process which is out after almost a week.
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As per the stats indicated by WWFOldSchool, Bobby Lashley becomes the 5th oldest WWE Champion in history. (Counting the old WWF Championship) The top 5 list of the oldest men to win the WWF/E Championship is given below.
1. Mr. McMahon (Age: 54)
2. Hulk Hogan (Age: 48)
3. Triple H (Age: 46)
4. Bob Backlund (Age: 45)
5. Bobby Lashley (Age: 44)
Another interesting stat was mentioned by the source which shows that Bobby Lashley is the second on the list of wrestlers who took the shortest time to go from a mid-card Title reign to a World Title reign. The All-Mighty is only behind the WWE Hall of Famer Ultimate Warrior in the below-mentioned list,
– The Rock (77 Days)
– Bret Hart (44 Days)
– Dolph Ziggler (42 Days)
– Randy Orton (35 Days)
– John Cena (31 Days)
– Braun Strowman (27 Days)
– Rob Van Dam (27 Days)
– Bobby Lashley (8 Days)
– Ultimate Warrior (Won the WWF Championship while he was the Intercontinental Champion)
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Rusev reacted to Bobby Lashley’s title win
Bobby Lashley’s accolade is also being noted by the wrestling fans as his old rival in WWE was dragged into the contest. AEW wrestler Miro (fka Rusev of WWE) recently showed off his new mic equipment on Twitter. Miro called himself “The Best Man” which is his AEW gimmick.
A fan then posted a photo of Bobby Lashley winning the WWE Championship and wrote that Lashley is the real best man. Miro reacted in the following way,
“You mark think I’m bothered by this!?!? Get out of your basement, maaaaaaaaaaaan”
Another fan then fired back at Miro saying that he is living based on his wife Lana’s WWE paychecks, to which Miro replied the following,
“Daddy gotta stay handsome, ya dig”
The best man with the best mic @rodemics ! pic.twitter.com/uvpGFUT7xy
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) March 6, 2021
You mark think I’m bothered by this!?!? Get out of your basement, maaaaaaaaaaaan https://t.co/kt0sYXaHJH
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) March 6, 2021
Daddy gotta stay handsome, ya dig https://t.co/WOnv9YoE7W
— Miro (@ToBeMiro) March 6, 2021
Before being a part of the Hurt Business, Bobby Lashley was romantically involved in an adultery angle with Rusev’s wife Lana. They had several make-out sessions on TV before even getting married on TV. Lashley also faced off Rusev in a Tables Match at the TLC 2019 PPV to pick up a win.
