Bobby Lashley surprised fans last month during AEW Dynamite when he made his in-ring debut.
Lashley competed in a one-on-two handicap match against Joe Keys and Cheeseburger. Lashley went over. He beat former AEW World Heavyweight Champion Swerve Strickland in a singles match at the Full Gear pay-per-view event.
During a recent appearance on the “Insight” podcast, Lashley acknowledged Dan Lambert was a big influence on his decision to join AEW.
He said, “I have a good friend that was working with AEW before, Dan Lambert. He was in AEW for a while. Dan is one of my favorite people in the world. He helped manage me through fighting and everything. He’s always been a great friend, first and foremost. I talked to Dan and we discussed different options. I asked him about Tony (Khan) because I didn’t know. ‘What about this Tony guy?’ A lot of things he told me about him, I can respect it. He said, ‘He has a personality like you in a sense where he goes out of his way to be nice to be able. He’s a genuine person.’ He told me pros and cons.”
