During a recent appearance on the “Insight” podcast, Bobby Lashley recalled the time when he was shot during a bank heist.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being shot during a robbery: “I don’t know what happened, if the guy like kicked the door down and just because of that the gun went off, but the gun went off. I took a dive down on the ground and I was laying down there on just a cold pavement for a while and that was kind of like — that, you know, [was the] let’s get serious mode because I was like, I’m in a position of disadvantage completely laying on the ground.”
On being in shock when it happened: “And that was that time where a lot of your life start like flashing before you because when he shot, I don’t know, it was something where I couldn’t even hear out of the side so I had like a ringing in my head and then just diving down to the ground I felt like, you know, just with the contact I was like, you know, I was shocked, so my whole body was kind of in shock there for a second.”
On his hospitalization and surgery: “When I went to surgery, he was telling me everything and I’m sitting there calculating. I’m a numbers guy so it was like, ‘Alright, you’re going to be out for eight months and this and that and the other.’ So I was like, eight months, let me think backtrack and I can … Okay, eight months is for a normal guy; I can get ready in four months and then maybe a little bit after that I get ready for this because I have to make it to this tournament, man. I’ve been wrestling for 20-something years at this point. Like I’ve dedicated my life to the sport of wrestling, I want my chance, you know.”
During a recent edition of his “Keepin’ It 100” podcast, AAA booker Konnan lavished praise on Anna Jay for her recent progress.
Konnan said, “Anna Jay has come a long way, because if you remember, she used to be with the Dark Order – ‘Dork Order’ – and you would think ‘What’s she doing with these scrubs?’ Right?” He continued, “She went to Japan, [she] got better, but there’s still a lot of holes in her game. I think she’s a future superstar.”
Jay returned to AEW in September following a sabbatical in Japan.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, The Grizzled Young Veterans (James Drake and Zack Gibson) discussed their careers, their WWE tenure, and other topics.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
James Drake on their time in WWE: “I think the latter to be honest, I think. So first and foremost, we absolutely loved the WWE, we loved them, we love AEW, we love every wrestling promotion we ever worked for.”
On how they wouldn’t be where they are now without WWE: “We wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for WWE, we got to go in back in 2016 when we were in the UK. But saying that, things change and time goes on. And we’re, it’s the name ‘Grizzled Young Veterans’ but we’re not as young as we were. As time’s going on and we’re looking at the climate of the wrestling world how things are booming in other areas, well I can speak on my half and I’m sure Zack’s the same, at the end of the day, one of these days, we’re not gonna be able to do this anymore.”
On how long they want to compete: “I think we’re gonna be in the wrestling business for the rest of our lives because we’ve committed 20 years into it so far, but physically, you know that is a ticking clock, it’s running down, you know as it respects to other careers. So whilst we’re young, whilst we’re in a situation where we could do it, we wanted to really bet on ourselves and experience the whole world of wrestling, not just WWE.”
Zack Gibson on how many companies they’ve competed in over the last 12 months: “The list of companies that you said there, Ring of Honor, AEW, TNA, New Japan, that’s all in the space of 12 months and we’ve only been afforded that opportunity because we did say the time’s now, let’s go. And then the proof’s in the pudding, our stock which was the thing we were most concerned with, is back on the rise, going in that direction again, so it’s all coming up Milhouse.”
