Bobby Lashley is the latest WWE star to publicly comment on Vince McMahon resigning from the company following an investigation into a series of hush money payments McMahon allegedly made to former female employees.
The WWE United States Champion spoke with Wrestling Inc about McMahon’s departure:
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Vince,” Lashley said. “Vince created something that is unheard of. I told him when I heard the news, it’s amazing how many people he’s taken care of. He put my kids through school, he put a roof over my head, and he did it for so many other people. There’s thousands of people that can say that.
“He’s a pioneer of the business, he created an empire. The reason why I’m standing here today is because of him, so of course, I have all the respect for Vince and I hope that things get worked out however they may. I hope that I can always be able to contact him and get some advice with things moving forward.”
Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan have taken over his duties as co-CEOs of the WWE while Triple H is in charge of creative. Lashley continued by talking about the new management in place:
“At the same time, Triple H is here, Stephanie McMahon is here, these are two great minds of the business,” Lashley said. “As I was going through [the beginning of my career], I would always go over to Triple H and I would ask him different questions on matches, psychology, on just the business in general. He’s always had an answer for me, so I know our business is in great hands, and the roster that we have is unheard of.
“Even this weekend, the SummerSlam roster, look at it. It’s stacked … there’s a lot of people that aren’t even on that show. The future is great for WWE, it’s going to keep going in the right direction, it’s going to keep getting bigger and better and taking over.”
Lashley is set to defend his United States Championship against Theory at this Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
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