With a prolonged, prestigious profession just like the one Mark “The Undertaker” Calaway had, lots of the youthful stars on the roster usually approached the veteran for recommendation, and it looks as if AEW star Bobby Lashley was no totally different.
In an interview on “Perception with Chris Van Vliet,” Lashley recalled how Calaway as soon as instructed him one thing that modified the best way he carried himself backstage. Recalling his early years in professional wrestling, he famous that sure individuals got here in to assist him who he nonetheless speaks with to at the present time.
“When ‘Taker got here in, ‘Taker was watching me after I was first beginning out as this large child with lots of power, the gang was behind me,” he recalled. “And ‘Taker was like, ‘You retain happening to this wrestling stance’ — ‘trigger I stored going into [amateur] wrestling mode.”
Calaway defined to him that he wants to face up and current himself as the massive man that he’s and that followers must see him extra. Lashley stated that he was additionally supported by the likes of JBL, Huge Present, John Cena, Edge, and Bob Holly, who taught him the ropes.
“You did not even must go to OVW, you may simply go and get put in that group and you may get higher. You simply needed to stand there,” he added.
When describing his transition from novice working to professional wrestling, Lashley described it as a studying curve and famous how the distinction between the 2 is that in professional wrestling, wrestlers should work with the opponent, which wasn’t the case in novice wrestling.
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