How One WWE Raw Almost Ruined Lashley's WWE Career

May 2024 ยท 5 minute read

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In 2023, Sami Zayn and Bobby Lashley get some of the loudest reactions from the fans. They're both immensely over because they both have been booked like absolute stars. Sami has been booked like the true underdog he is, and along with the wonderful Bloodline story, he's become a fan favorite. Bobby has just been booked like an absolute monster since The Hurt Business and WWE title reign, and that made the fans care about him. It wasn't always like that, however. Back in the spring of 2018, Bobby Lashley made his WWE return after over a decade and Sami was still somewhat fresh off a heel turn. Sami became Bobby's first major feud after returning, but the booking killed any interest in the feud, and it almost all has to do with one specific segment.

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Bobby Lashley Talked About His Childhood And Life With His Three Older Sisters

To really understand how bad the Bobby Lashley's sisters segment was, there needs to be an understanding as to why the sisters were even brought up in the first place. A couple of weeks before the infamous segment, Bobby was in a sit down interview with Renee Young. Renee asked him about his childhood which prompted Bobby to bring up his sisters. Renee asked if he was close to them which she probably immediately regretted.

Bobby talked about each of his three sisters in depth. There was Cathy, who grew attached to her mother's broom for whatever reason. Then there was Jessica who had a towel in the form of a security blanket. The towel was never washed, though, and it got dingy, gross, and stinky enough that Jessica started to get made fun of at school, to which Bobby responded with shoving the towel down the bully's throat. Finally, there was Frances, who carried her father's army helmet around. Bobby told the story of one time when he hid the helmet, and then showed a scar on his left eye that reminded him to never mess with Frances.

Now, in fairness, the stories themselves all sound like childhood fun and sibling rivalries. All members of a family have a strange idiosyncrasy. However, at this point in his career, Bobby had so such ability as a talker. He's gotten much better in the last five years, but Bobby told the stories in such a monotone way that it sounded psychopathic. Renee Young got visibly uncomfortable as she tried to force a smile and pretend like what she just heard isn't wacko. Bobby ended the interview by saying he loves his sisters and then the camera did a close up of Bobby's face. The close up of a sadistic smile, a lack of eyebrows, and coldness in his eyes made a viewer want to run away in terror.

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Bobby Lashley's Sisters Is Considered One Of The Worst Raw Segments Of All Time

Of course, since the interview was all about his sisters, it was meant for the heel in the scenario, Sami Zayn, to take advantage of. The next week, Sami came out, and he claimed that Bobby was lying. He was going to bring the sisters to Raw the week after that to reveal the truth, and as soon as that was said, fans knew that it was not going to be good, but nobody could have guessed how bad it was truly going to be.

On the May 21st, 2018 episode of Raw, Sami Zayn came out to the ring and asked Bobby Lashley's sisters to join him. To absolutely no one's surprise, three men in drag walk eddown the ramp. Sami welcomed them, and he started to ask them questions like how Bobby treated them as kids. Each of the "sisters" had the item that Bobby described in the interview. Fake Cathy carried the broom, and said the broom was for defense because Bobby constantly picked on her. Fake Frances, played by Max Caster before his Acclaimed days, had the army hat because Bobby would knock on her head with his knuckle, so the hat was for protection from Bobby's singular knuckle. Finally, Jessica had a dirty old towel because Bobby would always make fun of her, and she always cried into it. Sami applauds them.

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Finally, Bobby came down to put an end to the misery, but not immediately. He reached the ring and started laughing with the group. Sami threatened him, and that's when the inevitable brawl broke out. Sami and the "sisters" teamed up on Bobby until Bobby broke free and beat down all the men dressed as women by using all the items that were mentioned as weapons. Thus, a segment that was less than ten minutes, but felt like hours, had a quieter crowd than an Omos match, and honestly just felt distasteful, was mercifully over.

Bobby Lashley deserves all the credit in the world for being able to drag himself out of that pit. Sami being the heel and always being loaded with charisma helped him not get damaged as much. Bobby, on the other hand, had just returned a month prior and had no character upon his arrival. This could have been detrimental to his career. He would have some other pretty nonsensical stories like the Lana affair, but this was just plain horrid. As he said in an interview, though, storylines like this were all about "paying his dues." Squashing Sami Zayn at Money in the Bank, a major feud with Roman Reigns, and a timely heel turn made sure that he was still championship worthy and still the All Mighty.

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