Bobby Lashley can be short-term solution to this glaring AEW need

Bobby Lashley could beryllium AEW’s astir intriguing prosecute arsenic acold arsenic erstwhile WWE stars go, arsenic he tin perchance beryllium a short-term hole to 1 of nan company’s astir glaring needs.

AEW for astir of its history has had a shortage of top-level stars who would suffice arsenic powerhouses – those wrestlers who could legitimately destruct you successful a fight, believably enforce their beingness will connected an force successful nan ringing and flip astir talents astir for illustration rag dolls. 

Bobby Lashley debuted connected “AEW Dynamite” Wednesday. Lee South/AEW

The closest we person seen is AEW champion Samoa Joe, who is listed astatine 6-foot-2 and 280 pounds, but his title reign lasted conscionable 113 days. We person seen it much pinch nan TNT title pinch Wardlow, Miro, Powerhouse Hobbs, Luchasaurus and Joe. 

But you tin besides make nan lawsuit that respective group connected that database had their momentum bungled aliases were mislaid to injuries and different circumstances astatine an inopportune time, which is nan logic AEW has had a deficiency of effect from wrestlers of their kind.

The 48-year-old Lashley, who debuted successful AEW connected Dynamite past week, has been a powerhouse passim his career. He is listed arsenic 6-foot-3, 273 pounds and his pumped physique adds to nan cognition of power.

During Lashley’s first WWE title tally and nan lead-up to it, nan Hurt Lock was 1 of nan astir protected moves successful nan company. He has beaten Brock Lesnar for nan WWE title arsenic portion of a resume arsenic an eight-time world champion.

Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin onslaught Swerve Strickland connected “AEW Dynamite.” Lee South

Powerhouses tin wrestle a different type lucifer than we are utilized to seeing successful AEW, giving you caller ways to build babyfaces – particularly smaller ones.  

Lashley, because of his property and miles connected his career, isn’t a semipermanent solution. But he and Shelton Benjamin successful nan Hurt Syndicate look for illustration performers who tin enforce their will connected others. 

While monster heels are thing WWE has excelled astatine for astir of its history, we haven’t ever seen them astatine nan highest level of AEW.

AEW now has a chance to thin into that successful a large measurement pinch Lashley.