He was then attacked from behind by Mustafa Ali.ĭrew McIntyre def. After a brief match, McIntyre hit a Claymore for the finish. After no one took him up, he confronted Ricochet, who said he didn't care about Lashley's words but was always up for a fight. When the attack never came, McIntyre stormed into the locker room and demanded someone fight him. McIntyre spent much of the show waiting for anyone on the roster to attack. #WWEChampion is looking out for no one but #TheAllMighty on The Road to #WrestleMania! #WWERaw /KF圜jxWPiY- WWE MaKing Corbin tries to collect the bountyĭrew McIntyre def. The match with Benjamin was solid for what it was, but why would you ever break up The Hurt Business? Grade: B-Īs far as and go, The #HurtBusiness is OVER. WWE has trouble letting groups - be it a stable or tag team - simply exist. The dominant heel champion having a stable was great, but the group worked tremendously together. There was no good reason to break up The Hurt Business. Benjamin nearly scored the upset after hitting Paydirt, but Lashley kicked out before firing back, hitting two spinebusters and locking in the Hurt Lock for the win as Benjamin passed out in the hold. Benjamin and Alexander confronted Adam Pearce, demanding Benjamin be given a match with Lashley this week and Alexander given one next week. Shelton Benjamin via submission with the Hurt Lock. This led Lashley to attack both Alexander and Benjamin, laying both out before declaring that The Hurt Business was "over" for the two.īobby Lashley def. Alexander and Benjamin took issue with this, with Benjamin saying he wouldn't be spoken to like a child.
Bobby Lashley dissolves The Hurt BusinessĪfter addressing the bounty Lashley had put out on McIntyre during a show-opening promo, Lashley turned his ire toward Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin, saying he wouldn't be associated with incompetence. All it took was a little help from an invading member of the SmackDown roster.ĬBS Sports was with you all night, bringing you recaps and highlights of all the action from the ThunderDome. Even having lost the two men who helped him rise to his first world championship, Lashley still found a way to end the night standing tall - and standing over McIntyre. Lashley, who had already put out a bounty on McIntyre's head, lost control of his temper to the point where he kicked Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander out of The Hurt Business. That continued Monday night on WWE Raw, a show that saw both big men in action. As WWE champion Bobby Lashley and challenger Drew McIntyre head toward their WrestleMania 37 showdown, the intensity has continued to ratchet up.