MVP explains having to protect Bobby Lashley from being ‘way too giving’
In their partnership, MVP feels like he’s had to protect Bobby Lashley from being too generous to his opponents.
A new episode of MVP’s Marking Out podcast premiered on Monday with MVP and co-host Dwayne Swayze discussing how important it is for wrestling giants like Omos and Satnam Singh to maintain their aura. MVP said, when he was paired with Omos in WWE, part of his job was protecting Omos from taking moves that a giant shouldn’t be taking from smaller opponents. That’s something MVP has needed to do as Lashley’s manager as well.
“That’s kind of how me and Bobby ended up together [in WWE] too,” MVP said. “Because Bobby’s way too nice for the damage that he can do. He’s one of the nicest guys around. And Bobby’s way too giving. So, you know, guys will want to do stuff to Bobby and Bobby will be like, ‘Ehh’ and I’ll be like ‘No. No. You can’t do that to him.’ Bobby will just be like, ‘Talk to P.’ Like, no. Would you do that to Brock Lesnar? No. Well, that’s Black Brock Lesnar. So, no you can’t suplex him. No, you can’t powerbomb him. Not you. So, protect your size, protect being a giant.”
MVP added that some of the best wrestling advice he’s ever heard is something that The Wild Samoans told Batista — work how you look.
“If you’re big and jacked up and got all the muscles, you ain’t got to do all that flipping and flying sh*t,” MVP said. “Because nobody — you look like, ‘Oh sh*t, he’s going to whoop some ass.’ Work like that.”
MVP revealed last month that he has signed a contract extension with AEW. He and Lashley are part of The Hurt Syndicate in the promotion alongside Shelton Benjamin.
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