Jump to content

The Hurt Business (professional wrestling): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
kayfabe positions
Line 10: Line 10:
|caption =
|caption =
|names = Bobby Lashley and MVP <br> ''' The Hurt Business '''
|names = Bobby Lashley and MVP <br> ''' The Hurt Business '''
|members = [[Bobby Lashley]] (co-leader, COO) <br/> [[Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP]] (co-leader) <br/> [[Cedric Alexander]] <br/> [[Shelton Benjamin]]
|members = [[Bobby Lashley]] (co-leader) <br/> [[Montel Vontavious Porter|MVP]] (co-leader) <br/> [[Cedric Alexander]] <br/> [[Shelton Benjamin]]
|heights = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} Bobby Lashley <br/> {{height|ft=6|in=3}} MVP <br/> {{height|ft=6|in=2}} Shelton Benjamin <br/> {{height|ft=5|in=10}} Cedric Alexander
|heights = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} Bobby Lashley <br/> {{height|ft=6|in=3}} MVP <br/> {{height|ft=6|in=2}} Shelton Benjamin <br/> {{height|ft=5|in=10}} Cedric Alexander
|weights = {{convert|985|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
|weights = {{convert|985|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
Line 50: Line 50:
Colors =
Colors =
id:Member value:black legend:Member
id:Member value:black legend:Member
id:Leader value:orange legend:Leader_(Chief_Hurt_Officer)
id:Leader value:orange legend:Leader
id:World value:yellow legend:WWE_Championship
id:World value:yellow legend:WWE_Championship
id:UnitedStates value:blue legend:WWE_United_States_Championship
id:UnitedStates value:blue legend:WWE_United_States_Championship

Revision as of 23:20, 20 October 2021

The Hurt Business
Statistics
MembersBobby Lashley (co-leader)
MVP (co-leader)
Cedric Alexander
Shelton Benjamin
Name(s)Bobby Lashley and MVP
The Hurt Business
Billed heights6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Bobby Lashley
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) MVP
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Shelton Benjamin
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Cedric Alexander
Combined
billed weight		985 lb (447 kg)
DebutMay 11, 2020
Years active2020–present

The Hurt Business is an American professional wrestling stable that performs in WWE on the Raw brand, consisting of Bobby Lashley, MVP, Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin.

Background

Prior to the existence of the stable, in 2000, Shelton Benjamin debuted with the then-World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling before debuting with the renamed World Wrestling Entertainment in 2002 as a tag team partner with Charlie Haas as the World's Greatest Tag Team in the SmackDown brand. Lashley also debuted in 2005 before switching brands various times until his release in 2008 and was a two-time ECW Champion during his first tenure. A year later, Porter debuted in 2006 at the No Mercy pay-per-view event and was the then-longest reigning United States Champion, holding it for 343 days. After leaving WWE, MVP would team with Benjamin in New Japan Pro-Wrestling through 2012 to form the tag team "Black Dynamite", as well as work together with Lashley in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling through much of 2014 as part of the "Beat Down Clan" stable, during which Lashley became a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Cedric Alexander made his WWE debut in 2016, in the Cruiserweight Classic, while Benjamin and Lashley both returned to the company in 2017 and 2018 respectively. MVP returned to WWE at the 2020 Royal Rumble event.

History

Formation

On the May 11, 2020 episode of Raw, MVP aligned himself with Bobby Lashley, with MVP promising to manage Lashley to a WWE Championship reign.[1] At Backlash, Lashley failed to capture the WWE Championship from Drew McIntyre following a distraction from his on-screen wife Lana.[2][3] The following night on Raw, Lashley blamed Lana for his loss at Backlash and he would then ask for a divorce, thus ending their romantic storyline.[4]

On the June 22 episode of Raw, Lashley attacked United States Champion Apollo Crews and placed him in his full nelson hold after he turned down MVP's offer to join them.[5] After defeating Crews in a non-title match,[6] MVP unveiled a new United States Championship design and declared himself the "real" United States Champion.[7][8] This set up a match between Crews and MVP at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules; however, Crews was pulled out from the match the day of the event, with the reason given by WWE being that he was not declared medically fit to compete, while media such as Forbes reported rumors that Crews had tested positive for COVID-19.[9] As a result, MVP won the match by forfeit, and afterwards, declared himself the new United States Champion; however, this was not recognized by WWE.[10] The following night on Raw, MVP and Lashley added Shelton Benjamin into their group as the duo helped Benjamin capture the 24/7 Championship from R-Truth, and the group was formally named "The Hurt Business".[11] Crews returned from hiatus on the August 3 episode of Raw and retained his title against MVP, taking the new title design in the process.[12] Following this, The Hurt Business began feuding with Crews' allies, Ricochet and Cedric Alexander, with both groups exchanging victories and attacks throughout the following weeks on Raw. During his time in the stable, Benjamin won the 24/7 Championships two more times, both coming on the August 17 episode of Raw.[13]

Championship success and breakup (2020–2021)

While MVP lost another title match against Crews at SummerSlam,[14] Lashley would defeat Crews at Payback to win the WWE United States Championship.[15] On the September 7 episode of Raw, during a six-man tag team match between Crews, Alexander and Ricochet against The Hurt Business, Alexander betrayed Crews and Ricochet, attacking them and helping The Hurt Business win the match and subsequently celebrated with them, thus turning Alexander heel and joining the group as a result.[16]

On the September 14 episode of Raw, they began a feud with Retribution (Mace, Slapjack, T-Bar and Reckoning) regarding the latter's motives and actions. On the October 5 episode of Raw, The Hurt Business also teased a possible face turn against Retribution after Mustafa Ali established himself as a heel after revealing that he is the leader of the Retribution.[17] On the October 19 episode of Raw, however, The Hurt Business remained heels after viciously assaulting Titus O'Neil after the latter requested to join the group, but was rejected.[18] Six days later at Hell in a Cell, Lashley offered an open challenge for his United States Championship towards any member of Retribution, which was answered by Slapjack, whom Lashley managed to defeat to retain. After the match, the rest of Retribution attacked Lashley, but the rest of the Hurt Business saved Lashley and fought them off.[19]

On the November 2 episode of Raw, Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin of the Hurt Business defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) in a non-title match.[20] They challenged The New Day for the Raw Tag Team Championships on the November 16 episode of Raw, in a losing effort.[21] On December 20 at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Benjamin and Alexander captured the Raw Tag Team Championships from The New Day.[22] At Elimination Chamber, Lashley lost the United States Championship to Riddle in a triple threat match, which also involved John Morrison, ending his reign at 175 days. Later in the night, Lashley viciously attacked Drew McIntyre after he successfully retained the WWE Title inside the Chamber, thus allowing The Miz to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase to become the new WWE Champion.[23] Lashley would go on to defeat Miz in a lumberjack match to win the WWE Championship on the March 1 episode of Raw, becoming only the third African-American to win WWE's original world championship.[24] The following week, Lashley retained the title against The Miz.[25] On the March 15 episode of Raw, Alexander and Benjamin lost the Raw Tag Team Championship back to The New Day, ending their reign at 85 days.[26] On the March 29 episode of Raw, Lashley lambasted Alexander and Benjamin due to them losing the Raw Tag Team Championships and losing to Drew McIntyre in a 2-on-1 handicap match, a loss that meant they would be barred from ringside at Lashley's WWE Championship match at WrestleMania 37 against McIntyre. This led to Lashley attacking Alexander and Benjamin, thus kicking them out of the faction in the process.[27] Then, he declared that the Hurt Business had broken up. MVP, however stated on Twitter, that the Hurt Business was still in action, but it just composed of him and Lashley. Lashley would go on to retain his title against Drew McIntyre at Wrestlemania 37.[28] Lashely would then retain his title at WrestleMania Backlash in a triple threat match including Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman, then at Hell in a Cell in a Last Chance Hell in a Cell match against Drew McIntyre.[29][30] Lashley would begin feuding with Kofi Kingston where a match for the WWE Championship was made between the two at Money in the Bank. At the event, Lashley retained the title against Kingston.[31] On the July 19 episode of Raw, Goldberg would return and challenge Lashley for the WWE Championship. Initially, Lashley would reject the challenge at first, but on the August 2 episode of Raw, Lashley would accept Goldberg's challenge and the match would be made official for SummerSlam. At the event, Lashley would retain the WWE Championship due to referee stoppage after Goldberg could no longer continue.[32] On the September 13 episode of Raw, after successfully defending the title against Randy Orton, Lashley lost the WWE Championship to Big E who cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase, ending his reign at 196 days. On the Same episode of Raw, MVP was put out of action due to injury for an undetermined period of time.[33][34]

Reunion (2021-present)

On the September 27 episode of Raw, Benjamin and Alexander helped Lashley fight off The New Day and in the process, reuniting The Hurt Business.[35] During the 2021 WWE Draft on October 4th, Lashley, Alexander and Benjamin were drafted to remain on Raw.[36]

Timeline

Championships and accomplishments

References

  1. ^ Powell, Jason (May 11, 2020). "5/11 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Becky Lynch's major announcement, the return of Edge and Randy Orton, Lynch confronting MITB winner Asuka, Money in the Bank fallout". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Garretson, Jordan (June 14, 2020). "WWE Champion Drew McIntyre def. Bobby Lashley". WWE. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Powell, Jason (June 14, 2020). "WWE Backlash results: Powell's review of Edge vs. Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Asuka vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Miz and John Morrison for the WWE Universal Championship, Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Powell, Jason (June 15, 2020). "6/15 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Asuka vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship, Ric Flair's appearance, Drew McIntyre and R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley and MVP, Randy Orton's opening segment, Dominick Mysterio accepting Seth Rollins' invitation". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Tees, David. "WWE Raw 6/22/20 Results: 3 Title Matches, While Dolph Ziggler & Rey Mysterio Make Their Raw Returns". Fightful. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Powell, Jason (June 29, 2020). "6/29 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of contract signings for the WWE Championship and Raw Women's Championship matches at Extreme Rules, Angel Garza and Andrade vs. The Viking Raiders, U.S. Champion Apollo Crews vs. MVP in a non-title match, Ric Flair and Big Show appear". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. ^ Powell, Jason (July 6, 2020). "7/6 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Raw Women's Champion Asuka vs. Smackdown Women's Champion Bayley in a non-title match, Rey Mysterio and Aleister Black vs. Seth Rollins and Murphy, Big Show and The Viking Raiders vs. Randy Orton, Andrade, and Angel Garza". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  8. ^ Tees, David. "WWE Raw 7/6/20 Results: Champion vs. Champion, Several Returns & A New US Title Belt Is Revealed". Fightful. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  9. ^ Konuwa, Alfred (July 19, 2020). "WWE Extreme Rules 2020 Results: Apollo Crews Off PPV Amid Twitter Speculation". Forbes. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  10. ^ Powell, Jason (July 19, 2020). "WWE Extreme Rules results: Powell's review of Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio in An Eye For An Eye match, WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt in a non-title Swamp Fight, Asuka vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship, Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  11. ^ Powell, Jason (July 20, 2020). "7/20 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Randy Orton vs. Big Show in an unsanctioned match, Seth Rollins vs. Aleister Black, Bayley vs. Kairi Sane in a non-title match, fallout from Extreme Rules". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  12. ^ Powell, Jason (August 3, 2020). "8/3 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Shane McMahon returns, Apollo Crews vs. MVP for the U.S. Championship, Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton meet face to face, the arrival of a new faction, the SummerSlam build continues". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (August 17, 2020). "8/17 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of the brand's final push for SummerSlam with Shawn Michaels addressing Randy Orton's attack on Ric Flair, farewell to the ceiling fan". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  14. ^ Powell, Jason (August 23, 2020). "WWE SummerSlam Kickoff Show results: Powell's review of Apollo Crews vs. MVP for the U.S. Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  15. ^ Powell, Jason (August 30, 2020). "WWE Payback results: Powell's review of The Fiend vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman in a Triple Threat for the WWE Universal Championship, Keith Lee vs. Randy Orton, Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for the WWE Women's Tag Titles, Matt Riddle vs. King Corbin". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  16. ^ Powell, Jason (September 7, 2020). "9/7 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of the Labor Day edition featuring Randy Orton vs. Keith Lee, Aleister Black vs. Kevin Owens in Raw Underground, Dominik Mysterio vs. Murphy". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  17. ^ Powell, Jason (September 14, 2020). "9/14 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Drew McIntyre vs. Keith Lee in a non-title match, Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio in a cage match, Asuka vs. Mickie James for the Raw Women's Championship, The Street Profits vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro in a champions vs. champions match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  18. ^ "Video: RAW 10/19: The Hurt Business beat down Titus O'Neil". Wrestling Inc. October 21, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  19. ^ Toro, Carlos (October 25, 2020). "WWE Hell In A Cell - United States Championship Match: Bobby Lashley vs. Slapjack Result". Fightful. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  20. ^ Powell, Jason (November 2, 2020). "11/02 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Jeff Hardy vs. Elias in a Guitar on a Pole Match, Raw Tag Champs Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin in a non-title match, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax vs. Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke for the WWE Women's Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  21. ^ Powell, Jason (November 16, 2020). "11/16 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Randy Orton vs. Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin for the Raw Tag Titles, Team Raw vs. Retribution, the final push for Survivor Series". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  22. ^ Powell, Jason (December 20, 2020). "WWE TLC results: Powell's review of Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens in a TLC match for the WWE Universal Championship, Drew McIntyre vs. AJ Styles in a TLC match for the WWE Championship, The Fiend vs. Randy Orton in a Firefly Inferno Match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  23. ^ Powell, Jason (November 22, 2020). "WWE Survivor Series results: Powell's review of Undertaker's Final Farewell, Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns, Asuka vs. Sasha Banks, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. The Street Profits, Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn in champion vs. champion matches, Team Raw vs. Team Smackdown in Survivor Series elimination matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  24. ^ Powell, Jason (March 1, 2021). "3/1 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review The Miz vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Drew McIntyre returns, the build to WWE Fastlane continues". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  25. ^ Powell, Jason (March 8, 2021). "3/8 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review Bobby Lashley vs. The Miz for the WWE Championship, Lashley's championship celebration Braun Strowman wants Shane McMahon to apologize, the build to WWE Fastlane continues". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  26. ^ Powell, Jason (March 15, 2021). "3/15 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods for the Raw Tag Titles, Riddle vs. Mustafa Ali for the U.S. Title, Raw Women's Champion Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler in a non-title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  27. ^ Powell, Jason (March 29, 2021). "3/29 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of the Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley contract signing for the Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania, U.S. Champion Riddle vs. Sheamus in a non-title match, the penultimate edition of Raw heading into WrestleMania 37". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  28. ^ Chiari, Mike. "Bobby Lashley Beats Drew McIntyre, Retains WWE Title at WrestleMania 37". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  29. ^ Chiari, Mike. "Lashley Beats McIntyre, Strowman; Retains WWE Title at WrestleMania Backlash". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  30. ^ Chiari, Mike. "Bobby Lashley Beats Drew McIntyre, Retains WWE Title at 2021 Hell in a Cell". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  31. ^ "Lashley destroys Kingston in scary display of dominance". WWE. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  32. ^ Chiari, Mike. "Bobby Lashley Beats Goldberg, Retains WWE Title at SummerSlam 2021". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  33. ^ Barrasso, Justin. "After 12 Years, Big E Finally Wins the WWE Championship". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  34. ^ Singh, Akshay (September 20, 2021). "WWE Raw: Former US Champion MVP underwent surgery on his knee this week, Check details". InsideSport. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  35. ^ Powell, Jason (September 27, 2021). "9/27 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Big E vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Charlotte Flair's open challenge for the Raw Women's Championship, Damian Priest vs. Sheamus in a No DQ, No Count-Out match for the U.S. Title, Riddle vs. AJ Styles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  36. ^ "WWE Draft 2021: Every Pick Made on Night Two on WWE Raw". WWE. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  37. ^ Brookhouse, Brent (January 2, 2021). "2020 CBS Sports Wrestling Awards: Drew McIntyre stands out as Wrestler of the Year". CBSSports.com. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  38. ^ "2020 Achievement Awards". Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Kappa Publishing Group: 18–19. 2021.
  39. ^ "WWE Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  40. ^ "WWE United States Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  41. ^ "WWE Raw Tag Team Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  42. ^ "WWE 24/7 Championship". World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  43. ^ "2020 SLAMMY Award winners announced". WWE. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=The_Hurt_Business_(professional_wrestling)&oldid=1050974250"