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At December to Dismember on December 3rd Bobby Lashley defeated Big Show,Test,Hardcore Holly,Rob Van Dam & CM Punk to become the new ECW champion as he speared the bloody giant to win his 2nd major wwe championship |
At December to Dismember on December 3rd Bobby Lashley defeated Big Show,Test,Hardcore Holly,Rob Van Dam & CM Punk to become the new ECW champion as he speared the bloody giant to win his 2nd major wwe championship |
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On Tuesday December 5th, he is schedueled to face the Big Show at ECW in Big Shows rematch he has in his contract where there will be no chance for Lashley to use a weapon and there wont be a Extreme Elimination Chamber according to the messiare Paul Heyman. <!---Please don't add week-by-week events, rumors, speculation or spoilers. Wikipedia is not an up-to-date news site. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. ---> |
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| Franklin Lashley | |
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| File:Bobby lashley.jpg | |
| Born | July 16, 1976 Junction City, Kansas |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Bobby Lashley Lashley Blaster Lashley |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Billed weight | 273 lb (123 kg) |
| Billed from | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Trained by | Ohio Valley Wrestling |
| Debut | 2003 |
Franklin Roberto (Bobby) Lashley (born July 16, 1976) is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Extreme Championship Wrestling brand, under the ring name Bobby Lashley. He is the reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion.
Career
Lashley attended Missouri Valley College, where he won three national wrestling championships between 1996 and 1998, placing fourth in 1995. Throughout 1997 and 1998 he was the NAIA National Wrestling Champion, competing at the weight of 177 pounds (80 kilograms). Lashley later joined the United States Army, where he continued to wrestle.
It was somewhere in this time that Lashley took up serious training to build close to 100 pounds of muscle on to his body, raising him from 177 pounds to around 273-279 pounds.
In November 2003, Lashley signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and was assigned to its farm federation, Ohio Valley Wrestling, where he started his training under Lance Storm. While in OVW, Lashley was known as Blaster Lashley, and was a member of the Bolin Services stable along with Mike Mondo, and Ken Doane. In mid-2005 Lashley appeared at four live events, wrestling in dark matches for both the RAW and SmackDown! brands.
World Wrestling Entertainment
On September 23, 2005, Lashley made his televised WWE debut on SmackDown! under the name Bobby Lashley (or sometimes just Lashley). Lashley was introduced as a three-time National Amateur Wrestling Champion, four-time All-American, a two-time Armed Forces Champion and a 2002 Silver Medalist at the Military World Championship. In his first match, he squashed Simon Dean then, in his pay-per-view debut at No Mercy 2005, defeated Dean once again.
On the November 11, 2005 episode of SmackDown!, Lashley defeated Orlando Jordan in a qualifying match for a place on Team SmackDown! at the 2005 Survivor Series where, despite a dominating performance, he was the first to be eliminated.
On January 6, 2006 Lashley became the first announced participant from SmackDown! to be entered into that year's Royal Rumble. At the Royal Rumble Lashley was the 8th wrestler to enter the match, but was eliminated quite early (6th) by RAW's World Tag Team Champions Big Show and Kane.
Following the Royal Rumble, Lashley began a feud with John "Bradshaw" Layfield leading up to a match at No Way Out 2006. The match ended up being Lashley's first loss in singles competition thanks to interference from Finlay.
During February and March, Lashley was involved in an intense feud with Finlay which saw the pair brawl on many occasions even until the pair were put into a in a Lumberjack Match that Finlay won (after use of his shillelagh).
On April 2, 2006 Lashley competed in his first WrestleMania (WrestleMania 22) in a losing effort in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
Lashley next entered SmackDown!s King of the Ring tournament. He lasted until the finals, defeating Mark Henry and Finlay in the process. During the finals, held at Judgment Day he was defeated by Booker T with help from Finlay. Later, as Booker was being crowned, Lashley speared Booker from his throne.
These acts developed into a feud with the newly named "King Booker" and the other members of his court, Queen Sharmell, Finlay and William Regal. During this feud Lashley won his first professional wrestling championship by defeating John "Bradshaw" Layfield for the United States Championship, which he lost to Finlay a little less than two months later. He also defeated King Booker in a cage match in the main event of an episode of SmackDown!.
Not long after losing the title, Lashley was declared unable to compete according to a physician who stated that during an annual exam, Lashley was found to have elevated enzymes of the liver; therefore, would not be cleared to wrestle until further evaluation. On July 28, 2006, WWE.com stated that Lashley was cleared to compete. Lashley soon made his return to the SmackDown! roster to continue his feud with the court and went on to earn his first match for the World Heavyweight Championship at No Mercy 2006 against King Booker. This match later became a four way bout that also included Batista and, Booker's ally, Finlay, which King Booker won after pinning Finlay.
On November 14, 2006, Lashley moved brands to ECW, due to personal issues with Michael Hayes making a surprise appearance on an episode of ECW on Sci Fi to take out Hardcore Holly and sign a contract for the final spot in the Extreme Elimination Chamber match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship at December to Dismember 2006. At December to Dismember, Lashley was the 5th person released into the match, and ended up pinning Big Show to become the new ECW World Heavyweight Champion and the first person of African American descent to hold the title.
At December to Dismember on December 3rd Bobby Lashley defeated Big Show,Test,Hardcore Holly,Rob Van Dam & CM Punk to become the new ECW champion as he speared the bloody giant to win his 2nd major wwe championship
On Tuesday December 5th, he is schedueled to face the Big Show at ECW in Big Shows rematch he has in his contract where there will be no chance for Lashley to use a weapon and there wont be a Extreme Elimination Chamber according to the messiare Paul Heyman.
In wrestling
- Finishing and signature moves
- Managers
Championships and accomplishments
- 1996, 1997 and 1998 Missouri Valley College National Champion
- 1997 and 1997 NAIA National Wrestling Champion
- 2002 Military World Championship Silver Medalist
- Rookie of the Year (2005)
- Ranked #51 in the PWI 500 in (2006)
- ECW World Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
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