Bobby Lashley Is Uncertain About His Matchup At WWE WrestleMania 39

March 30, 2023 at 2:52 AM
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Bobby Lashley Is Uncertain About His Matchup At WWE WrestleMania 39

Despite WrestleMania 39 being just around the corner, Bobby Lashley is still uncertain about his plans for the event. While it seemed that Lashley was set to collide with Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania, references to the match have been noticeably absent in recent weeks.



As of now, it appears that Lashley's involvement in WrestleMania will be limited to the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which is set to take place on WWE SmackDown.



During an interview with Denise Salcedo of Instinct Culture, Bobby Lashley was asked about the atmosphere of WrestleMania.



It's a big fight feel, WrestleMania is always going to be that way. Right now, we're trying to figure out what I'm going to do, being the All Mighty former WWE Champion and everything like that, still in search of finding that big matchup. That's what everybody wants to do when they go to WrestleMania, they want to have a big iconic matchup in front of hundreds of thousands of fans and do what we love. Right now, I'm kind of half and half, getting ready for it and preparing for that day. I have a big match on Friday night, hopefully, that trickles over and causes something big for Saturday or Sunday."



"I have no idea. All I know is that I think I provoke fear in a lot of people. You can go out there with me, we can have a great match, but at the end of the day, The All Mighty always comes through. I'm looking for him, I'm looking for whoever wants to step up. Right now, a lot of people in the business are looking like, 'this is going to be a fun match for me.' If you want a real challenge, I'm the real challenge for anybody on the roster."

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