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Should Bobby Lashley Return to TNA in 2024?
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On July 21st, 2024, it was reported by Fightful Select that Bobby Lashley was no longer on WWE’s internal roster page and that his WWE contract is expiring very soon. This likely means that Lashley is leaving the company and could end up wrestling elsewhere. If he decides to do that, there are multiple places he can go considering the wrestling business is booming right now. One of those places is his former home, TNA, a company that has been rising again after falling from grace in the last few years.

Should Bobby Lashley Join TNA?

Bobby Lashley, known just as Lashley in his second TNA run, may very well rejoin the company considering how well it has been doing in recent months. Much of this success has come from a partnership with the WWE, but other factors include the arrival of Mustafa Ali and Nic Nemeth as well as the popularization of Joe Hendry.

Lashley would join a star-studded roster with names such as Moose and Josh Alexander being great potential opponents for him. It would also allow him to shine more as TNA does not have as many stars as companies like WWE and AEW, and he would instantly become one of the faces of the brand if he goes there.

This would be a better option for Lashley instead of a company such as AEW, as they have been known to not book former WWE superstars correctly, such as Miro and Keith Lee. Although he became a 2-time WWE Champion, he was not one of the company’s biggest stars from 2018 to 2020 and from 2023 to now and only had a short tenure as a main event star.

With him now leaving WWE and potentially joining TNA once again, it’s important to look back at how he was treated in TNA during his first two runs.

Bobby Lashley’s Previous TNA Run

Bobby Lashley had two stints in TNA, one which took place in 2009 and another from 2014 to 2018, and had multiple title reigns while with the company. His first ever TNA match came on a taping of iMPACT after he departed from the WWE, in a tag match alongside Mick Foley against Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash, where he and Foley won resulting in Mick becoming the new TNA Legends Champion. He then had a short run there which lasted around five months before returning to the indie scene.

He returned to TNA on March 3rd, 2014, in a match against EC3 which ended in a DQ. It was during this run that he stopped referring to himself as Bobby Lashley and just began using his last name. He ended up becoming a 4-time TNA World Champion in his four years with the company. During this stint, TNA had rebranded to Impact Wrestling, with Lashley as one of the biggest names in the company.

He returned to the WWE at the beginning of 2018 and was a member of that roster for over six years. Although he had success in his WWE run, it was clear that he was a much more prominent figure in TNA, and a return would benefit him. Now that he is no longer a member of the WWE roster, he has the opportunity to return to TNA and can once again start being a top star.

This article first appeared on Total Apex Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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