Watch the full interview with Shelton Benjamin on my main channel here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/noCCx499qtnIp9o.html

Hurt Business was one of the BEST things during the pandemic era of WWE

@tumadre5000

16 күн бұрын

"Plandemic"

@allstarcom0615

16 күн бұрын

Stop the cap the group was absolute mid

@harmonphillips7026

16 күн бұрын

Interesting

@DARKKING67239

16 күн бұрын

​@@allstarcom0615Shut Up

@russenterprise6502

16 күн бұрын

But the Bloodline took over after the Thunderdome officially closed, John Cena return, Brock Lesnar return, the Hurt Business was history.

As soon as they began taking off with Lashley winning the belt, they pulled the rug from underneath them...late-stage Vince McMahon was brutal...

@Brhoward31

16 күн бұрын

I'm so pissed about it. The way Brock and Bobby finished felt like a slap in the face

@russenterprise6502

16 күн бұрын

Roman took both titles and unified them, now Cody has the belt

@Hajun554

16 күн бұрын

@@Brhoward31yeah it’s honestly sad for bobby. Dude put in the work and had a dream match for some with lesnar to have a rivalry like that. Could’ve been better, though I partly blame triple HHH for their last match. Should’ve been a war

@Brhoward31

16 күн бұрын

@Hajun554 can you imagine a lions den match with them? I hate using racism as an excuse but wwe needs to fix it.

@josiah3820

16 күн бұрын

Mans is racist. Period.

The hurt business was the best thing about raw they should’ve stayed way longer

@jgfoster1999

16 күн бұрын

I 100% agree with you on that

@upp3rm00n5

16 күн бұрын

Facts 💯

@MajinUltraEgo

16 күн бұрын

Dude The Hurt Business was literally Bobby Lashley and Jobbers, you guys did not care about Cedric and Benji you just thought they looked good in suits.

@donjon8413

16 күн бұрын

​@MajinUltraEgo That's like saying we didn't care about Priest and Rhea when the Judgment day first started, if they got disbanded as early as The Hurt Business did theres no telling how far along they wouldve gotten or if theyd even still be signed to WWE. Lashley was obviously the star, but the main point was to help elevate the others just how Judgment Day elevated Priest, Rhipley, and Dom..

@AProlificAuthor

16 күн бұрын

@@MajinUltraEgoif we’re talking strictly about talent Shelton is a better in ring wrestler than Bobby will ever be. The only reason Bobby was booked like he’s been booked is not because of his talent, but because of the way he looks. Bobby is horrible on the mic just like Brock. Bobby can’t wrestle his way out of a wet paper bag. Shelton is a really good wrestler who was misused and never got the push his talent deserved.

HURT BUSINESS VS BLOODLINE.

@thesupervisor3270

16 күн бұрын

I was looking for this comment before I wrote it 😆

@paulevans6066

15 күн бұрын

Lashley vs Roman Shelton & Cedric vs The Usos MVP vs Heyman How they never did this is insane

@PressPauseProductions

10 күн бұрын

MVP even recently said that the new Bloodline is a rip off of them. We'll probably never see MVP on TV again

I always felt that since the beginning of Shelton's career WWE's plan was always "how could we use this guy to get other people over".

@FireAngelChris

16 күн бұрын

I agree every excuse they give is bs

Wow I didn't realize Team Angle was only together for that short of a time. Felt like they were around way longer especially in their feud with Brock.

@RainbowRoadCrashTest

16 күн бұрын

Yeah, their total TV time with Kurt was even a lot shorter too. Even Kurt himself wanted the duration to be a bit longer.

@zlord1199

16 күн бұрын

@@RainbowRoadCrashTestyeah team angle only lasted like 2 months or less

@daretobeelite9298

15 күн бұрын

​@zlord1199 nah bruv like 10 months easy, it ran from before summerslam to just after wrestlemania. They're break angle was how they didn't visit kurt

@RainbowRoadCrashTest

15 күн бұрын

@@zlord1199 With Kurt Angle in the picture, we could say 2-3 months. And for half of that time span Kurt was recovering from neck surgery. When he finally returned from injury, he pretty much fired them both from Team Angle. The stable pretty much lasted from December 26, 2002 all the way til June 12, 2003; So it lasted for about 5½ months. For a stable that didn't last long, it certainly left a big impact and were involved in some pretty memorable moments in that short period of time.

@PressPauseProductions

10 күн бұрын

Angle didn't have luck with stables in WWE. Between Team ECK (Edge, Christian, Kurt), Team Reck (Rhyno, Edge, Christian, Kurt) and Team Angle all those factions together probably ran for a little over a year.

Shelton Benjamin - Underutilized & one of the best wrestlers of his time, should have been pushed more. If only Vince left Hurt Business in different hands.

@ifgwelf

16 күн бұрын

Vince was absolute dogshit towards the end of his reign

@ssantos88

15 күн бұрын

@@ifgwelfHe was dogshit way before that.

@y2j1490yahoo

15 күн бұрын

Vince doesn't see black guys as equals. I'm not trolling.

What a humble spirit Shelton Benjamin wrestler skills and talents I plead the blood of Jesus

Vince to Shelton: *"THAT'S A VERY PERTINANT POINT MICHAEL TARVER, HOW ABOUT A NEXUS 2.0???"*

Hurt Business was a great faction. It should've had a proper run, but they went with The Bloodline instead, would've liked a Hurt Business & The Bloodline feud.

‘What happened there with the Hurt Business?’ Vince McMahon. Enough said.

Man I loved The Hurt Business

What killed The Hurt Bussiness was most likely just Vince going "Im bored of this now, fire them." Late stage Vince really was that fickle.

@zlord1199

16 күн бұрын

Well all the guys in hurt business were old. 40 and older. You Not creating future stars with any of them so it was time to focus on young upcoming stars soI understand where Vince was coming from.

@krotma

15 күн бұрын

@@zlord1199 Good point! But I still think it would have been much better to let THB run it's course rather than pull the plug in the middle of it.

@hugejackedman3447

15 күн бұрын

@@zlord1199 This whole age issue is overstated and not all that valid of a reason when it comes to printing money! lol Lots of young talent that don't even hold a candle to THB so are we really to believe that Vinny Mac would rather lose money on talent just because they're younger? Some of those guys got let go too! lol

When Shelton went to NXT and Dusty Rhodes overseeing the Brand. Shelton went into Gold Standard Mode. Dusty knew what to do with with Shelton. It Worked! Dusty knew how to Book and bring out the best in Wrestler’s! That’s why he was so respected by everyone! Shelton mentioned that in an past interview while impersonating Dusty. Dusty another good mind for Wrestling.

The Hurt Business was so good. They never should have been broken up.

He’s not lying team angle are a legendary team that seemed like they could of had a major payoff creating both Charlie and Shelton as top stars but Vince didn’t like Charlie as he’s had questionable gimmicks following there split where as for Shelton it was a case of Vince not liking his mic skills

@tspawn35

16 күн бұрын

Vince also just hated tag team wrestling in general.

Another sad case of, “weren’t meant to get over.” The group was too good.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

MVP was the only good talker of the group

This interview has a gold standard.

WWE higher-ups rately know what to do with Black American factions. Hurt Business was a great faction that should've lasted years.

@ADG.Est.1988

16 күн бұрын

Team angle was dope. I didn't watch too many of the hurt business.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

New Day carried WWE’s tag team division for years and years. The Nation was one of the best groups of the Attitude Era

@MISTERPERFECT3806

12 күн бұрын

​@ITSHIM1294 New Day was a goddamn minstrel show who only held the tag belts so long as a way for the company to stick it to Demolition. And the Nation was just fodder for DX to get over and push the Rock. WWE has a crappy record of giving legit pushes to serious black wrestling characters.

@ITSHIM1294

12 күн бұрын

@@MISTERPERFECT3806 who cares if they aren’t serious? A wrestler’s job is to entertain, it’s called World Wrestling ENTERTAINMENT for a reason. Of course The Nation was for The Rock, every stable has a breakout star, the others weren’t on his level

without question. this is one of the biggest reasons i wish triple h took over sooner because he definitely would have done more with them and i’d like to think more with shelton specifically. sad it ended the way it did

@triplehfan609

16 күн бұрын

What mvp has said in the last week kinda contradicts what you’re saying

@blakeandrews9496

16 күн бұрын

@@triplehfan609 what did mvp say?

@triplehfan609

16 күн бұрын

@@blakeandrews9496 he said triple h said no to a hurt business reunion.

@blakeandrews9496

16 күн бұрын

@@triplehfan609 i mean a reunion at this point vs continuing the story as it was are two different things so i think it could’ve gone either way

@bullworthless

16 күн бұрын

​@@triplehfan609Didnt Lashley take out Shelton and Cedric and then join up with the Street Profits? A reunion makes no sense. They never shouldve broken them up in the first place.

For some reason Vince Mac Creepy and his son in law Triple Racist first break up The Hurt Business for no reason and now say there's no reason to ever put them together????

The Hurt Business 2.0!! Shelton Benjamin! Bobby Lashley! MVP! Cedric Alexander! Giant Omos! Apollo Crews!

A stable of black guys just being authentic black guys are not supposed to get over.

The hurt business the right way .Shelton Benjamin,Bobby lashley,MVP,and the street profits no faction could touch them period

@JUSLOFI

16 күн бұрын

Can't forget B-Fab.

Nice interview

Team Angle was a gem. Benjamin and Haas were awesome.

@Skrhcj

8 күн бұрын

World's Greatest Tag Team!

The hurt business is what got me reinterested in wrestling. Their presence together just screamed prestige, it felt like a modern rendition of the Horsemen. Now, I feel like it was just Vince experimenting with a modern, dominant heel faction before committing to the bloodline story.

I never wanted someone to be a WWE world champion so bad. Shelton, Barrett, Kennedy,Rusev, Cesaro were guys I am upset never got to be world champion especially when there were 2 world titles like now.

That is a big in problem in pro wrestling breaking up the teams too soon

Shelton could been world champion with or without a faction but he isn’t John Cena or even his former teammate Brock Lesnar. Cena was the face of WWE and now a superstar in Hollywood entertainment and Lesnar still sell tickets something Benjamin doesn’t have.

The Hurt Business was straight 🔥🔥 & a modern day reimagined wrestling version of the Untouchable DEATHROW Records !! You had MVP (Nice version of SUGE Knight) , Lashley (Jacked up Dr. DRE), Shelton (Obviously the Snoop DOGGY Dogg of the group) , Cedric Alexander (Combination of Daz Dillinger & Kurupt) & who knows if they stayed together & feuded with the Hitrow they could have gotten Isaiah SWERVE Scott to switch sides & become the 2PAC of that group !!!

I agree 100%. They broke them up way too soon. Vince McMahon gave the Nation of Domination a BS reason too.

It was the worst time to break them up too. Lashley had just won the WWE title. I also feel Vince hated Cedric. I remember when Heyman was heading creative of Smackdown and tried to push Cedric against AJ Styles, but apparently Vince shut it down and AJ squashed him instead.

Vince couldn’t leave quick enough!!

@Noah-jb4zl

16 күн бұрын

Vince should of stayed

@bobbyblabby8604

16 күн бұрын

@@Noah-jb4zlNo, he was human scum. Just like you.

@Sky_Blaze

16 күн бұрын

​@Noah-jb4zl no vince should've been gone 15 years ago

@Noah-jb4zl

16 күн бұрын

@@Sky_Blaze think of all the great things that happened in the last 15 years, summer of punk, the shield, Wyatt family, Daniel Bryan, women’s revolution(if you can count that)kofi mania, Super Cena, Brock lesnar, the bloodline, judgement day, bringing Cody back. etc, Vince doesn’t deserve all the hate, don’t believe everything you read about him

@Sky_Blaze

16 күн бұрын

@@Noah-jb4zl na he still does, screw vince

We needed that business

Team angle and hurt business should’ve been more, hopefully they make a comeback before it’s too late

i wanted bloodline vs hurt business at survivor series that year and i feel the departure of the hurt business was to shift focus towards the bloodline and bobby prioritize im not taking away anything from either individuals and their talents however some of the storylines can intertwine with each other

Vince may not have liked them getting more over organically like they did. He never liked things that weren’t his ideas getting over. F Vince

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

Lol actually the Hurt Business started when Vince got rid of Paul Heyman as head writer who wasn’t using them at all.

@JShadow6661

10 күн бұрын

@@ITSHIM1294sure bud. Cope for daddy Vince

@ITSHIM1294

10 күн бұрын

@@JShadow6661 lmao keep crying for a stable of boring midcarders. Not even daddy HHH wanted to bring it back

WWE even teased a Hurt Business reunion, last year? Before Shelton got cut. SMH. Such potential.

Agree that Team Angle should have lasted a lot longer, but to play devils advocate. Kurt was hurt and off TV, and then he returned as a babyface(which made sense). Can see the reasoning for ending that, whereas the Hurt Business ending was absolutely stupid.

@user-qm8hk9zb1p

15 күн бұрын

He didn’t need to turn baby face or all of them could’ve just turned face. They weren’t stuck to the point of having break them up

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

@@user-qm8hk9zb1p they were needed as heels since Eddie and Chavo were the stars of the tag team division at the time.

I remember when they came out, and Shelton had his mask on. And then when he realized, he was like.. "shit!'.. and took it off, lol

“His comment was… we are” alr know what he wanted to say lmao

The worst thing is you knew it would happen. Wade Barrett said Vince hates factions, and the 1st chance he got to split them up he was taking. No amount of pleading from Lashley and MVP was going to change that.

One of the greatest of all times just denied clear full understanding and the truth I plead the blood of Jesus

Both breaking up the Hurt Business and not reforming the Hurt Business was beyond stupid. As well as letting Shelton go again

Maybe 1 of the wrestlers in the faction could have learned to cut a promo. Judgement Day was going to be finished but they all improved on the mic. Hurt business they all cut as bad a promo today as they did 20 years ago. MVP is the only good promo

The Hurt Business should've lasted at least a year. MVP was the only one without a title, but the group still worked. Even if the Bloodline were to come out as a more dominant faction, there still could've been faceoffs between the two factions. Huge missed opportunity. The disrespect.

Team Angle and The Hurt Business both ended abruptly. MVP saying HHH didn't want to bring them back, had fans call HHH a ---sist. But Vince broke the group up.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

And HHH didn’t put them back together

@TAlexk

15 күн бұрын

@@ITSHIM1294 Ok but what is Vince then?

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

@@TAlexk Less worse than Triple H. Cough cough Booker T cough cough

@TAlexk

14 күн бұрын

@@ITSHIM1294 Really?? You mean the guy who said The N-word on PPV. The guy who created a neg stereotype Bk group called Cryme time. GOH.

@TAlexk

14 күн бұрын

@@ITSHIM1294 Why'd it take so long to have a 100% Black WWE champion?? You Vince apologists are outta control.

Team angle was less THAN A YEAR??? wow...

Bring the Hurt Business to TNA or AEW

The Hurt Business was so sick, I legitimately could've seen them becoming as powerful as prime Bloodline.

Bobby Lashley was an amazing figurehead for the Hurt Business. He just didn't become as iconic as Roman or Brock in the 2020+ era. That always annoyed me - he had the epic theme, the ripped muscles, the awesome crew, Shelton and MVP both had great themes... I just feel they didnt get deep enough longterm stories to get respect (which I blame Vince for).

They should've put him with Heyman again

Hurt Business could’ve had a long term story like the Bloodline.. 2 years together solid.. 3rd year MVP starts getting jealous of Lashley .. Turns on him .. Starts his own group .. 4th year , Cedric starts to get hungry , wants to become the leader

They started to bring cedric back and put him with ashante but they haven't been around other than the video package and being in the crowd recently. I feel like HHH would give them another run if shelton came back.

It's a shame especially because they literally carried Raw during the pandemic era and never got a real opportunity to be great

Lashley finally won the title and rather than having them dominate as a unit protecting their champion they had Lashley believe they were now beneath him. Didn't even have a feud, just him squashing both Cedric and Shelton and that was the end of it. If anything they should've broke up after Lashley lost the title, not when he won it. Cedric may have been too small to have a real competitive match against Lashley but Shelton could've. The issue was he was so poorly built as a singles guy at that point that the damage couldn't be fixed.

Hurt Business wasn’t supposed to get over in the first place

I thought a great way they could have developed the Hurt Business would have been if Shelton actually did buddy up with Brock Lesnar based on their past history. In kayfabe it would have just been a veteran being opportunistic and latching onto a big name who doesn't really need his help, but in terms of the booking it would have given Lashley more good guy credit dealing with both Lesnar and a traitorous former friend. And it would have been an excuse to give Shelton a bonafide main event spotlight at this stage in his career so that's a plus.

When Shelton said when he spoke to Vince, and asked him "why?".... I mean.... its VINCE.

If there bring back hurt business it should be OMOS, OBAFEMI, ALEXANDRIA, MVP& FORD

it's crazy cause MVP is also blaming HHH for not bringin the Hurt Business back as well. So something seems off

They should've stayed together longer The hurt business Was 🔥

It wasn’t meant to get over and it got over Vince kills those things

Team Angle / Worlds Greatest Tag Team should have been together for so much longer. Vince just never liked tag team wrestling. Thought it was a southern wrestling thing.

Agreed with Shelton. Both the Hurt Business and Team Angle ended way too soon. Team Angle could've added one more enforcer type.

WWE ended The Hurt Business prematurely, but they were immortalised by Griselda Records! 🙌🏾💯

BRING BACK THE HURT BUSINESS!!!

Man team angle was for sure ended too quickly

Hurt business was ended because of the bloodline. There was like 3 stables Bloodline, oc, hurt business. I think hurt business was sacrificed for bloodline angle. Wish that they just had both. But ah well.

I hate that they broke them up,and they have not gone as far as they could have with the hurt business they didn't even scratch the surface 😒

I feel so bad for the guys who got screwed over in the late 2010s early 2020s Vince era.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

Yeah, poor Mojo Rawley lol

Hurt business was hurt by the bloodline. They were essentially the same faction, but in different shows. I think they didn’t want the same storyline

Remember the Faction disbanded because Vince didn't want to Shelton or Cedric...😒😒😒

Literally the Bloodline before the Bloodline was a thing and they coulda done MUCH more but hey at least they did get some good title reigns out of it before they blew it up

You can blame Vince McMahon for that. Vince always start's something but doesn't finish it

The testament sucks. I never witnessed the hurt business cause i wasn't watching at the time. Lets petition to bring it back??

But the corny ass New Day got pushed to the moon

@Slick5150

16 күн бұрын

Well they were top merch sellers for years

@ddavis8988

16 күн бұрын

Them merch checks

@MISTERPERFECT3806

12 күн бұрын

Facts. New Day were clowns.

Unpopular Opinion: The Hurt Business sucked. I'm sorry but what do you remember about them other than winning gold? Because the only thing I can recall was The Hurt Business coming in as heels then talking to Adam Pearce ONCE and seemingly becoming faces because of RETRIBUTION, which was supposed to be a whole thing and wasn't. Like they might have had more than one match against them but I honestly can't remember. I don't even remember the first match.

@hugejackedman3447

15 күн бұрын

Kinda hard to remember anything good about something that doesn't interest you! lol But lots of people remember several things they liked about them.

@RomaroBrandon

15 күн бұрын

@@hugejackedman3447 not just good, I can't remember anything bad either except maybe how they ended.

@hugejackedman3447

15 күн бұрын

@@RomaroBrandon Ha! I get ya! That just goes to show that they REALLY didn't move you at all. Only thing I remember about Hulk Hogan and John Cena is that I don't like them! 🤣

@hugejackedman3447

15 күн бұрын

Yeah honestly, it really wasn't that great how they went about it. Kinda like they were trying to figure it out as they went along... but yeah. They had a good run I guess! lol

Vince had a problem pushing the Hurt Business even though they were over? I think they declined the foursome with janel grant and Vince punished them for it and gave all their material to the bloodline

Why is MVP not on tv now?

It's always because when something works without Vince's approval or involvement, he'll destroy it (Balls Mahoney, Zack Ryder, Rusev Day....) Thank God he's gone

Bobby Lashley was a monster then Fued with Brock was the last time when Bobby felt like a monster Now Bobby is just there to fill the time with new alliance going no where Plus injury has held their booking Miss the almighty Bobby

Vince messed up....and then HHH teased a reunion that went nowhere

Hurt Business could’ve been the Bloodline of Raw and so much more. Only reason I can see is Vince felt threatened another stable could get more popular than his golden goose.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

Relax, the Hurt Business would have never been as big as The Bloodline.

@mrmoviemanic1

15 күн бұрын

@@ITSHIM1294 No but they would've gotten a much better storyline out of it by feuding with them.

Team Angle was definitely ended prematurely. But it's McMahon. He always thought he knew better than the fans, which is why the product sucked the last 15 years that he was there.

@ITSHIM1294

15 күн бұрын

Fans don’t even know what they want. They’re fickle. Listening to the fans is the dumbest thing a promoter could do and by fans i mean the IWC, the ones who flip burgers for a living but know how to run a billionaire company.

I'm still goddamn salty about how abruptly they ended the Hurt Business. Damn they really deserved a much better run.

i'm not going to lie i thought the Hurt Business was going to be at the Evolution faction level and i thought Cedric or Shelton would out shine Bobby and would turn on them like randy and triple h

Shelton should of been a world champion no question and i feel had Shelton been white He would have been because we know Vince look at that segment with Booker T and the storyline with HHH

Hurt Business was good for a minute but esthetically Shelton aged and it really showed with his clothing and Cedrick looked small Better with Street Profits and the addition of MVP

Triple H booking 101: All Japanese wrestlers in a faction, all Hispanic wrestlers in a faction, all Black wrestlers in a faction. Logan Paul matches must include at least one influencer or athlete

@JUSLOFI

16 күн бұрын

What about The Judgement Day?

@fupalover

15 күн бұрын

Triple H sucks at booking

Hurt Business was capable of a lot more. What a waste, WWE!! Hope they reunite.

They only been a stable for two years and they were hot.

Triple H was definitely pissed that they managed to do a better version of Evolution

@zlord1199

16 күн бұрын

How is that? Evolution was legendary..

@Albrto2077

13 күн бұрын

How is it better when evolution carried Raw and made 2 up coming stars into main eventers .

It was obvious Vince was behind that

It's hard to look at him and believe he's 48 years old.

Im gonna be honest without Lashley being champ and leading this group and Roman heel turn covid wwe was almost it for me forever.

wwe breaks up EVERY TAG TEAM

McMahon chose The Bloodline.