Feeling unhappy with his career caused Bobby Lashley to step away from WWE in 2008, according to Bruce Prichard.
Lashley made his WWE debut in 2005 on SmackDown and would capture both the U.S. Title and ECW World Championship the following year.
After regaining the ECW World Championship in 2007, Lashley would part ways with WWE in 2008, and wouldn’t return until 2018.
On his Something to Wrestle podcast, Prichard gave an explanation behind Lashley’s departure. He said,
“Bobby was just unhappy. I think Bobby was frustrated with where he was at the time, and Bobby was just frustrated with a lot of things and unhappy wanted to leave that was a point where if you’re unhappy and you don’t want to be here okay let’s work something out so you can leave. It was as simple as that.”
Away from WWE, Lashley would become a top name in Impact Wrestling, at one point holding the Impact World, X-Division, and King of the Mountain Championships.
Since returning to WWE, the All Mighty has had two more reigns as U.S. Champion, won the Intercontinental twice, and is a two-time WWE Champion.
