While Shelton Benjamin has had a long career in WWE, he’s never received a main event push.
During the latest edition of his “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast, AEW wrestler Matt Hardy discussed the topic of Benjamin and why he’s never been given a real opportunity to take the ball and run with it.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On why Benjamin never had a main event push: “I don’t know. I think if you had Shelton Benjamin — a young Shelton Benjamin — come along today, it would change a lot. I think because back then it was, they were looking for larger-than-life personalities, people that really bonded with the crowd. And I feel like they didn’t see that as much in Shelton as they would have liked to. They knew from an athletic perspective, he was just unbelievable. He was unreal. You know, but I feel like in this day and age, if you have someone who’s an amazing athlete and produces these great quality matches, day in and day out, and does every single time they hit the ring? Then they get over in a different way because the fan base is kind of changed for their respect for the in-ring content as well. So I think if Shelton came along today, I think it would be changed, and he would definitely be programmed a lot higher than he was back then.”
On the Hurt Business being a great stable: “Yeah, it was great. And Shelton on top of that too, is just — Shelton’s a good guy. Very funny guy, good dude.”
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