Bobby Lashley didn’t need much time to add some new gold to his collection. The Almighty walked into 4th Rope Wrestling and walked out as champion after absolutely steamrolling Joe Alonzo.
At the November 12 4th Rope Wrestling event, Lashley challenged Alonzo for the 4th Rope Heavyweight Championship. The match lasted just two minutes, with Lashley making pretty quick work of the champion.
Lashley tossed Alonzo with a belly-to-belly suplex before lining him up for a nasty Spear. That was all he needed to get the three-count and officially become the new 4th Rope Heavyweight Champion. The celebration didn’t end with the pinfall either. MVP came down to the ring immediately afterwards and personally put the championship around Lashley’s waist before celebrating with The Almighty inside the ring.
The victory is especially notable because it gives Lashley his first singles championship in quite some time. Despite remaining active in AEW alongside The Hurt Syndicate, singles gold hasn’t been around his waist recently, so his quick destruction of Alonzo changed that in a hurry.
Before capturing the 4th Rope Heavyweight Championship, Lashley last competed on the October 28 episode of AEW Collision. He teamed with Shelton Benjamin that night to defeat Aaron Solo and Nick Comoroto, continuing his run alongside his longtime Hurt Syndicate partner.
With MVP still firmly in his corner, Lashley clearly isn’t interested in slowing down just because he’s already done just about everything there is to do in wrestling. If somebody is willing to hand The Almighty another opportunity at gold, he apparently has no problem adding another belt to the collection..
What do you think about Bobby Lashley becoming the new 4th Rope Heavyweight Champion, and would you like to see him pick up singles gold in AEW next? Let us know what you think in the comments
