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3. Bobby Lashley’s “Severe Depression”
Bobby Lashley's most marketable trait is that he's a brick sh*t house of a human being who spends more time lifting weights than most do sleeping. The former WWE Champ looks like he's been carved from stone, so it's slightly surprising to hear that he wanted to throw all that hard work in the bin.
Big Bob told Sam Roberts' podcast that he pitched a storyline last year that'd see him lose one crucial match and go spiralling into "this severe depression". Lashley wanted to go all the way with this to willingly "put on 40, 50, 60, 70 pounds and just be fat".
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He pleaded with Vince McMahon to let him gain loads of weight, then have fans follow him on an inspiring fitness journey back to his current form. The then-WWE boss wasn't digging it, and Lashley hasn't brought the idea up again since Triple H took the helm.
Bob's still interested in doing it though.