Is THIS Former WWE Stable Reuniting?
Former Pandemic Era stable seen together in Raw Easter Egg Monday night.
Could WWE be sending observant fans a signal?
If you were paying close attention while watching Raw Monday night, you saw Damage CTRL walking backstage on their way to the ring. But in the background, you would have seen Adam Pearce speaking with MVP, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander.
If you stopped watching wrestling during the pandemic, you'd be forgiven for not recognizing three-fourths of The Hurt Business. Missing from the original quartet was Bobby Lashley, who has been suspended in storyline for roughing up WWE officials.
The conversation wasn't acknowledged by the announcers, but it wasn't shown on TV by accident. One thing that's changed under the new regime is that not every development is spoonfed to fans. We've seen things playing out in the background of scenes, leaving fans to follow along and figure stuff out before it's been brought up by the announcers or characters on the show.
Did you see this segment they had with The Hurt Business together talking to Adam Pearce while Damage CTRL in the background walking to the ring. At least that’s what I took from it ? ??? #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/J5Dz3YkMj4
Advertisement— Jay Henry ⭕️ ? ™ (@jayhenry79) January 3, 2023
The Hurt Business is one of those stables whose reputation is based more on "what could have been" than how it actually played out. The group spent a lot of time locked in repetitive feuds with wrestlers such as Apollo Crews and had start/stop pushes. But when WWE finally got behind them, the quartet looked quite impressive.
The stable broke up just before WrestleMania 37, with Lashley kicking them out of the group. Alexander and Benjamin would stay together as a tag team before breaking up, then reunite with Lashley and MVP in the fall of 2021 so they could become punching bags for Goldberg during his feud with the All Mighty. They'd quietly disband again.
We'll have to see what - if anything - comes of this little conversation. MVP currently manages Omos, who was nowhere to be seen Monday.