During a virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest, Bobby Lashley detailed the origin of the Hurt Business, looking back fondly on the group that saw the former WWE Champion link up with MVP and Shelton Benjamin.
It was my most fun time. Hurt Business was awesome because MVP was not in WWE at the time. Before, I was like, let me think of something I can do. I like the character where it was a mix of Suge Knight, Don King, and The Rock in (Ballers). If you took all those characters and squeezed them all together, that’s what I wanted to do. I wanted to do something where I’m managing people but being tough and fighting. The Rumble came and [MVP] walked in, I was like, ‘That’s him.’ When I was fighting, my boxing coach wore a shirt that had Hurt Business. I always thought the name was cool. When I get back into wrestling, I want to do the Hurt Business. I pulled Shelton aside and was like, ‘I really want to do this.’ I involved P [MVP] and we started talking about it. I called my boxing coach and out of respect, ‘Hurt Business, I want to use that in pro wrestling.’ He was like, ‘Done. Deal.’ When the shirts were made, I sent him a t-shirt.
Cedric Alexander, who joined the group in September 2020, continues to compete in WWE primarily on the NXT brand.
Lashley and MVP saw their WWE contracts expire earlier this year, with the latter recently joining AEW alongside Benjamin as a duo.
Source: Fightful