The Hurt Business (professional wrestling)

The Hurt Business is a professional wrestling stable led by MVP, which also includes Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin.

The Hurt Business
Statistics
MembersMVP (leader)
Bobby Lashley
Shelton Benjamin
Name(s)The Hurt Business
Former
member(s)		Lana
DebutApril 27, 2020
Years active2020–present

History

WWE (2020–present)

Formation

On the May 11, 2020 episode of Raw, MVP aligned himself with Bobby Lashley and promised Lashley to manage him into WWE Championship victory, which greatly angered Lashley's on-screen wife, Lana. The following week on Raw, Lashley and MVP observed WWE Champion Drew McIntyre's match from the stage, and McIntyre stated he wanted to face Lashley at Backlash.[1] At the event on June 14, Lashley failed to capture the WWE Championship following a distraction from Lana.[2][3] The following night on Raw, Lashley blamed Lana for his loss at Backlash and he would then ask for a divorce, thus ending their romantic storyline.[4]

Expansion

On the June 22 episode of Raw, Lashley attacked United States Champion Apollo Crews and placed him in his full nelson hold after he turned down MVP's offer to join them.[5] On the June 29 episode of Raw, MVP defeated Crews in a non-title match. The following week on Raw, MVP unveiled a new United States Championship design and proclaimed himself as the "real" United States Champion, although Crews officially remained the United States Champion.[6] During the next few weeks, MVP and Lashley feuded with Crews' allies, Cedric Alexander and Ricochet.

At The Horror Show at Extreme Rules, MVP was scheduled to face off against Crews for the United States Championship, but Crews was (kayfabe) medically uncleared to compete and MVP claimed victory via forfeit and crowned himself as the new US champion, although Crews continued to be officially listed as champion.[7] The following night on Raw, MVP and Lashley added Shelton Benjamin into their group as the duo helped Benjamin capture the 24/7 Championship from R-Truth, and the group was formally named The Hurt Business, after which, the trio were defeated in a six-man tag team match by Alexander, Ricochet and the returning Mustafa Ali.[8][9] On the August 3 episode of Raw, Benjamin dropped the championship to Akira Tozawa in a triple threat match, which also included Truth. Later on in the show, The Hurt Business invaded Raw Underground, an underground fight club hosted by Shane McMahon, and attacked all the competitors involved as well as the spectators while proclaiming that they had taken over Raw Underground.[10]

Members
Name Tenure
MVP (leader) May 11, 2020 – present
Bobby Lashley May 11, 2020 – present
Lana May 11, 2020 – June 15, 2020
Shelton Benjamin July 20, 2020 – present

Championships and accomplishments

References
  1. Powell, Jason (May 18, 2020). "5/18 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vs. King Corbin in a non-title match, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross vs. The IIconics for the WWE Women's Tag Titles, Edge's response to Randy Orton, the axe-tossing contest between the Street Profits and Viking Raiders". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. Garretson, Jordan (June 14, 2020). "WWE Champion Drew McIntyre def. Bobby Lashley". WWE. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  3. Powell, Jason (June 14, 2020). "WWE Backlash results: Powell's review of Edge vs. Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre vs. Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship, Asuka vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship, Braun Strowman vs. The Miz and John Morrison for the WWE Universal Championship, Jeff Hardy vs. Sheamus". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  4. Powell, Jason (June 15, 2020). "6/15 WWE Raw Results: Powell's live review of Asuka vs. Nia Jax for the Raw Women's Championship, Ric Flair's appearance, Drew McIntyre and R-Truth vs. Bobby Lashley and MVP, Randy Orton's opening segment, Dominick Mysterio accepting Seth Rollins' invitation". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
  5. Tees, David. "WWE Raw 6/22/20 Results: 3 Title Matches, While Dolph Ziggler & Rey Mysterio Make Their Raw Returns". Fightful. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  6. Tees, David. "WWE Raw 7/6/20 Results: Champion vs. Champion, Several Returns & A New US Title Belt Is Revealed". Fightful. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
  7. Powell, Jason (July 19, 2020). "WWE Extreme Rules results: Powell's review of Seth Rollins vs. Rey Mysterio in An Eye For An Eye match, WWE Universal Champion Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt in a non-title Swamp Fight, Asuka vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship, Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler for the WWE Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  8. Tees, David. "WWE Raw 7/20/20 Results: An Unsanctioned Match, Mustafa Ali Returns & Sane vs. Bayley". Fightful. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. Lambert, Jeremy. "Mustafa Ali Returns On WWE Raw, Shelton Benjamin Joins The Hurt Business". Fightful. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  10. Tees, David. "WWE Raw 8/3/20 Results: Two Title Matches, Raw Underground Debuts & A Riott Squad Reunion". Fightful. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  11. "WWE 24/7 Championship". WWE. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
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