What WWE accolade does current AEW star Shelton Benjamin desire?
In the past few weeks, former WWE tag-team Champion Shelton Benjamin made his way into AEW and paired up with former manager, MVP. Soon enough, he found himself involved in feuds against Lio Rush, Sammy Guevara, and will face Swerve Strickland next at Fright Night Dynamite.
However, despite his current status as an All-Elite wrestler, Benjamin hopes to earn this prestigious WWE accolade one day. During his recent interview with Gabby LaSpisa of the Gabby AF podcast, Benjamin answered a question about a future WWE Hall of Fame induction.
It would be a nice touch to the end of a long career. Will it happen? Shawn Michaels said they would hold a spot open for me and things like that. I’d like to think I made a big enough contribution to the business that I would go in. I would love that. I’m a bit of a WWE product. I was discovered by them. I was trained by them. Most people know me from them. It’s not a situation where, because I’m with AEW now, I am anti-WWE. I am absolutely not that.
I do not believe in tribalism as a performer between companies. Whether I’m wrestling for WWE, AEW, IMPACT, New Japan, I’m wrestling. This is what I do and this is my craft. If I can’t apply my craft on place, I go to another. As a performer, there is no time for tribalism. I have so many friends in companies, it makes no sense for me to hate on them.”
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Believing it to be a perfect conclusion to his career, Benjamin also named whom he wants to be inducted by at the ceremony.
Who Will Induct Shelton Benjamin At The WWE Hall Of Fame Ceremony?
Benjamin has enjoyed an illustrative career at the Stamford-based promotion and shares a past with several stars. Speaking at the same interview, he also named who would induct him at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.
Probably, my first thought, Kurt Angle. That’s my first thought for induction. Now, possibly MVP. Arn Anderson. Gerald Brisco. People that really helped me get there. There are a few candidates, but number one would be Kurt. He helped introduce me to the world and his name helped catapult me to the immediate public eye and notoriety. That would be my first choice.”
In a new interview, Shelton Benjamin looks to achieve a first-time-ever accolade.
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