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Update On Bobby Lashley’s Future, Possibly Heading To Strikeforce
Bobby Lashley is currently under contract to Prize Fight Promotions, but they have continually delayed his proposed fight with Ron Waterman. Prize Fight Promotions is currently negotiating to transfer his contract to Strikeforce. It is not a done deal, but is expected to go through and there are reports that Strikeforce wants him to fight on the November 7th CBS show.
Strikeforce has previously had interest in Lashley, but throwing him onto CBS is the opposite of what they had planned. The company had originally wanted to bring in Lashley, and debut him on the Strikeforce Challengers events, where he would face progressively tougher opponents. The feeling with debuting him on CBS is that from a curiosity and ratings standpoint, it would mean more.
TNA wants to promote Lashley’s fights on their TV show to make him a huge cross over star. Srikeforce, unlike UFC, would work with TNA, due to the fact that TNA can promote the Lashley fights to roughly 1.5 million fans weekly. They would also not have a problem with Lashley wrestling.
Credit: Dave Meltzer
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