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• MVP Calls Out Infamous WWE WrestleMania Promo As Overtly Racist

AEW’s MVP called out an infamous WWE WrestleMania storyline as overtly racist while discussing the need to eliminate racist characters from modern-day wrestling. Speaking on a recent episode of his Marking Out podcast, former WWE and current AEW star Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) discussed which cheap heat topics wrestlers should avoid on the mic to […] The post MVP Calls Out Infamous...2026
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• MVP Explains How Wrestlers Should Handle Injury Stoppages Without Losing Crowd
In the Latest Update tied to AEW News and broader Wrestling Rumors about in-ring safety protocols, Montel Vontavious Porter offered insight into how performers can maintain audience engagement during a ringside concussion check or injury pause. Speaking on his Marking Out podcast, the AEW on-screen manager and occasional competitor discussed how momentum can be preserved […] The post MVP Exp...2026
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• MVP Explains Why Valentine’s Day Is Pointless

Montel Vontavious Porter isn’t buying into the Valentine’s Day hype. During a recent conversation on his podcst, the former WWE and AEW star made it clear he doesn’t believe romance ......2026
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• MVP Says Hallmark Should Promote “Steak and BJ Day” More for the Fellas

Montel Vontavious Porter isn’t just questioning Valentine’s Day — he’s also calling out what he sees as a marketing imbalance. During the same conversation where he dismissed February 14 as ......2026
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• MVP Explains Why Social Media Promotion Should Be Part of Wrestling Contracts

Montel Vontavious Porter has no issue promoting AEW shows on social media without getting a dime for it—but that doesn’t mean other wrestlers shouldn’t demand a check. On his podcast, ......2026
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• MVP Defends the Paul Brothers’ Rise as Logan Becomes WWE Mainstay
Love them or hate them, Logan and Jake Paul continue to force their way into conversations across sports and entertainment, and according to Montel Vontavious Porter, that’s no accident. Speaking on his Marking Out podcast, the WWE veteran explained why dismissing the Paul brothers outright ignores the work they’ve put in to succeed far beyond […] The post MVP Defends the Paul Brothers’ Rise...2026
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• MVP Explains How Wrestlers Should Handle Injury Stoppages Without Losing Crowd
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• AEW moves closer to Ricochet vs. Ospreay in Continental Classic finals

TBS Tonight’s Winter is Coming edition of AEW Dynamite featured two matches in the Continental Classic Tournament’s Gold League. First up was the second-ever singles match between Will Ospreay and Claudio Castagnoli. Castagnoli came into the match as the Gold League leader. Ospreay came out looking for a quick pinfall victory, but ended up taking a lot of punishment from Claudio, who targe...2024
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• Dynamite live results, open thread: Full Gear fallout

@TonyKhan Here’s a place to check results and comment along with a new episode of AEW Dynamite, airing live tonight (Nov. 27) at 8 p.m. Eastern / 5 p.m. Pacific on TBS. As they always do on Thanksgiving Eve, AEW Dynamitewill be coming our way from WinTrust Arena in Chicago with the first new episode of television since last Saturday’s Full Gear PPV! Get ready with our preview for the show...2024
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• The Hurt Syndicate makes a statement as Lashley sleeps Swerve

Triller TV The Hurt Syndicate had plans for Bobby Lashley’s first AEW PPV match, where he was facing former World champion Swerve Strickland at Full Gear. Montell Vontavious Porter had already seen one of his group, Shelton Benjamin, lose to Strickland. So while Lashley was dominating his match on Nov. 23, he declined to cover Swerve after several moves that almost certainly would have end...2024
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• Lashley vs. Swerve and more added to AEW Full Gear card

@AEW Dynamite had only been on the air a few minutes tonight (Nov. 6), and AEW had already added two matches to the card for Full Gear later this month in Newark, New Jersey. The show-opening promo from The Hurt Syndicate was crashed by Swerve Strickland, looking for some payback after Montel Vontavious Porter called in Bobby Lashley to take Swerve out last week. Officials kept the former ...2024
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• Bobby Lashley: WWE’s booking of the Hurt Business was ‘kind of a spit in the face’

WWE.com Even before Montell Vontavious Porter and Shelton Benjamin debuted for AEW as The Hurt Syndicate — the long-rumored new iteration of The Hurt Business, their popular pandemic-era WWE faction with Bobby Lashley & Cedric Alexander — it’s been expected that Lashley would join them. That feels closer than ever (our money is on next week’s Dynamite, when Benjamin will wrestle Swerve Str...2024
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• Dynamite 5th Anniversary recap & reactions: Rematches & surprises

AEW’s YouTube AEW Dynamite (Oct. 2, 2024) emanated from Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, PA. The 5th anniversary special featured Bryan Danielson winning the rubber match over Kazuchika Okada, Konosuke Takeshita ruining the rematch between Will Ospreay and Ricochet, the return of Jay White, the arrival of Shelton Benjamin, and more. Catch up on all the details with the excellent play-...2024
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• Dynamite Grand Slam recap & reactions: Bryan Danielson declares war

AEW’s YouTube AEW Dynamite (Sep. 25, 2024) emanated from Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, NY. The Grand Slam special featured Bryan Danielson declaring war on Jon Moxley, Nigel McGuinness being put to the test, the Young Bucks cheating to keep gold, Hook retiring the FTW title, a surprise appearance from MVP, and more. Catch up on all the details with the excellent play-by-play from Claire E...2024
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• Bobby Lashley teases epic return amid uncertain future

Bobby Lashley - Instagram Bobby Lashley is preparing for a big return to pro wrestling. On his Instagram page, the former WWE Champion posted a workout video with a caption that read, “Minor setback for a major comeback!” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bobby Lashley (@bobbylashley) Lashley hasn’t wrestled or appeared on television since Ma...2024
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• MVP says Triple H said ‘no’ to bringing The Hurt Business Back

MVP’s Instagram The Hurt Business, a faction consisting of Montell Vontavious Porter, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander, was a featured act in WWE during the empty arena/ThunderDome shows that took place during the pandemic. They were broken up in early 2021, briefly reunited later that year, and split for good in 2022. Fans have repeatedly called for the group to be re-f...2024
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"MVP race: AL 1) Mike Trout 2) Mike Trout 3) Mike Trout 4) Mike Trout 5) Montel Vontavious Porter— High Heat Stats MLB (@HighHeatStats) August 9, 2015 Trout went into Thursday leading the league in adjusted OPS (180, which would be the highest of his already dashing career), isolated power (."

• MVP Explains How Wrestlers Should Handle Injury Stoppages Without Losing Crowd
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• Lashley already changed his vote on MJF’s Hurt Syndicate membership

@AEW The All Mighty has had enough of Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s ‘me first’ attitude... His mentor Montell Vontavious Porter was always on board, and it only took a few bribes for Maxwell Jacob Friedman to get Shelton Benjamin to vote for him to be a part of The Hurt Syndicate. But Bobby Lashley held out for weeks, and seemed reluctant to give MJF his thumbs up right until the end. Tonight (...2025
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• MJF gets Lashley’s thumbs up, is still probably getting his butt kicked

@AEW The All Mighty finally agreed to let MJF join The Hurt Syndicate, but there’s still another step before it’s official... Top Flight tried to get an AEW Tag title opportunity last week, but Maxwell Jacob Friedman used Darius & Dante Martin to prove to The Hurt Syndicate that he can hurt people, too. It wasn’t enough to get an immediate answer from lone Syndicate holdout Bobby Lashley, ...2025
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• Bobby Lashley won’t let MJF join The Hurt Syndicate

@AEW At least not on the March 26 AEW Dynamite. Will MVP be able to get The All Mighty to accept his newest recruit? Montell Vontavious Porter gave his old friend Maxwell Jacob Friedman a Hurt Syndicate business card a couple weeks ago, offering to help MJF find the fire he’d seemingly lost. After a couple weeks to think about it, Friedman called MVP to the ring tonight (March 26) on Dynam...2025
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• MJF will have an answer for MVP on next week’s Dynamite

@AEW The Hurt Syndicate boss made him an offer last week, and Max will mull it over some more before getting back to him. Last week on AEW Dynamite, Maxwell Jacob Friedman was trying to no sell his loss to Hangman Page at Revolution when his old friend Montell Vontavious Porter approached him with an offer. It wasn’t explicitly presented as MJF joining The Hurt Syndicate, but that seemed t...2025
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• MJF/Hurt Syndicate alliance imminent?

@AEW MVP didn’t like the way his old friend was handling his loss to Hangman Page at AEW Revolution, so he offered him his business card... As promised, Maxwell Jacob Friedman had words for us on the Mar. 12 Dynamite. There were no signs of the MJF who broke down in the ring at Revolution this past Sunday, upset that AEW fans forgave Hangman Page but not him. He was looking to move past hi...2025
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• AEW just made Ricochet look like a total dork

@AEW Not long after Montell Vontavious Porter debuted with AEW, he offered Ricochet one of his business cards. Ric soon said he was focused on handling his own business in his new home... but he held onto MVP’s card. Ricochet’s flashed it on occasion as if he’s still considering placing a call to join the Hurt Syndicate, all while dressing sharper and sharper. With a big match against Will...2024
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• Tony Khan: ‘Most of the top Black wrestlers in the world are now in AEW’

AEW’s YouTube AEW owner, president & head of creative Tony Khan is doing media this week to promote Saturday’s Full Gear PPV. During a visit to CHGO Sports, Khan was commended by co-host Big Dave for the success Black wrestlers like Swerve Strickland, The Hurt Syndicate, Ricochet and Lio Rush are currently having in his promotion. Dave, a Black man, asked TK if that was a conscious choice ...2024
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• Tony Khan signs Bobby Lashley to an AEW contract hours before Dynamite

@TonyKhan Bobby Lashley made his AEW debut at the end of last week’s Dynamite, joining his old WWE Hurt Business teammates Montell Vontavious Porter and Shelton Benjamin to take out Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana. While promoting this week’s new episode of Dynamite, which will feature the trio who are now calling themselves The Hurt Syndicate, AEW’s X/Twitter account tried to create so...2024
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• MJF is already out of The Hurt Syndicate

@AEW AEW revealed that the group always knew Max was full of it, but let him in for MVP. Now, Shelton Benjamin’s had enough. Last week on Dynamite, The Hurt Syndicate had a “come to Jesus” meeting with their newest member, Maxwell Jacob Friedman. Fed up with MJF believing they were there to assist him win the AEW World title, Bobby Lashley voted Max out of the group. As we learned during h...2025
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• Lashley already changed his vote on MJF’s Hurt Syndicate membership
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• The Hurt Syndicate reveal their All In Texas plans

@AEW Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin will defend the tag belts... if the team they destroyed tonight can walk by July 12. MJF has his own idea... We were promised an appearance by The Hurt Syndicate tonight (June 25) on Dynamite. It came after JetSpeed defeated Ricochet & AR Fox, thanks in large part to Ric conning Fox into being his partner and then leaving him hanging in the ring. But t...2025
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• MJF gets Lashley’s thumbs up, is still probably getting his butt kicked
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• MJF proves he can hurt people, still doesn’t get an answer from Lashley

@AEW Maxwell Jacob Friedman’s quest to join Hurt Syndicate will last another week, even after he bloodied up Top Flight to prove himself to the All Mighty. After weeks of trying to buy his way into The Hurt Syndicate with women, watches and even a sports car, last Wednesday Bobby Lashley finally told Maxwell Jacob Friedman what he’d need to do to earn a spot on his team with Shelton Benja...2025
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• Lashley makes it very clear what MJF needs to do to join The Hurt Syndicate

@AEW The All Mighty continues to withhold his support for Max’s membership, but he finally told the Scumbag how to get a thumbs up. For the past several weeks, Maxwell Jacob Friedman has been trying to essentially buy his way into The Hurt Syndicate. His friend Montell Vontavious Porter has been in his corner from the start, but it took a carload of sex workers to convince Shelton Benjami...2025
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• MJF couldn’t buy his way into The Hurt Syndicate with women or watches

Ryan Loco for All Elite Wrestling That, and other clips from April 16’s record-setting Spring BreakThru episode of AEW Dynamite — right here. Gates of Agony gave The Hurt Syndicate a heck of a fight in their AEW Tag title clash on the April 16 Spring BreakThru-edition of Dynamite, a fun battle featuring some meaty men doing you know what. The outcome was never in doubt though, and the cham...2025
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• Bobby Lashley won’t let MJF join The Hurt Syndicate
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• Meaty challenge awaits The Hurt Syndicate after their first Tag title defense

Lee South for All Elite Wrestling The Gunns returned to AEW last Wednesday, and immediately confronted Montell Vontavious Porter and his Hurt Syndicate associates Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin. That got them a shot at Lashley & Benjamin’s freshly won Tag titles on this week’s Dynamite. Austin & Colten gave them a fight, but were no match for The Syndicate — especially not with the Austi...2025
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• MJF gets Lashley’s thumbs up, is still probably getting his butt kicked
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• MJF couldn’t buy his way into The Hurt Syndicate with women or watches
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• Meaty challenge awaits The Hurt Syndicate after their first Tag title defense
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• The Gunns are back, and getting an AEW Tag title shot

@AEW Last week, AEW told us that Austin & Colten Gunn were on their way back to the promotion. Tonight (Feb. 5), the former Tag champs returned. It happened during a segment with the recently crowned current Tag champs. The Hurt Syndicate’s Montell Vontavious Porter was in the ring with titleholders Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin. MVP put over Private Party — the duo his guys beat for th...2025
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• Dynamite live results, open thread: Full Gear fallout
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• Tony Khan signs Bobby Lashley to an AEW contract hours before Dynamite
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• Swerve is back... will he be joining MVP’s new crew in AEW?

Triller TV At WrestleDream tonight (Oct. 12) in his hometown of Tacoma, Washington, Swerve Strickland returned to AEW for the first time since losing to Hangman Page in the Lights Out Steel Cage main event of All Out. The former World champion said he was still feeling the effects of that match, but he is cleared to get back in the ring. Before he could lay out his plans, Montell Vontaviou...2024
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• Dynamite 5th Anniversary recap & reactions: Rematches & surprises
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• Dynamite Grand Slam recap & reactions: Bryan Danielson declares war
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• Mike Trout's MVP Road Should Be Easier Than Expected in 2015
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• Bobby Lashley returned to talk (hurt?) business with Street Profits
WWE.com When last we saw former WWE champ Bobby Lashley, he was losing to AJ Styles in the tournament to crown a new World Heavyweight champion back on the May 12 SmackDown. He’s wrestled a handful of house show matches over the past couple months, but hadn’t appeared on television... until last night (July 14). On the latest edition of WWE’s blue brand, we saw Triple Crown Tag champs Stre...2023
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• Bully Ray Recalls How He Convinced Dixie Carter To Do Infamous Table Spot
Bully Ray explains his pitch to put Dixie Carter through a table nearly a decade ago. In early 2014, TNA President Dixie Carter found herself in a precarious position as MVP (Montel Vontavious Porter) sought to seize control of the company. This power struggle then culminated at Lockdown as Carter rallied a team together to […] The post Bully Ray Recalls How He Convinced Dixie Carter To Do I...2023
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• MVP Says Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior Were “Terrible Wrestlers”—But Still Stars

Montel Vontavious Porter isn’t sugarcoating the truth about why some wrestlers never get to the top. During a conversation on the Marking Out podcast, MVP explained why technical skill alone ......2025
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• MVP’s big announcement brings Shelton Benjamin to AEW

@AEW Montell Vontavious Porter arrived in AEW last Wednesday at Grand Slam. For his second appearance on Dynamite’s Fifth Anniversary show, MVP said he had a “big announcement”. But first, he had a business card for New Japan Strong Women’s & AEW TBS champion Mercedes Moné... TBS Champion & NJPW Strong Women's Champion Mercedes Moné & MVP talk big business?!Watch #AEWDynamite's 5th Anniv...2024
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• AEW Locker Room Setup Revealed: Private Rooms for Top Stars and The “Blue Room” Explained

AEW may pride itself on being a more laid-back alternative to WWE, but when it comes to the locker room, there’s still a pecking order in place. Montel Vontavious Porter ......2025
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• MVP – ‘Bianca Belair Has Earned My Respect’
Bianca Belair has earned the respect of MVP. For those unaware, Belair has been RAW Women’s Champion for 360 days. MVP’s US Championship reign lasted 343 days, which now means Bianca is the longest reigning black champion in the history of WWE. Speaking on WWE’s “After the Bell with Corey Graves” podcast, Montel Vontavious Porter […] The post MVP – ‘Bianca Belai...2023
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• Tony Khan signs Bobby Lashley to an AEW contract hours before Dynamite
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• MVP says he has zero respect for Triple H, but it has nothing to do with race

WWE.com The industry veteran and current AEW star is once again addressing his issues with the man running WWE creative. Around this time last year, Montell Vontavious Porter made headlines for some comments he shared about the end of The Hurt Business’ WWE run. In those, MVP said it was current WWE creative chief Paul “Triple H” Levesque who chose not to reunite the group in that company ...2025
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• The Gunns are back, and getting an AEW Tag title shot
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• The Hurt Syndicate are coming for Private Party’s AEW Tag titles

@AEW Zay & Quen brought out the velvet rope and their bouncer for a Private Party on stage during the Jan. 8 episode of Dynamite. The AEW Tag champs were celebrating making history by successfully retaining their belts in the first tag title match simulcast on Max and TNT. They were excited when Montell Vontavious Porter, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin asked to join the party. After ...2025
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• AEW moves closer to Ricochet vs. Ospreay in Continental Classic finals
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• Watch now: 4th Rope unveils exciting highlights from Heels Have Eyes 3

4thrope The promotion founded by rapper Westside Gunn has released a highlight reel from its latest event, hinting at more to come. Fourth Rope, the pro wrestling promotion created by rapper and lifelong fan Westside Gunn, just dropped a highlight reel from its latest event. On Nov. 2, Fourth Rope (also styled as 4th Rope) took over the UIC Dorin Forum at the University of Illinois Chicago...2024
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• MVP begins training for his return to the ring after leaving WWE

Montel Vontavious Porter is currently a free agent after his WWE contract expired this summer. MVP hasn’t wrestled a match in over two years and is turning 51 years old next month. He may be approaching his in-ring retirement, but he’s not quite there yet. Here he is training for a return to the ring and taking his first bump in a very long time: View this post on Instagram ...2024
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• Bobby Lashley teases epic return amid uncertain future
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• MVP challenges Josh Barnett at Bloodsport XI, hints at leaving WWE

@FiteTV ‘My contract with a company who I won’t mention right now is about to expire,’ said MVP. Montel Vontavious Porter showed up at Game Changer Wrestling (GCW) on Sunday during Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport XI amid reports of his impending departure from WWE. And he came looking for a fight. After Barnett’s victory over Bad Dude Tito, MVP entered the ring and spoke about his relationship w...2024
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• Lashley makes it very clear what MJF needs to do to join The Hurt Syndicate
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• MJF couldn’t buy his way into The Hurt Syndicate with women or watches
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• The Hurt Syndicate are coming for Private Party’s AEW Tag titles
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• Dynamite 5th Anniversary recap & reactions: Rematches & surprises
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