Bobby Lashley Reveals Vince McMahon Made Him Do the Lana Wedding Angle to Help Him Open Up

Bobby Lashley has revealed the real reason Vince McMahon placed him in the infamous 2019 wedding storyline with CJ Perry — and the answer has nothing to do with drama or ratings. Speaking on Good Karma Wrestling, Lashley explained that McMahon’s intention was to force him out of his comfort zone and allow audiences to see a more personal side of him beyond the imposing physical presence they were used to.

“I did the deal where I was married, where me and Lana, that everybody was talking about. We went through the wedding and everything like that. Actually, I was told they wanna put me in there because they wanted me to just relax. Vince at the time, he was saying, ‘I want people to see more of you. I want you to feel uncomfortable so that you can just feel comfortable being uncomfortable, and you have to do those storylines on TV so that you can be able to do that.’ Let somebody in to you, which you wanna keep protected because you don’t wanna be criticized, but sometimes you just gotta open up the floodgates and let everybody in on you,” Lashley said.

Bobby Lashley Says He Now Lets People In and Is Comfortable Being Himself on WWE Television

The lesson clearly stuck. Lashley reflected on how that philosophy has shaped his approach to WWE television ever since. “Right now, that’s what I’ve been doing. I’ve just been letting people in on me. You can see me. I don’t mind being me. I can still beat people up. But I’m the nicest guy you’ll ever meet.” The wedding angle — which included Liv Morgan famously crashing the ceremony — was widely mocked at the time but has since been reassessed as one of the more memorable segments of the era.