In the second-to-last match three years ago at WrestleMania 35, as the crowd anxiously awaited the coronation of Becky Lynch as “The Man,” Bobby Lashley defended the intercontinental title against Finn Bálor.
Adorned in full “Demon” regalia, Bálor won and the match lasted barely four minutes. Despite possessing an action figure look and powerful in-ring approach, it appeared Lashley had hit his ceiling in WWE. Except it never appeared that way to him.
“After the match with Finn, I knew there was so much more in front of me,” Lashley says. “I was going to scrape and crawl if I needed to because I was going to be WWE champion.