Bobby Lashley ‘OUT of WWE Title match with Brock Lesnar at Madison Square Garden’ & set to miss WrestleMania with injury
BOBBY LASHLEY has been reportedly pulled from his WWE Title match with Brock Lesnar and looks set to miss WrestleMania through injury.
The Almighty lost the championship at last week’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
He was forced out of the match in a TV storyline when Seth Rollins launched Austin Theory through his pod with a Buckle Bomb, which caused concussion.
Lesnar would go on to claim the belt and set-up a title-vs-title match at WrestleMania 38 against Universal Champion Roman Reigns.
However, before that epic showdown, the Beast Incarnate faced a huge roadblock after he was scheduled to make a defence against Lashley.
That was due to take place at Madison Square Garden on March 5 at a WWE Live Event.
But it has now emerged that the 45-year-old star has been suffering a shoulder injury since originally beating Lesnar at the Royal Rumble in January.
And he was in Birmingham, Alabama on Monday at the Andrew Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center to meet with WWE doctors about it.
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Now he has been removed from advertising for the MSG bash after being seemingly pulled from the event.
However, Reigns’ official advocate Paul Heyman has already stated that he will find a suitable replacement should Lashley be unable to compete.
Former WWE writer Kazeem Famuyide has also reported a further update on the situation - and if true it means that the powerhouse is set to miss out on WrestleMania in April.
He said: '”He was shoot hurt at the Lesnar match at the Rumble. From what I’m told, it’s for at least four months. Shoulder surgery.
“I’m hearing that he might not even make it to Mania.”