Shelton Benjamin Is a Guaranteed HOFer! Shawn Michaels Match, His Mama, Brock Lesnar

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Shelton Benjamin (@sheltyb803) is a professional wrestler currently signed to WWE. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at the Blue Wire Studios at Wynn Las Vegas to talk about his incredible career that started when he signed with WWE in 2000. He discusses being training partner with Brock Lesnar, what Brock is really like outside of the ring, being part of the legendary OVW class of 2002 with Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Dave Bautista, John Cena and Rico, his iconic match with Shawn Michaels on Raw in 2005, how they came up with the idea for the springboard into a Sweet Chin Music, the voting for Taboo Tuesday that lead to being Chris Jericho's legit surprise opponent, being part of Team Angle with Charlie Haas, working with Chavo and Eddie Guerrero early in his career, the story behind Shelton's Mama storyline, Shawn Michaels saying he has a guaranteed spot in the WWE Hall of Fame, who he would like to induct him and much more!
00:00 Intro
00:26 Shelton doesn't age!
01:17 What does his workout split look like?
03:07 Shawn Michaels said he has a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame
06:43 Who does he want to induct him?
08:14 How did he start amateur wrestling?
13:10 What are his amateur wrestling accomplishments?
13:45 Memories of training with Brock Lesnar
17:11 What is Brock Lesnar really like?
18:31 Memories of the OVW class of 2002
21:41 Does he feel like he’s underrated?
23:30 How many more years will he wrestle?
24:10 Wrestling HBK on Raw in 2005
29:11 Memories of wrestling Chris Jericho
30:16 Was the voting for Taboo Tuesday legit?
34:16 Memories of working with Los Guerreros
40:09 Working with the best wrestlers of all time
41:36 Alpha Academy comparisons to Team Angle
42:50 The story behind casting Shelton’s Mama
49:40 How did he become the gold standard?
55:37 People missing his entrance theme
56:54 Did he think he’d return to WWE after going to Japan?
58:19 Memories of his time in The Hurt Business
1:01:06 Does he think about life after wrestling?
1:06:15 What has allowed him his success?
1:10:52 3 Things Shelton Benjamin is grateful for
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