Bobby Lashley came into the limelight after signing with WWE in 2005 where he appeared on the SmackDown brand and became a one-time United States Champion. After being drafted to the ECW brand the following year, Lashley became a two-time ECW World Champion, the first African-American to hold the championship.
Franklin Roberto Lashley is an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and armed forces, veteran. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the RAW brand under the ring name Bobby Lashley. Lashley is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling (TNA/Impact), as well as his mixed martial arts career in Bellator MMA and Strikeforce.
He was also a one-time X Division Champion and the final King of the Mountain Champion. After returning to WWE in 2018, he was assigned to the Raw brand, becoming a two-time Intercontinental Champion and winning a second United States Championship. He ultimately won his first WWE Championship, becoming the third African-American to hold the WWE Championship.
Bobby Lashley was born on 16th July 1976 in Junction City, Kansas, the U.S.A. His parents named him Franklin Roberto Lashley at the time of his birth. He holds an American nationality and belongs to the Afro-American ethnicity with Panamian ancestry. Cancer is his star sign. He is a follower of Christianity.
Lashley was born into a well-to-do family. His father was a U.S. Army drill sergeant. His parents got divorced when he was still a child. Therefore, he grew up in a single-parent household with a mother, Clara Lashley only. He has three older sisters named Cathy, Frances, and Jessica.
While his father was stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas, Lashley attended Fort Riley Middle School. He later graduated from Junction City High School. After his high school graduation, He attended Missouri Valley College where he earned a bachelor's degree in human-service agency management and recreation administration in 1999.
Bobby Lashley is currently married to the gorgeous WWE diva Lana. Their marriage was actually going to take place on 30th December 2019 in the final RAW episode but the ceremony was interrupted multiple times by their respective ex-spouses and former lovers.
However, the couple managed to complete the ceremony on the next episode of RAW on January 6 to become Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lashley. Actor Rick Malone officiated the wedding. As the wedding concluded, Lana professed to be excited to start her life with Bobby Lashley.
Meanwhile, her ex-husband Rusev gifted the couple a wedding album that put together pictures of the entire fiasco that took place during the wedding ceremony on December 30.
Previously, Lashley dated former WWE wrestler Kristal Marshall, with whom he had a son named Myles in 2008 and a daughter named Naomi in 2011. He also has a daughter named Kyra born in 2005 but her mother's name is not revealed yet.
As of 2021, the net worth of Bobby Lashley is estimated to be $4 million. He earns around $1 million in WWE. Besides wrestling, Lashley has been involved in multiple businesses. He started a health smoothie shop in 2007. He also owns an MMA gym in Aurora, CO named American Top Team Altitude and a nutrition store.
Lashley partnered with Judith Sussman and established Lashley Management, an MMA Management firm that represents current and upcoming fighters. In addition, he has multiple rental properties, some investments in CBD companies, and a bunch of stocks. Despite wrestling for WWE, Lashley is still under contract with Bellator MMA. He also has an endorsement deal with Canadian supplement company Nutrabolics.
Bobby Lashley is 6 ft 3 inches tall and his body weight is 125 Kg. Being a wrestler, he has a huge muscular body like that of a bodybuilder. He consumes a lot of nutrition and protein to maintain his incredible body.
He has a pair of dark brown eyes. He is a bald guy but he still looks handsome. He prefers to go to the gym every day and does heavy exercises like weight lifting, squats, deadlifts, shoulder press, bench press. His body measures 52-36-18 inches (Chest-Waist-Biceps).
He has undergone knee and shoulder surgery.