Interview Highlights Bobby Lashley comments on leaving WWE, his relationship with the McMahons, Michael Hayes May 19, 2008 - 10:03 AM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing Voice of Wrestling with Bobby Lashley Hosts: Chris Cash and Nick "The Man of 1,000 Names" -Available at to Stream (Using Real Player) at WrestleZone.com. Bobby Lashley on leaving WWE: "You were waiting for a big return and I was waiting for a big return also...in December, I was ready to go...it was a month before the Rumble, so I thought that was going to be the time I came out....I called in, I was trying to find out what's going on, when am I coming back...and I guess, the person in charge of bringing me back was not ready for me to come back...and without speculation as to who that was, the person in charge at the time of writing me back into the show was Michael Hayes...he said he didn't have anything for me...to make a long story short, or this is what we're going to say, I decided not to come back because I was going to pursue other interests".   On Kristal Marshall being one of the reasons: "I think that story was leaked from somebody that wanted to make me look back or wanted to cause some conspiracy...Kristal was involved with her own storylines, she was involved with her own thing and I think that people were trying to say that I had something to do with it or I didn't want her to do a particular thing and that wasn't the case. I even called and had a long conversation with Stephanie McMahon around that time when these things were coming out...Kristal spoke with her also...I basically told her that I didn't know if people were coming to you saying, 'Bobby wants this' or 'Bobby wants that'...I said don't think that I had anything to do with her decisions of anything she wants to do"   On Kristal being released: "She was all ready to go with anything they wanted her to do and I don't know what the actual situation is as to why they decided to release [her] or why she decided to leave, but it had nothing to do with me saying I didn't want her to do anything."   On bad blood between Lashley and WWE: "With who, I guess that's more of the question, because there's some people I didn't even talk to when it came time for asking for my release. I didn't talk to Vince (McMahon), I didn't talk to Shane (McMahon)—two people in which I had a great deal of respect for and I talk to quite a bit...so I can't say I had any bad blood with Vince, I didn't have any bad blood with Shane. I don't even know if the fact of my asking for my release even made it up that far or why I wanted the release even made it up that far...so bad blood...not with everybody, but I don't care so much to even talk to or about some of the people that are in the organization."   On suspended Smackdown lead writer Michael Hayes: "It's unlikely that you guys bring up the one person that I would rather not even talk about...sure, I could have had some dealings with him in the past...I'm not even sure if he was supposed to be the person writing me in [back into the show], I was told that...and it fits perfectly...so whether I had bad blood with him, I can tell you I personally don't like the guy."   Click here" to read the rest of the article where Bobby Lashley is asked whether or not he thinks Michael Hayes is a racist, his overall WWE experience, his limited mic skills, and much more! BOOKMARK DOT NET AND ADD US TO YOUR RSS • HELP DOT NET: TAKE OUR ADVERTISER DEMO SURVEY CLICK TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY Interview Highlights Latest Twelve Articles Tito Santana recalls working with a rookie WWE Hall of Famer in his first match, his post-wrestling career as a teacher, Ultimate Warrior's negativity Juventud Guerrera discusses his career in Mexico, interest in returning to WWE and TNA, says Konnan is a "very conflicted guy" Chris Jericho says, "I'm the one that calls the shots, not the fans," discusses his feud with Shawn Michaels, overhauling his character, his next book Shawn Daivari (a/k/a Sheik Abdul Bashir) discusses his recent move to TNA, working with Great Muta in Japan, and the possibility of a WWE return Ring of Honor's Roderick Strong recalls being suspended by TNA for working an ROH show, freezing during promos, the independent scene J.J. Dillon reveals his favorite version of the Four Horsemen, taking part in the Ric Flair tribute, WCW business problems, the rise of Vince McMahon and WWE