Bobby Lashley Height Weight Bra Size Age Biography Family Wiki Net Worth, Affairs, Marriage & much more. Franklin Roberto Lashley (born July 16, 1976) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Bobby Lashley.
During Lashley’s first tenure with WWE, he was a two-time ECW World Champion and one-time United States Champion. Lashley is also known for his work in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling, where he was a four-time TNA/Impact World Champion, a one-time X Division Champion, and one-time and final King of the Mountain Champion. After returning to WWE in 2018, Lashley would become a two-time Intercontinental Champion. Between WWE and TNA/Impact, Lashley has won a total of eleven championships, six of those eleven being world championships, and has also headlined multiple pay-per-view events.
Early life
Franklin Roberto Lashley was born the son of a United States Army drill sergeant with three older sisters; the family occasionally moved from one military base to another during his childhood. While his father was stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas, Lashley attended Fort Riley Middle School where he was introduced to amateur wrestling in seventh grade as an off-season alternative to football. He later graduated from Junction City High School, where he continued to wrestle. Lashley attended Missouri Valley College, where in 1996, 1997 and 1998, he was the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Wrestling Champion in the 177 lbs category and in 1999 he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in human-service agency management and recreation administration. As of 2015, Lashley had a sister still on active service in the United States Air Force and he himself followed his father into the army after college, where he continued to compete in amateur wrestling in the army’s World Class Athlete Program. During three years in the Army, Lashley won a gold and silver medal in the International Military Sports Council senior freestyle wrestling event.
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In 2003, Lashley was living and training in Colorado Springs, with the goal of qualifying for Team USA to wrestle at the 2004 Olympic Games. While a witness to a bank robbery, Lashley was forced to dive for cover to avoid gunfire, during which he suffered an injury to his knee that required surgery. This ended his amateur career.
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Personal life
Lashley has a daughter, Kyra, who was born in 2005. He dated former WWE Diva Kristal Marshall, with whom he has a son named Myles in July 2008 and a daughter named Naomi born in 2011. In April 2010, Kristal confirmed on Twitter that she and Lashley had split.
Lashley has also been involved in several business ventures. In 2007, Lashley opened up a shop that sells health smoothies. In July 2009, Lashley announced the launch of The Lashley Network. The Lashley Network of websites comprises his official gym, his official nutrition store, and his social networking website. In a press release for the launch he stated that he is keeping his name out in the television media and on the internet so he can reach his goal of being the top fighter in MMA. In March 2010, Lashley announced the grand opening of his new gym in the Denver, Colorado area titled American Top Team Altitude. The facility will serve as a gym such as popular chain Gold’s Gym and will also showcase MMA events. In May 2010, Lashley announced the opening of his new MMA Management company Lashley Management. Lashley, along with co-founder Judith Sussman, represents current and future mixed martial artists.
| Professional record breakdown | hide | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 matches | 15 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 4 | 1 |
| By submission | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 3 | 1 |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The Way of War | Tattooed Hispanic Man | |
| 2010 | Beatdown | Lucius | |
| 2011 | Blood Out | Hector | |
| Walk-ins Welcome | Felix |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Deal or No Deal | Himself | |
| 2016 | Rush Hour | Bar Thug |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Nightmare | Kasland | Asylum Orderly |
