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Bobby Lashley

American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

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Also known as Franklin Lashley · Franklin Robert Lashley · Franklin Roberto Lashley

Born: July 16, 1976
Birthplace: Junction City
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: actor
, professional wrestler(since 1999)
, mixed martial arts fighter
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Education: Missouri Valley College
Height: 191 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Franklin Roberto "Bobby" Lashley is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Hurt Syndicate and is formerly one-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions with stablemate Shelton Benjamin. He is best known for his tenures in WWE, while also being known for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). As a mixed martial artist, Lashley competed for Bellator MMA and Strikeforce.

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: American Top Team
Given name: Bobby
Birth name: Bobby lashley Simba
Mass: 129 kg
Family name: Lashley
Country for sport: United States
Sport: mixed martial arts
professional wrestling
Start of work period: 2005
Social media followers: 258,719(February 6, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31133860
218,690(March 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31133860
170,853(January 6, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31133860
165,667(April 19, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 31133860
Name in native language: Bobby Lashley
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Military branch: United States Army(1999–2002)
Military, police or special rank: Sergeant
Member of political party: Republican Party

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