Jim Ross: Shelton Benjamin Could Fulfill Any Role That We Need Him To In All Elite Wrestling

Jim Ross praises Shelton Benjamin.

Since making his arrival in All Elite Wrestling, Shelton Benjamin has been dominant over the likes of Lio Rush and Sammy Guevara before coming face-to-face with Swerve Strickland where Benjamin put up a hard-fought battle against the former AEW World Champion. A match that impressed Ross who believes Benjamin could fulfill any role in the company.

“Well, possibly. Possibly. He’s physically qualified. Just a matter of how the stories are written and so forth. I’m a big Swerve Strickland fan as well. Those two guys worked really hard [at Fright Night Dynamite], and are reliable talents. They bring something special, they bring a uniqueness to the presentation. But Shelton, maybe his time is coming. That’s all I can say about that. I don’t have any inside information, but I think Shelton could fulfill any role inside the squared circle that we wanted, and he’s a quality human being. You know he’s gonna be there, and you know you’re gonna get great athletic effort. There’s very few people that I’ve ever been around that were as athletic as Shelton Benjamin in a wrestling ring,” Ross said on Grilling JR.

Benjamin was not victorious, but he did distract Strickland enough to have the arrival of Bobby Lashley bring a whole new level of destruction to the roster as part of the Hurt Syndicate.

H/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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