Bobby Lashley: You Can't Mentor Young WWE Talent As Much Because "They Think They're Already Good"

Bobby Lashley has revealed he finds it harder to mentor young talent in WWE today "because they think they're already good."

Speaking on the Impaulsive Podcast, Lashley noted he was mentored by the likes of Eddie Guerrero and The Undertaker, but that it's different in the industry today because of the following some talent have from their time in independent wrestling.

"There were a bunch of guys that took me under their wing. When I first started out, I was in the ring with like Booker T, William Regal, (Undertaker) was always there, (Eddie) Guerrero was there, (Chris) Benoit was there. All these different guys when I first came in. I was having feuds with all these guys, they were the best, Kurt Angle was there, so many people, so we were getting mentored the entire time. I was the new kid, they needed me because I had this look like, 'this guy looks crazy so let's do something with him', so I was getting mentored by these guys. It was like, 'you have to learn, going off this guy,'" Lashley said.

"So that's what I did but now... the one thing I do with the guys now is slow them down a bit because right now we're fast paced. Everything's so quick, so we've gotta like, ground them so we can bring the crowd in. That's what I try to do, but a lot of the guys now, they're already kinda stars in their own right because of social media or because of the independents, so when they come up, you can't really mentor them so much because they think they're already good."

Lashley is currently the reigning WWE Champion and he recently defeated Goldberg by referee stoppage at SummerSlam.

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