Shelton Benjamin
American professional wrestler
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May 14 2025 | At Dynamite: Beach Break, Benjamin, Lashley, and MVP accepted MJF as a member of The Hurt Syndicate. |
April 6 2025 | At Dynasty, Benjamin and Lashley successfully defended their AEW World Tag Team Championship against Big Bill and Bryan Keith of The Learning Tree, with assistance from MJF. |
March 9 2025 | At Revolution, Benjamin and Lashley successfully defend their AEW World Tag Team Championship against The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd). |
February 12 2025 | Successfully defended the AEW World Tag Team Championship against The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn). |
February 12 2025 | Benjamin and Lashley make their first title defense, defeating The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn). |
January 22 2025 | Benjamin and Bobby Lashley defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) to win the AEW World Tag Team Championship. |
November 24 2024 | Shelton Benjamin was announced as a participant in the 2024 Continental Classic, where he was placed in the Blue league. |
October 30 2024 | At Fright Night Dynamite on October 30, Shelton Benjamin suffered his first loss in AEW to Swerve Strickland after the match, he, MVP, and a debuting Bobby Lashley attacked Strickland, with Lashley joining The Hurt Syndicate. |
October 16 2024 | On the October 16 episode of Dynamite, Shelton Benjamin made his in-ring debut in AEW, defeating Lio Rush. |
October 2 2024 | Shelton Benjamin made his debut in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), reuniting with MVP. |
May 16 2024 | Shelton Benjamin made his debut for Prestige Wrestling at the Alive or Just Breathing event, where he defeated Tom Lawlor. |
February 8 2024 | It was announced that Shelton Benjamin would make his debut for Prestige Wrestling at their event Alive or Just Breathing on May 16. |
2023 | Shelton Benjamin was included in WWE 2K23. |
September 2023 | Released from WWE for the second time and returned to the independent circuit. |
September 21 2023 | Benjamin was released from his WWE contract, ending his second tenure with the company and effectively disbanding the tag team with Alexander. |
February 6 2023 | Benjamin and Alexander defeated Alpha Academy on Raw, with MVP in their corner, hinting at a possible reunion. |
January 9 2023 | On this episode of Raw, Benjamin and Alexander reunited to compete in a Tag Team Turmoil match. |
2022 | Shelton Benjamin appeared in WWE 2K22. |
August 8 2022 | Benjamin faced Cedric Alexander during Main Event tapings but lost, signaling the end of The Hurt Business. |
June 13 2022 | Benjamin made his return to action, winning a match against Akira Tozawa during the taping of Main Event. |
May 14 2022 | Benjamin suffered an undisclosed injury, which led to his absence from in-ring action for an unspecified duration. |
September 27 2021 | Benjamin and Alexander rejoined forces to help Bobby Lashley fend off The New Day, marking a temporary reunion of The Hurt Business. |
May 10 2021 | Benjamin faced off against Cedric Alexander on Raw, succeeding in defeating him. |
May 3 2021 | Cedric Alexander turned on Benjamin after their loss to Lucha House Party on Raw. |
March 29 2021 | MVP publicly criticized Benjamin and Alexander after they lost the Raw Tag Team Championships and a handicap match to Drew McIntyre, leading to their expulsion from The Hurt Business. |
March 15 2021 | Benjamin and Alexander lost the Raw Tag Team Championships back to The New Day on this episode of Raw. |
2020 | Revealed he has two daughters during an appearance on Lilian Garcia's podcast Chasing Glory. |
2020 | Shelton Benjamin was awarded the Slammy Award for Trash Talker of the Year as part of The Hurt Business, shared with Lacey Evans. |
2020 | Shelton Benjamin was featured in WWE 2K20. |
December 20 2020 | At TLC, Benjamin and Cedric Alexander defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship. |
September 7 2020 | Cedric Alexander joined The Hurt Business by betraying Crews and Ricochet, assisting Benjamin and Lashley in winning a six-man tag team match. |
August 10 2020 | Benjamin defeated Apollo Crews in a non-title match on Raw, marking his first victory on the show in over 14 years. |
July 20 2020 | Benjamin officially joined MVP and Bobby Lashley's stable The Hurt Business and helped capture the 24/7 Championship from R-Truth. |
June 22 2020 | Benjamin attacked Crews during the VIP Lounge segment with MVP before their scheduled match, but ultimately lost to Crews. |
June 15 2020 | Shelton Benjamin faced United States Champion Apollo Crews on this episode of Raw, but Crews won the match by using the ropes for leverage. |
April 2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine, Benjamin jokingly requested via Twitter that parents prevent their children from playing online games due to younger players beating his video game records. |
January 26 2020 | Benjamin participated in the Royal Rumble match at the namesake pay-per-view, entering at number 10 but was eliminated by WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. |
2019 | As part of the 2019 draft, Shelton Benjamin was drafted to the Raw brand. |
2019 | After an eight-year absence, Shelton Benjamin appeared in WWE 2K19. |
August 27 2019 | Shelton Benjamin was announced as one of sixteen competitors in the King of the Ring tournament but was defeated by his former tag team partner Chad Gable in the first round on SmackDown Live. |
March 11 2019 | Benjamin made a surprise appearance on Raw, attacking Seth Rollins, later facing Rollins in a match which he lost. |
January 27 2019 | At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Shelton Benjamin participated in the Royal Rumble match but was eliminated by Braun Strowman. |
April 2018 | Benjamin issued another open challenge on SmackDown, which was first answered by Jeff Hardy, but Randy Orton replaced him, allowing Benjamin to defeat Orton. |
April 2018 | Benjamin competed in the 50-man Royal Rumble match at the Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, entering as entrant number 48 and was eliminated by Chris Jericho. |
April 17 2018 | Shelton Benjamin issued a challenge to anyone in the SmackDown locker room, which was initially accepted by Randy Orton. However, United States Champion Jeff Hardy accepted instead and defeated Benjamin. |
April 16 2018 | Chad Gable was traded to Raw during the 2018 WWE Superstar Shake-up, disbanding the tag team with Shelton Benjamin. |
April 8 2018 | Shelton Benjamin competed alongside Chad Gable in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34. |
January 28 2018 | At the Royal Rumble, Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable lost a two out of three falls match against The Usos. |
January 9 2018 | Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable turned heel on SmackDown Live by insulting the referee from their previous title match and being critical of general manager Daniel Bryan. |
January 2 2018 | Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable defeated The Usos for the SmackDown Tag Team titles on SmackDown Live, but the decision was later reversed by the referee. |
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