AEW star MVP touts Tony Khan's leadership, talks untapped potential of Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin

All Elite Wrestling star MVP talks to Fox News Digital about Tony Khan's leadership, working with the Hurt Syndicate.

Time goes by so quickly sometimes it’s unreal to think that MVP and his Hurt Syndicate faction members, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin, have been at All Elite Wrestling (AEW) for nearly two full years.

MVP first debuted on Sept. 25, 2024, after a second stint with WWE. Lashley and Benjamin would debut on "Dynamite" a few weeks later. Since then, MVP has guided the duo to one AEW tag team championship reign.

He reflected on his time with AEW in a recent interview with Fox News Digital, contrasting the company with other places where he’s worked.

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Bobby Lashley, MVP, and Shelton Benjamin leave Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana lying in the ring during AEW Dynamite on Oct. 30, 2024, at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire)

"AEW is really cool because the corporate culture there is so different from the other places that I’ve worked. Tony Khan is extremely passionate about professional wrestling. For him, it’s not just some business venture, he truly loves pro wrestling," he said. "He eats it, he drinks it, he breathes it. He’s been a wrestling fan since he was a small child. He knows more wrestling probably than anybody I know just because of his encyclopedic knowledge of history. And working for him is a pleasure. The climate, the atmosphere there is so relaxed and everybody’s passionate.

"Everybody knows we have an opportunity with AEW to create something new. And WWE has been ‘the’ company and AEW has come along and has given wrestling fans a legitimate alternative to the WWE brand. I don’t get