AEW star once posed as Bobby Lashley's sister: The connection you probably never knew existed
You probably didn't know that WWE once booked an AEW star to pose as Bobby Lashley's sister on RAW. Max Caster of The Acclaimed was the wrestler in question.
After The All Mighty returned to WWE in 2018, he started a feud with Sami Zayn. On the May 21, 2018, edition of RAW, his rival hired three men to dress up as Bobby's sisters (Cathy, Jessica, and Frances) to embarrass him. One of the men was none other than The Platinum star who played the role of Frances.
In an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet a few months back, Max Caster recalled the WWE segment where he posed as Bobby Lashley's sister. He said he was a young wrestler who had just begun his journey in the industry. It looked like a great opportunity to get featured on WWE TV and he didn't let it slide.
"Sure. You know, young wrestler, hungry, $500, quick drive three hours. Catering is great, what else could you ask for? I think most other aspiring wrestlers would have taken that booking. It was a very last-minute thing from what I remember... Very, very cartoonish. Very, like Bugs Bunny Elmer Fudd I thought. I don’t think people really responded to it. It still gets brought up as one of the worst things on their show of all time, but I thought it was great." [From 00:20 to 01:50]
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AEW star Max Caster gave a tryout for WWE but didn't get selected
Speaking in the same interview, Max Caster also revealed that he had given a WWE tryout after his extra work in the company, but ended up with AEW a year and a half later instead.
"I think after that I had my WWE tryout at the Performance Center, which was completely independent of that. And at that tryout, they told me, 'You did great, go make a name for yourself and we’ll talk to you then.' And it took me I think, another year and a half before it came down to the decision of AEW or WWE. They were both offering [deals] at the time.” [From 02:28 to 02:54]
Caster and his Acclaimed partner Anothy Bowens became All Elite in November 2020. The duo made their official debut on the December 16 episode of Dynamite and defeated SoCal Uncensored in their first AEW match.
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