Shelton Benjamin

Shelton Benjamin, born Shelton James Benjamin on July 9, 1975, is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler who is signed to All Elite Wrestling, where he belongs to The Hurt Syndicate and is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion with Bobby Lashley. In college he won NJCAA championships in both track and field and wrestling before finishing his degree at the University of Minnesota. He started in WWE developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling, reached the WWE main roster in 2002 as part of Team Angle and later The World's Greatest Tag Team with Charlie Haas, and won the Intercontinental Championship three times, the United States Championship once and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice with Haas. After his 2010 release he won the ROH World Tag Team Championship twice and appeared for New Japan and Pro Wrestling Noah before rejoining WWE in 2017.