Shelton Benjamin Opens Up About Friendship With Brock Lesnar

Shelton Benjamin was recently a guest on Lilian Garcia's podcast Chasing Glory. One of the topics discussed during the interview is Benjamin's friendship with Brock Lesnar.

Here's what he had to say:

If he and Brock Lesnar were roommates:

Yeah, when he first came to Louisville, we moved in together. Again, when I met Brock, it was like, instantly I liked the guy. He was a big, fun loving dude, you know what I mean? I feel like he was the guy that, if he likes you, he will give you the shirt off his back. If he doesn’t like you, well you will know. And I can respect that. You don’t have to wonder where you stand with him.

But yeah, like anything, especially at that time because, one, I first met him as coach, and it’s instilled in me to help, so we became coach and we became friends, like all out, I would have done anything I could to help him because, one, obviously he was a once in a lifetime athlete. And obviously we didn’t know where this was going, we just thought we’d go, like hey, we’ll go to WWE and get the tag titles, have some fun. Like I said, he was just a guy that you saw something special in him immediately.

If they are still friends:

We’re pretty good friends. I feel like, career paths have kind of split us a bit, and for me, it was a situation where, OK, he’s doing his thing, and he’s doing very well at it, I need to focus on me, I need to do my thing.