Shelton Benjamin Comments On Dedicating Title Win To Shad Gaspard

As seen during Sunday night’s WWE TLC pay-per-view event, Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander defeated The New Day to win the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships. Following the match, Benjamin dedicated the win to the late Shad Gaspard on social media.

WWE published the following video with Benjamin commenting on his dedication to Shad. He said:

“Knowing that I had gone in there and dedicated this moment to Shad. When I attended his funeral I made a promise to myself that if I won a title, especially a tag team championship because I know Shad and JTG worked hard even though they never actually got a chance to wear a title. I made a point then that no matter what title it was going to be, it was going to be dedicated to Shad.

So, I wear this title, I won this title and there’s no question, which I had never dedicated a title win to anybody, and I think this was so significant, so important, just for him and for his son. Part of the reason is I want his son to know just how great a guy that his dad was. Just what a big influence and what a big impact he had on myself and the world.”