The Pride
Stable
Leader(s)Bobby Lashley
Members
Name(s)The Pride
Billed heightsLashley: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Dawkins: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Ford: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
B-Fab: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
DebutJuly 14, 2023
Years active2023–present

The Pride is a heroic professional wrestling stable, consisting of leader Bobby Lashley, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), and B-Fab. They are all currently signed to WWE, where they perform on the SmackDown brand.

History

On the July 14, 2023 episode of SmackDown, a returning Lashley appeared in a backstage segment with The Street Profits to recruit them to form an alliance.[1] On the August 4 episode of SmackDown, Lashley appeared to celebrate The Street Profits beating down Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and The Brawling Brutes' Butch and Ridge Holland, turning all three men into heels.[2][3] Lashley and The Street Profits teamed up for a match for the first time to face the Latino World Order (LWO) in a six-man tag team match at Fastlane. A day before the event on SmackDown, the trio took out the LWO's Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde to leave the LWO a man short for the match. At the event, a returning Carlito teamed up with Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar for the LWO to win the match.[4][5] On the November 24 episode of SmackDown, The Street Profits failed to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship from The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) after interference from Rhea Ripley, turning face once again.[6]

On the December 8 episode of SmackDown, Lashley defeated Karrion Kross to advance in the United States Championship #1 Contender Tournament. Lashley would go on to face Santos Escobar in the second round of the tournament, but would lose due to an interference from Angel Garza, and Humberto Carrillo helping Escobar to win the match and advance to the finals of the tournament. Lashley would turn face on next week's episode of SmackDown: New Year's Revolution after getting attacked by Karrion Kross and the returning Authors of Pain with the latter group forming The Final Testament stable.[7] In January 2024 at Royal Rumble, Lashley entered the men's Royal Rumble match at number 11, eliminating Carlito and Kross before being eliminated by Kross, after which a brawl between both groups began.[8] Lashley then took part in the men's Elimination Chamber match at the titular event on February 24, but was eliminated by Drew McIntyre.[9] The Pride then faced off against The Final Testament in a Philadelphia street fight at WrestleMania XL on Night 2, in which they would emerge victorious.[10] On the April 19 episode of SmackDown, Street Profits won a fatal-four way tag team match to face A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) for the newly renamed WWE Tag Team Championship but they failed to win the titles two weeks later.[11][12] Lashley was inserted into the King of the Ring tournament but was later pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Dawkins. On the May 10 episode of SmackDown, Dawkins lost the first round qualifiers to The Bloodline's Tama Tonga.[13]

Members

L Leader
* Founding member(s)
M Manager
Members Joined
Bobby Lashley (L) July 14, 2023 *
Angelo Dawkins July 14, 2023 *
Montez Ford July 14, 2023 *
B-Fab (M) February 2, 2024

Timeline

As of June 22, 2024

Sub-groups

Affiliate Members Tenure Type
The Street Profits Angelo Dawkins
Montez Ford 		2023–present Tag team

References

  1. ^ Barnett, Jake (July 14, 2023). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (7/14): Barnett's review of Asuka vs. Bianca Belair for the WWE Women's Championship, AJ Styles vs. Santos Escobar vs. Grayson Waller vs. Butch in a U.S. Title Invitational four-way". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 15, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Tessier, Colin (August 5, 2023). "The Street Profits Align With Bobby Lashley On 8/4 WWE SmackDown". Wrestle Zone via Yahoo! Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Barnett, Jake (August 4, 2023). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (8/4): Barnett's review of Jey Uso's final appearance before SummerSlam, LA Knight vs. Sheamus, Asuka, Bianca Belair, and Charlotte Flair, Paul Heyman explains the history of Tribal Combat". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  4. ^ Powell, Jason (October 6, 2023). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (10/06): Powell's review of Cody Rhodes, Jey Uso, and Judgment Day, Asuka and Charlotte Flair vs. Iyo Sky and Bayley, Rey Mysterio vs. Bobby Lashley in a non-title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  5. ^ Mrosko, Geno (October 7, 2023). "Carlito returns to help the LWO defeat The Suit Profits". Cageside Seats. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  6. ^ Boone, Matt (2023-11-25). "The Judgment Day Retain Tag-Team Titles Over The Street Profits On WWE SmackDown". Wrestling Headlines. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  7. ^ Powell, Jason (December 8, 2023). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (12/8): Barnett's review of CM Punk's appearance, Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka, Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar and Bobby Lashley vs. Karrion Kross in tourney matches for a shot at the U.S. Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  8. ^ Powell, Jason (January 27, 2024). "WWE Royal Rumble results: Powell's live review of the Royal Rumble matches, Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Universal Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on January 27, 2024. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  9. ^ Powell, Jason (February 24, 2024). "WWE Elimination Chamber results: Powell's live review of Rhea Ripley vs. Nia Jax for the Women's World Championship, Elimination Chamber matches, Grayson Waller Effect with Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  10. ^ DeFelice, Robert (April 7, 2024). "Bobby Lashley And The Street Profits Beat The Final Testament In Philadelphia Street Fight At WWE WrestleMania XL". Fightful. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  11. ^ Powell, Jason (April 19, 2024). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (4/19): Barnett's review of Bayley vs. Naomi for the WWE Women's Championship, LA Knight vs. AJ Styles for a shot at the WWE Championship at WWE Backlash". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "SmackDown results, May 3, 2024: AJ Styles slaps Cody Rhodes ahead of their title showdown at Backlash France". WWE. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (May 10, 2024). "WWE Friday Night Smackdown results (5/10): Barnett's review of Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles, Angelo Dawkins vs. Tama Tonga, Bianca Belair vs. Candice LeRae, Jade Cargill vs. Piper Niven in King and Queen of the Ring matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
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