Hurt Syndicate defeats Ricochet in AEW Street Fight

Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin and MVP scored a decisive victory on Tuesday night, as their reunited faction, the Hurt Syndicate, defeated Ricochet and Gates of Agony in a brutal Street Fight main event on AEW Dynamite. The match in early October at the live television taping ended with Benjamin driving Ricochet through a table with a release German suplex for the pin, capping a payback win that followed the Demand faction's recent victory over the Syndicate at All Out.

The win was the latest chapter in a multi-year story that began in WWE, where the group first formed under the name the Hurt Business in May 2020. Originally built around MVP’s management of Lashley, the stable later included Benjamin and Cedric Alexander and produced high-profile title runs: Lashley held the United States and WWE Championships, while Benjamin and Alexander captured the Raw Tag Team Championship. The group fractured amid creative changes and roster moves, breaking up and briefly reuniting before dissolving again in early 2022.

Behind the scenes, MVP said he played a key role in reuniting the core trio when their WWE contracts expired in the summer of 2024. He told interviewers that he persuaded...