Bobby Lashley was pulled from the WrestleMania 39 match card this year.

Lashley was initially booked to face Bray Wyatt, but Wyatt wasn’t cleared to compete.

Missing a WrestleMania event can be difficult for a talent, as they work the entire year to secure a spot on the WrestleMania card.

Speaking on After the Bell, the former WWE Champion discussed how much missing the annual showcase impacted him:

"Our business is very troubling at times and it's very stressful, mentally. Because you want to know where you're at. And if you're talking about the last break I took... the situation involving WrestleMania kind of really, really hit me pretty hard. I'd put in a lot of work throughout the year. I put myself on a certain level within the company and I've kept that level up. I work my ass off and I train hard all the time. And everybody knows that's just me.”

"And when that big show came around, I just didn't have a spot at WrestleMania. You try and hold it in and when you have your kids calling when you're supposed to be there. And I'm there in Los Angeles ready to go. The whole time you're thinking 'Call me in coach! Call me in coach! Call me in, call me in. I'm ready!'

"My kids, after the first day, called me. 'Dad are you going to be on it? Because if you're on we'll fly up and see you' and everything like that. Because they've been to everything that I was in. So that was a little bit of a mind trip, taking a backseat at a time like that."

Lashley is in the midst of a heel run alongside The Street Profits on SmackDown.

H/T – SE Scoops.