By Chris Walters on November 17, 2004 at 10:42 PM EST
* Thanks to our friends the LilsBoys from TheSun for sending the following:
Just before his successful title defence against Christian, Sun Online's LilsBoys sat down with WWE intercontinental champion Shelton Benjamin for an exclusive webchat.
In the chat he talked about his career from entering the federation in Brock Lesnar's shadow to his huge wins over Triple H and Chris Jericho.
Here are a few of the highlights:
On Taboo Tuesday: "I found out I was winning the IC title about a minute into the match. I was never actually told I'd be winning - I was asked a question, I answered the question during the match and it was like 'OK'."
On Triple H: "The day before we had the match I was in the locker room with The Hurricane and he said to me, 'Shelton, what are you doing tomorrow on your first day on Raw?'
"I said: 'I've just found out I'm wrestling Triple H - I don't know what I'm going to do.' He said: 'Come here, let me show you. Bend over, put this arm here, this arm here and when I say 'go' you jump.'
"Hurricane basically put me in the Pedigree, and that was what I thought was going to happen in the match. But what went down on the night was very different!"
On Charlie Haas: "Charlie's still my best friend in the business and we look out for each other and talk a lot. I'm actually going to be the best man at his wedding to Jackie."
On the roster cuts: "I had tears in my eyes when I heard about Nidia and Johnny. But this is a business and their being cut was a business decision, not a personal one.
"And we're staying in touch. It's not like they're out of my life, as these are my best friends and I wouldn't let something like that happen."
To read more from Shelton including his thoughts on working with Ric Flair and Kurt Angle, his boyhood hero Sting and pal Brock leaving the WWE go to http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003560001-2004531787,00.html
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