By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Powerhouse Hobbs (William Hobson) may have finished up with AEW on Wednesday. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful reports that Hobbs’s contract was set to expire on Thursday morning at midnight, and he is expected to sign with WWE. Read more at Fightful.com.
Powell’s POV: It’s no secret that WWE has been high on Hobbs. Although he’s held the TNT Title and the AEW Trios Titles during his run with the company, I never felt like he received enough character development beyond the early Book of Hobbs vignettes. Hobbs, who debuted in 2009, will turn 35 later this month. If he signs with WWE, his final AEW match was taped on Wednesday and will air on Saturday’s AEW Collision. If he makes the jump, it will be interesting to see if he goes to NXT or the main roster. If he starts in NXT soon, he could be an entrant in the tournament for the vacant NXT Championship.
(Jason Powell, founder and editor of ProWrestling.net, has covered pro wrestling full-time dating back to 1997. He hosts a weekly podcast, Pro Wrestling Boom, and also appears regularly on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. Reach him via email at dotnetjason@gmail.com and on social media via @prowrestlingnet.bsky.social or x.com/prowrestlingnet. For his full bio and information on this website, click here.)
This one cuts deep. Of all the talent thats left AEW over the years only Cody’s departure bothered me, until this. Nothing else did. Id drive Jericho there as well.
But Hobbs to me is a star. And a homegrown talent pretty much in that he has been there pretty much from the beginning.
Tony didnt push him enough. He has dropped the ball on Will. I wish him all the best over there. He deserves it.
Nothing to worry about. They signed 9 nameless, faceless indie midgets and luchadors, so none of the tiny, shrinking core audience will care that one of the few potential draws in the company is leaving to go be part of an actual pro wrestling company.
Welll they do have the Rascals coming in.
Lol
This is a genuine question… why do you continue to watch/keep up with something you clearly hate to such a degree it is close to giving you an aneurysm. I don’t like hockey at all, so you know what I do, I don’t watch it, I don’t follow it and I certainly don’t come to reports on the games to say how much I dislike it. I suggest for the betterment of your own health, you start doing the same for AEW.