Powerhouse Hobbs Reportedly Set To Leave Aew Amid Rumored Wwe Interest

Powerhouse Hobbs is reportedly headed to nan WWE.

Hobbs, a existent AEW World Trios Champion pinch The Opps, worked nan AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision tapings this week, but his statement reportedly expires astatine midnight connected January 15.

According to a caller study by Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, Hobbs has had ongoing negotiations for a caller AEW statement and that nan connection from Tony Khan and AEW was substantial.

The study indicates that WWE has been willing successful Hobbs for immoderate time, and institution sources to Fightful that they judge he will motion there. He'll beryllium eligible do truthful arsenic soon arsenic this week.

Hobbs and AEW will reportedly beryllium leaving 1 different connected bully terms. Both sides had worked to discuss a caller statement for nan past fewer months pinch Hobbs opting to beryllium a free agent.

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Hobbs debuted pinch AEW successful 2020 arsenic Will Hobbs. He was a babyface upon joining nan institution during it's pandemic era, but turned bottommost soon after. Hobbs joined Team Taz early successful his profession and his domiciled arsenic enforcer successful that group was his first awesome publication to play AEW television.

Hobbs is simply a erstwhile TNT Champion and portion of nan existent AEW World Trios Champions pinch The Opps. Hobbs joined The Opps alongside Katsuyori Shibata and Samoa Joe. Hook joined nan faction astatine nan extremity of 2025.

WIll Powerhouse Hobbs caput to NXT erstwhile he joins WWE?

The mobility for Hobbs will beryllium whether he spends clip successful NXT upon signing pinch WWE. With Je'Von Evans, Oba Femi, and Trick Williams getting nan telephone to nan main roster connected Raw and SmackDown, location is simply a void astatine nan apical of nan men's section connected nan NXT brand.

Hobbs has nan imaginable to beryllium a unit filling that spot for nan company. A main roster tally isn't retired of nan mobility either. Hobbs surely has nan size that WWE has for illustration to characteristic complete nan years and has nan nationalist vulnerability to yet beryllium a subordinate connected their 2 flagship shows.

On this week's section of AEW Dynamite, it was announced that Hobbs and Opps faction would beryllium defending nan AEW World Trios Championships against "Hangman" Adam Page and Jet Speed.

Page and The Opps person been feuding since nan group costs Page his AEW World Championship.

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