When AEW first got here into the fold in 2019, the corporate’s ranks soared immediately. They’ve signed a few of the biggest names from all over the world, even revitalized many former WWE stars’ careers. While this all looks good on paper, Bully Ray is let down by how AEW books its heavyweight competitors. This week marks one week since former TNT and World Trios Champion, Powerhouse Hobbs, ended his contract with the corporate, with speculation that Hobbs is on his technique to join other former AEW talent on the WWE roster. That said, Ray is cheering for Hobbs and one other heavyweight brawler to sprint, not run, to their next destination, which he believes will carry them toward greater opportunities than what they have been given in AEW.
“I hope Powerhouse Hobbs is running, and running fast. And I hope Wardlow is true behind him,” the WWE Hall of Famer said on “Busted Open Radio.” “Powerhouse Hobbs looks the part. There’s a lot upside to Powerhouse Hobbs, and possibly he cannot talk, I do not know. I have not heard enough from Powerhouse Hobbs. But even when he cannot, you set him with a manager. You do something. That guy could be such a player for you.”
While the jury remains to be out on whether Hobbs will make his first WWE appearance on the Royal Rumble next Saturday in Saudi Arabia, Wardlow stays on the injured reserves after tearing his pectoral muscle this past September. Reports before his injury indicated that the previous three-time TNT Champion was positioned to turn out to be a major event player, with the potential of becoming a future challenger to the AEW World Championship while “Hangman” Adam Page was in his second reign.
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