Powerhouse Hobbs: I’m going to show how much more intense I can be

  • Ian Carey
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Powerhouse Hobbs plans on adding more intensity to his character.

Hobbs ruptured his patella tendon during a match with Jon Moxley in April. He returned to the ring two weeks ago, teaming with Ricochet against members of the Don Callis Family. After spending seven months on the sidelines, Hobbs says he’s ready to bring more of his real life into the character he portrays.

Hobbs told Uproxx:

“I’m going to start bringing my life into my character, the things that I hate, the things that I love. I’m just gonna show everyone how much more intense I can be, how destructive I can be, how I don’t give a shit at times who’s in my way. In the end, this business, there only can be one. It’s going to come to a point where I’m going to show everybody that it’s all about me. They’re either going to be with me or be against me. It doesn’t matter. They boo me, I’m just going to start tearing everything up in front of them.”

“And I think that’s what wrestling is missing a little bit. That one guy who makes people afraid, but they want to see him kick someone’s ass. I feel that it’s time to bring it out.”

Earlier in the interview, Hobbs reflected on the response he received two weeks ago on Dynamite when he returned.

“It was one of those things where it let me know how special this business is, how special the fans are,” Hobbs said. “When it comes down to it, we do it for them. We do it for their entertainment. We do it for their reactions. We do it because we love it. We all love to go out and perform in front of them. But then when they go ahead and give you that love back, man, it makes you want to go even harder.”

Hobbs is scheduled for a match on this Wednesday’s edition of AEW Dynamite. He’ll team with Ricochet, Mark Davis, and Will Ospreay against the Don Callis Family’s Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Lance Archer & Brian Cage.

The 33-year-old debuted in AEW during the summer of 2020 as a member of Team Taz. In 2023, he defeated Wardlow in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win the TNT Championship. He dropped it back to Wardlow six weeks later.