Folks, HUGE news coming out of AEW Dynamite in Milwaukee. I’m talking big. Big like Powerhouse Hobbs’ biceps big! You know, the kind of muscle that makes you wonder if he’s bench-pressing planets in his spare time. The man himself, the former AEW TNT Champion, was seen lurking backstage at the latest episode of Dynamite. Now, I don’t know about you, but when a 270-pound wrecking ball is hanging around backstage, something is up. Big time.
Now, let’s talk about why Hobbs has been off our screens. In a match against Jon Moxley back in April, he didn’t just tweak a muscle—oh no. He tore his patellar tendon! That’s right, folks. Most people pull a muscle trying to open a jar of pickles, but Hobbs? This guy tears tendons wrestling Jon Moxley for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship! Talk about commitment.
The report says he underwent surgery faster than a wrestler dodging a folding chair. Since then, Hobbs has been hitting rehab harder than a mid-2000s rock star. Six months is the standard recovery for this type of injury, but let me tell you something: if there’s anyone who could return early, it’s Hobbs. The man’s probably rehabbing by deadlifting small cars in between physical therapy sessions.
What makes this even juicier is the timing. AEW’s building toward Full Gear, and while everyone’s thinking Hobbs will return around October, what if he decides to crash the party earlier? Imagine the scene: Hobbs storming down the ramp like a human freight train, knee braces shining under the arena lights like the Bat-Signal.
In Hobbs’ absence, The Don Callis Family has been shuffling around like a badly managed poker game. Will Ospreay’s out, Takeshita got THIS close to winning the G1 Climax, and now Rush is Callis’ new golden boy. But how does Hobbs fit in? I mean, who’s going to tell a guy that looks like a human tank, “Sorry, there’s no room for you in the group”?