Overview
- Hobbs became a free agent when his AEW contract expired at midnight on January 15, according to Fightful Select.
- Sportsnaut reports he turned down a substantial offer from AEW President Tony Khan to stay with the promotion.
- His final AEW TV match aired January 17 on Collision: Maximum Carnage, where The Opps’ 276-day Trios title reign ended with Hobbs taking the pin.
- Creative pitches reportedly favor an immediate main-roster start in WWE with a possible ring-name tweak to simply "Hobbs."
- Reporting suggests he could appear on WWE television as soon as this week, with speculation about a presence at the January 31 Royal Rumble in Riyadh.