Will Hobbs On His WWE Tryout, Getting Connected With AEW, Working With Team Taz
January 24, 2021 | Posted by Blake Lovell
In a recent interview on AEW Unrestricted, Will Hobbs discussed how he got connected with AEW, working with Team Taz, his WWE tryout, and much more. You can read his comments below.
Will Hobbs on joining AEW: “I got a text from Marcus Mack who owns All Pro Wrestling. He said he threw my name out there and didn’t say anything more of it. Probably two hours later I got a text from QT Marshall. I thought somebody was ribbing me. I looked at my phone and threw my phone down for a few hours, and I was like, ‘OK, we’ve got a pandemic going on. Somebody is fucking with me.’ I finally responded, and QT said, ‘Are you local?’ I said, ‘No, but I’ll find a way out there.’ Found the date, got a plane ticket, got a hotel, and was on my way to Jacksonville. At that time, I had just got laid off. I had to take that risk…..it was a little bit stressful because at the time, my daughter was only two months old. So, it was like, ‘Am I gonna sit on my ass or…..'”