Powerhouse Hobbs Was ‘Anxious’ Leading Into His AEW TV Return

Powerhouse Hobbs made his return to the AEW ring from injury last month, and he says he was feeling anxious leading up to it. The AEW star returned to the ring on the November 6th episode of Dynamite following a few months off due to surgery. He recently spoke with Renee Paquette on AEW Close Up and talked about making his return and more. You can see highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

On his mindset heading into his return: “I think the word for me is just anxious, anxious, anxious. I didn’t know how anybody was going to, you know, take me back in and it was one of those moments where I was just like, ‘Okay, I was meant to do this.’ I was pissed off and it’s just gunning it, like, I don’t … that whole day kind of was a blur until my music hit and it was just like, ‘Okay, I’m back, I’m home, let’s pick up where we left off.'”

On the difficulty of being away from the ring: “I was on a roll [when he got injured]. Once the injury happened, and, you know, I found out I’m going to need surgery, that depression sunk in. I’ve been depressed before, you know, just when my brother got murdered he pushed me out [of] the way, took six bullets on the chest, I took one to the forearm and it just … all these feelings start coming back. All these ‘what ifs’ and, you know, ‘What am I going to do now?’ and it’s just … I didn’t know what I was going to do.”