AEW’s Offer to Powerhouse Hobbs Revealed

TLDR

According to Dave Meltzer, AEW made an aggressive five-year offer to retain Powerhouse Hobbs that would have paid him more than nearly every founding member of AEW's 2019 roster except Chris Jericho. Despite the substantial financial offer, which Meltzer compared to Bryan Danielson's deal when he joined AEW, Hobbs chose to sign with WWE where he debuted as Royce Keys at the 2026 Royal Rumble.