AEW star Powerhouse Hobbs recently appeared on the Tuesday Wrestling Tuesday podcast as he discussed the advice given to him by Mark Henry, along with other topics that were also discussed below:
Powerhouse Hobbs on who has influenced and mentored him in AEW: “From the very first time I debuted on AEW until now, I’ve completely done a 180. Everything has changed. Cody Rhodes is a big influence on me. Mark Henry, that’s my wrestling dad. I have him on my phone as ‘Dad.’ FTR, Arn Anderson, Dustin Rhodes, obviously Taz, Billy Gunn. There are so many people that influence me, daily. There are so many people I can call and get advice from. It’s not just one.”
Hobbs on advice he got from Mark Henry: “He let me know, like, ‘Hey, you need to change up the way you look. Stop eating carbs after 5 o’clock.’ Since then, my body has like, switched.”
Powerhouse Hobbs on the late Butch Reed: “One person I do want to give a shoutout that I never actually got to meet but we had conversations in the late ‘Hacksaw’ Butch Reed. I found out he was a fan of mine, and that was enough inspiration right there. I’ve had conversations with his son. That’s someone that I keep in the back of my mind. I never met, but I watched as a child. Just knowing that he was a fan of mine, that’s a whole lot of inspiration. I’ve had hours of conversations with Tony Khan about Butch Reed and Mid-South.”
