During a recent interview with The Mercury News, AEW Superstar Will Hobbs commented on signing with AEW, his enjoyment for pro wrestling, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On signing with AEW: “I actually cried. I was overwhelmed. After all the BS I went through, it was validation for me.”
On enjoying wrestling as a kid: “Other kids didn’t watch wrestling. It was either football, basketball, or baseball,” he said. “I got teased and I got into a lot of fights over it. But I couldn’t help what I loved. You either played sports or hung out with the wrong crowd — selling drugs, getting into mischief … There was a lot of violence and shootings where I lived.”
On the death of his older brother: “He loved wrestling too, and he was supposed to be my manager. But he got caught up with the wrong crowd.”
On his goals for the future: “I can’t get comfortable. I gotta do the work. I want to be known as a force — one of the greats. A world champion. I want to get to the top of the mountain. Most of my friends I grew up with are either dead or locked up,” he says. “A lot of people are counting on me, so I feel like I have a city on my back. I know East Palo Alto has completely changed over the years. I want to be recognized as someone from the city.”
