Paul Wight: Powerhouse Hobbs is amazing, one of the nicest people I’ve ever met

Paul Wight has nothing but great things to say about his AEW co-worker Powerhouse Hobbs.

The two big men were on opposite sides of an eight-man tag team street fight on AEW Dynamite last November. During the match, there was a spot where Wight was taken out when Hobbs slammed him onto the hood of a car. Wight and Hobbs were then on opposing teams in a six-man tag match on the Chris Jericho Cruise this January.

During an interview with Downunder The Ring, the former Big Show praised Hobbs as one of the nicest and most humble people he’s ever met in pro wrestling.

“Will Hobbs is amazing. I have nothing but nice things to say about Will. One: He looks like an absolute monster. Two: He is one of the nicest, humble human beings – and I’ve met a lot of people in this business – Will Hobbs is top three most humble and nice people I’ve ever met,” Wight said.

“And when you talk to Will Hobbs and you give him advice from your perspective – because I tell talent all the time, ‘You can take in information, process it. It may work for you, it may not. But listen to it.’ You give Will Hobbs advice on something, ‘Hey man, in my opinion, this, this, and this’ – he’ll go out and try it, and he’ll change it, and he’ll make a change immediately.”

Wight said that, when he gives younger AEW talent advice, it’s usually about little character stuff.

Both Wight and Hobbs are out of action at the moment recovering from surgery. Wight had a partial knee replacement done earlier this year, while Hobbs had surgery done to repair his patellar tendon.

The 52-year-old Wight told Downunder The Ring that he’s hoping to be back in the ring soon for one last run using his Captain Insano character from the movie “The Waterboy”