Jim Ross is impressed with, among others, two of the big men on the current All Elite Wrestling talent roster.
On the latest installment of his Grilling J.R. podcast, the WWE Hall of Fame legend and AEW commentator spoke highly of TNT Champion Wardlow and former title-holder Powerhouse Hobbs.
“Wardlow comes to my mind, quite frankly, and quickly," J.R. said when asked who he feels are some of the stars on the current AEW talent roster with the brightest upside. "I think Wardlow is good. I think that Willie Hobbs has got a great upside in the future. He’s got a great look. Wonderful attitude. Those are two guys we just saw wrestle here a while back a week or so ago, with Wardlow winning the TNT Title back."
Ross continued, "I think both those guys have a chance to be the two of the big foundation pieces in AEW, if TK as he’s known, decides to go that way. They’re both very good. They’re both young. They’re big, strong, athletic. I really enjoy working with both of those guys. There’s rarely a television that goes by, Conrad, that I don’t spend some time talking to both those guys. Not necessarily together, but where we have a little conversation about how things are going. They’ll ask me questions about the last match they had that they thought I might have seen, and I’ve pretty much seen them all. So I think those two guys are the likely candidates. Are they the only candidates? Probably not, but they’re at the top of the list."
Check out the complete episode of the Grilling J.R. podcast featuring Jim Ross by visiting Apple.com. H/T to Fightful.com for transcribing the above quotes.
