AEW Personnel Reacts To Royce Keys (Powerhouse Hobbs) Debuting In WWE
Hobbs arrives at WWE.
As a part of the 2026 men’s Royal Rumble match, Powerhouse Hobbs, now going by Royce Keys, made his debut for WWE.
He eliminated Damian Priest from the match. Keys was thrown out after The Vision (Bronson Reed, Logan Paul & Austin Theory) ganged up on him.
Keys’ former colleagues at All Elite Wrestling tweeted about his WWE debut and showed their support.
THAT MY BEST FRIEND
LETS GOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/S5lRovLurU
β Amanda (@MandaLHuber) January 31, 2026
HOBBS
β Darius Martin (@DariusMartin612) January 31, 2026
HOBBS! LFG!
β Wardlow (@RealWardlow) January 31, 2026
S/o Powerhouse!π«‘
β Kevin Knight γ±γγ³γ»γγ€γ (@Jet2Flyy) January 31, 2026
Keys had been with All Elite Wrestling since 2020. He wrapped up in January 2026, and his final match was him teaming with Samoa Joe and Katsuyori Shibata, and they dropped the AEW World Trios Championship to Hangman Adam Page and JetSpeed (Kevin Knight & ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey).
