50 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The 2020s (So Far)

49. QTV

QT Marshall Powerhouse Hobbs QTV
AEW

Powerhouse Hobbs reached out to QT Marshall to get an AEW gig during the pandemic. AEW didn’t have to factor it into storylines purely because it really happened.

Hobbs is a compelling, cool, and ultra-believable monster. He captured the TNT title from Wardlow with QT’s assistance in an overthought Falls Count Anywhere match, complete with AEW’s signature fake-feeling crashpad stunt, on March 8, 2023.

Hobbs subsequently aligned with Marshall’s TMZ-styled QTV faction, which was the thin-skinned QT’s defensive parody of the wrestling media. Within the realm of the dreaded '90s WWE occupational gimmick, the QTV crew had their own dedicated newsroom from which they cut annoying promos. The idea that this was actually happening within AEW’s fictional world was impossible to take seriously. QT doing a Reply Guy gimmick because he was mad online was a brutal self-own; a wrestler or promotion never lashes out at the media when things are going well. Hobbs, who should have played a stripped-back ass-kicker, was instead hanging around with Ryan Satin. Shockingly, QTV was not an effective vehicle for him.

The whole bit was cringeworthy. Harley Cameron showed a bit of personality. Aaron Solo’s breath freshening spray was ironic, since it stunk.

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