A big AEW title change.
The company taped the Collision Maximum Carnage special set to air on January 17 from Phoenix, AZ this Wednesday night on January 14. One of the matches on the card featured Hangman Page teaming up with JetSpeed to challenge the Opps for the AEW Trios Championship.
In a surprise turn of events, Page, along with his partners Kevin Knight & Mike Bailey, ended up defeating the trio of Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs, & Katsuyori Shibata to become the new champions at the show.
A recent report provides the reason behind this unexpected development. According to it, Powerhouse Hobbs is actually set to leave the promotion very soon. While AEW had been negotiating a new contract with the former TNT Champion, he has chosen to explore free agency instead.
The report reveals that Hobbs' deal with the company expires at midnight on Wednesday itself, prompting the need for this unexpected title change. You can check out more details on what the future holds for Hobbs here.