Babyface turn takes place during the July 8th 2023 edition of AEW Collision

As seen during the July 8th 2023 edition of AEW Collision, Powerhouse Hobbs faced Ricky Starks in an Owen Hart tournament match. QT Marshall was at ringside and tripped Starks. Hobbs had the match won with a spine buster but the referee was dealing with QT. Starks recovered and was able to pick up the victory.

After the match, QT tried to talk things out but Hobbs ended up turning babyface by shoving QT down. Hobbs gave Aaron Solow a spinebuster and stormed out of the ring.