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Samoa Joe addressed his in-ring future.
Samoa Joe is one of the best and most charismatic wrestlers of this generation, winning championships in every promotion he has been part of.
But the last two years have been a roller coaster for him, Joe hasn’t been a full-time in-ring performer in over two years due to concussion issues, layoffs, and re-hires.
The last match he had was last year where he beat Karrion Kross to win the NXT Title at NXT TakeOver 36, but he after vacated the title, the reason was unknown, but now we know that it was because he tested positive for COVID-19.
After that, he worked as a scout and coach in NXT before he was released by WWE in January.
During an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Joe addressed his future in wrestling.
He said the following: “Since my departure from WWE, I’ve been consumed with outside work, outside of the wrestling industry. A lot of cool voice over work, been busy with that. As far as my future (in wrestling), I kind of started my road back to the ring in NXT. That road never really stopped, I just kept training. Being in the PC at the time with a lot of young talent, working with guys who are now…I want to put over some NXT talent.”
He pointed out some young wrestlers as The Creed Brothers, Solo Sikoa, and the currently NXT Champion Bron Breakker, highlighting that he was wishing on working with Breakker.
Related to his in-ring future he added “We’re training. We’re ready. I’m not on paper with anybody, anywhere, we haven’t signed anything. We’re just kind of exploring our options.” He continued “I’m not really engaged with anybody or exploring that. I’ve been consumed with my other work, which has been nice, we’re now getting back to pro wrestling and seeing where we go from here.”
Samoa stated that for now, he is taking some personal time but the possibility of him returning to the ring is on the table, and he also does not rule out the idea of reaching AEW or another great promotion.
H/T to Fightful for the transcription
