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#5 Former WWE Superstar Samoa Joe signs with AEW
One of the most shocking WWE releases of this year was Samoa Joe, who got released alongside many others on April 15, 2021. He signed with WWE in 2015 and had a dominating run on NXT, winning the NXT Championship twice. However, his booking on the main roster was heavily criticized by fans, who thought WWE did not do justice to a star of his potential.
While Joe's WWE career seems to be done now, he might still have one last run left in him that we could see in AEW. Recently, former AEW World Champion Chris Jericho named Samoa Joe as someone he would love to see in AEW.
"If it’s the right place for someone to bring in, we’ll do it. I’m a huge fan of Samoa Joe. You can always use a guy like him on your roster. A lot of guys might have to take the international route or the independent level until they can be at the level to come to AEW. There are a lot of talented people out there and obviously, AEW is where they want to come to," said Chris Jericho.
For all we know, he could already be talking to AEW to figure out a deal with the promotion. Tony Khan will definitely be interested in signing The Samoan Submission Machine, who could bring a lot of star value and experience with him to AEW.
