Samoa Joe’s Status Update After AEW Dynamite By Former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe faced Chris Jericho in a Stampede Street Fight on the latest edition of Dynamite. Samoa Joe won the AEW World Championship from last year at the “World Ends” pay-per-view. Following his title win, Joe defended the title against Hook, Hangman Page, and Swerve Strickland.
However, at AEW Dynasty, he faced Swerve Strickland in a singles match, where he lost the title to Strickland. Following his title loss, Samoa Joe entered into a feud with Chris Jericho and his faction, The Learning Tree. This rivalry also saw Joe teaming up with Hook and Katsuyori Shibata to take on The Learning Tree.
This culminated in a trios tag team match where Joe, Hook, and Shibata defeated Chris Jericho, Big Bill, and Jeff Cobb at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door last week. This week’s AEW Dynamite featured a brutal Stampede Street Fight between Samoa Joe and Chris Jericho. Jericho secured the victory with some surprising assistance.
Big Bill and Bryan Keith stepped in for Jericho after HOOK was sidelined by a previous Jericho injury. Notably absent was Katsuyori Shibata. The match reached a dramatic climax when Big Bill loaded Joe onto a forklift pallet, and Jericho drove him through a wall.
Officials rushed to Joe’s aid, forcing the match to be called off. Recent reports reveal the reason behind AEW’s decision to write Samoa Joe off TV through this angle. Samoa Joe to take break from AEW Former AEW World Champion.
