Friday night’s Supercard of Honor event was the first ROH show run by Tony Khan and featured the return to the company of Samoa Joe, who appeared following the main event to save Lee Moriarty and Jonathan Gresham from Jay Lethal and Sonjay Dutt. On commentary, it was stated Joe would appear on Dynamite, and subsequently, Khan announced on Twitter that the former NXT Champion was officially All Elite. Now, during a post-show media scrum, Joe has addressed the health and concussion issues that played a part in his WWE career being cut short.
I did have a few injuries, one of them being the major concussion that took me out for a while. Honestly, I took extra time. When it comes to brain injuries and stuff like that, I wasn’t willing to risk going back quickly and potentially harming myself permanently. It’s just a dumb thing to do. We have too much science on our side and too much knowledge now that we can pull back and treat things properly and take time to heal.
I took the time to do that, and that was really my major issue, I was taking the right amount of time to make sure I was ready to come back to the ring. As for my last injury, obviously, it was more a circumstance of the world we all live in now, and it pops up here and there. I’ve been healthy, I’m more than ready to go, and I’m excited.
It’s been a crazy year for Joe as he went from commentating at WrestleMania to being released just days later. However, he was re-hired at the behest of Triple H, put into an angle with Karrion Kross, won the NXT Championship, abruptly vacated the title, and then re-released. However, he now has a fresh start in both AEW and ROH ahead of him, and with him in good health, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him wearing gold soon.
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