WWE released Samoa Joe in April after he lost his spot behind the announce desk. He’d been working there since suffering two concussions in early 2020, with one happening during an eight-man tag match on Raw and the other less than a month later after hitting his head on a table during a commercial shoot. With him unable to wrestle, the decision was made to cut him for budgetary reasons. However, PWInsider has now reported he is already back with the promotion.
He had been spotted at the WWE Performance Center last week, and the belief is Triple H wanted Joe’s return due to not wanting him signing elsewhere despite not yet being medically cleared to wrestle. At last night’s NXT Takeover show, WWE teased that William Regal may be set to end his run as General Manager of the brand, and the speculation is that Joe will be taking that spot.
Joe initially wrestled as part of NXT without a contract, making his debut at TakeOver event in May 2015. Due to large merchandise sales, WWE would offer him a contract, and he’d become exclusive to them in August. While in NXT, he won the NXT Championship twice and would join WWE’s main roster in 2017. This would see him twice challenging Universal Champion Brock Lesnar in PPV main events.
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