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He was ultimately released from WWE in January 2022. On April 1, Joe appeared on ROH Supercard of Honor, with the immediate revelation afterwards that he'd signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Since AEW's Tony Khan purchased Ring Of Honor, Joe defeated Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki on an episode of ''Dynamite'' to capture his first ROH World Television Championship. At ''AEW Full Gear 2022'', Joe won the TNT Championship from Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}. He dropped the title to Wrestling/DarbyAllin on January 4th, 2023, only to regain the title on February 1st, 2023. Joe would then lose the title to Wardlow at ''AEW Revolution 2023''. Joe later set his sights on the AEW World Championship title, vacating his ROH World Television title on November 8th, 2023 to focus on it. At ''AEW Worlds End 2023'', Joe won the AEW World Championship title from Wrestling/{{MJF}}.

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He was ultimately released from WWE in January 2022. On April 1, Joe appeared on ROH Supercard of Honor, with the immediate revelation afterwards that he'd signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Since AEW's Tony Khan purchased Ring Of Honor, Joe defeated Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki on an episode of ''Dynamite'' to capture his first ROH World Television Championship. At ''AEW Full Gear 2022'', Joe won the TNT Championship from Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}. He dropped the title to Wrestling/DarbyAllin on January 4th, 2023, only to regain the title on February 1st, 2023. Joe would then lose the title to Wardlow at ''AEW Revolution 2023''. Joe later set his sights on the AEW World Championship title, vacating his ROH World Television title on November 8th, 2023 to focus on it. At ''AEW Worlds End 2023'', Joe won the AEW World Championship title from Wrestling/{{MJF}}.
Wrestling/{{MJF}}. Joe would later lose the title to Wrestling/SwerveStrickland at ''AEW Dynasty 2024''.
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Outside of his wrestling career, he provides the physical performance[[note]]The voice is provided by Creator/WillArnett[[/note]] for the character of [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth]] in the 2023 series ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}''. Joe has also done voicing acting work for ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes'' as Predaking, as Yurnero the Juggernaut in ''VideoGame/Dota2'' and ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords'' and as King Shark in the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.

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Outside of his wrestling career, he provides the physical performance[[note]]The voice is provided by Creator/WillArnett[[/note]] for the character of [[VideoGame/TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth]] in the 2023 series ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}''. Joe has also done voicing acting work for ''WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes'' as Predaking, as Yurnero the Juggernaut in ''VideoGame/Dota2'' and ''VideoGame/DotaUnderlords'' and as King Shark in the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuicideSquadKillTheJusticeLeague''.
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* FairWeatherFoe: Because Joe assisted Max and helped him successfully defend the ROH World Tag Team titles against The Gunns at ''Full ''AEW Full Gear 2023'' as Adam Cole was injured, Joe is awarded another world championship match against MJF for the inaugural ''AEW World's End''. To that end, Joe guarantees he will "guard" Max from harm until the pay-per-view, so he can be at full health when they fight for the title, particularly because the mysterious "Devil" began antagonizing Max after Adam was out-of-action and Joe insists that Max be protected from the Devil's goons. {{Subverted}} after Joe attacked Max on the last ''Dynamite'' before ''Worlds End'', stating he's been collaborating with The Devil.

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* FairWeatherFoe: Because Joe assisted Max and helped him successfully defend the ROH World Tag Team titles against The Gunns at AEW ''Full ''AEW Full Gear 2023'' as Adam Cole was injured, Joe is was awarded another world championship match against MJF for the inaugural ''AEW World's Worlds End''. To that end, Joe guarantees guaranteed he will would "guard" Max from harm until the pay-per-view, so he can could be at full health when they fight fought for the title, particularly because the mysterious "Devil" began antagonizing Max after Adam was out-of-action out of action and Joe insists that Max be protected from the Devil's goons. {{Subverted}} {{Subverted|Trope}} after Joe attacked Max on the last ''Dynamite'' before ''Worlds End'', stating he's been he was collaborating with The Devil.Devil (who was revealed as Adam Cole at ''Worlds End''.



* FinishingMove: His primary finishers are the Coquina Clutch and the Muscle Buster. On the independent circuit he had the Island Driver (second rope power slam) and Chimera-Plex (german suplex, dragon suplex, straight jacket suplex in succession). On WWE's main roster, he replaces the Muscle Buster with a Uranage.

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* FinishingMove: His primary finishers are the Coquina Clutch and the Muscle Buster. On the independent circuit he had the Island Driver (second rope power slam) and Chimera-Plex (german (German suplex, dragon suplex, straight jacket straitjacket suplex in succession). On WWE's main roster, he replaces the Muscle Buster with a Uranage.



* OddFriendship: Samoa Joe is friends with Wrestling/JohnCena. John's CatchPhrase "The Champ is here!" was also once part of Joe's entrance song ([[OlderThanTheyThink and Muhammad Ali was before both of them]]). Not so odd when one considers Joe was one of Cena's trainers in [=UPW=] in California. Otherwise he's had a mostly negative relationship with "The Prototype" if you only pay attention to what happens on shows.

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* OddFriendship: Samoa Joe is friends with Wrestling/JohnCena. John's CatchPhrase "The Champ is here!" was also once part of Joe's entrance song ([[OlderThanTheyThink and Muhammad Ali was before both of them]]). Not so odd when one considers Joe was one of Cena's trainers in [=UPW=] UPW in California. Otherwise he's had a mostly negative relationship with "The Prototype" if you only pay attention to what happens on shows.



* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: After Wrestling/{{MJF}} promised him a rematch for the World Championship title for ''AEW Worlds End'', Joe took it upon himself to act as Max's bodyguard from any other attackers to not only ensure that he's the only one to get a shot at Max, but also so that Max is at his best performance for said match. Ultimately subverted however, as he revealed on the December 27th 2023 episode of ''Collision'' to be working with The Devil, and that all of it was a ploy to get Max to lower his guard so that he'd lose his ROH World Tag Team titles, and be weakened for their match at ''Worlds End''.

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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: After Wrestling/{{MJF}} promised him a rematch for the World Championship title for ''AEW Worlds End'', Joe took it upon himself to act as Max's bodyguard from any other attackers to not only ensure that he's the only one to get a shot at Max, but also so that Max is at his best performance for said match. Ultimately subverted however, as he revealed on the December 27th 27, 2023 episode of ''Collision'' to be working with The Devil, and that all of it was a ploy to get Max to lower his guard so that he'd lose his ROH World Tag Team titles, and be weakened for their match at ''Worlds End''.
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* FairWeatherFoe: Because Joe assisted Max and helped him successfully defend the ROH World Tag Team titles against The Gunns at ''Full ''AEW Full Gear 2023'' as Adam Cole was injured, Joe is awarded another world championship match against MJF for the inaugural ''AEW World's End''. To that end, Joe guarantees he will "guard" Max from harm until the pay-per-view, so he can be at full health when they fight for the title, particularly because the mysterious "Devil" began antagonizing Max after Adam was out-of-action and Joe insists that Max be protected from the Devil's goons. {{Subverted}} after Joe attacked Max on the last ''Dynamite'' before ''Worlds End'', stating he's been collaborating with The Devil.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn:
** What Bruce Pritchard and Wrestling/JimRoss thought when they first saw Joe in UPW, saying he would not be going anywhere. They were proven wrong when Joe wound up becoming the longest running champion UPW had until Christopher Daniels (technically). Despite this, Wrestling/MickFoley still could not get WWE to sign Joe.
** Despite being part of the KOI event that inspired the promotion's creation, Ring of Honor originally planned to only use Joe in one match, but since he immediately caught on they called him back. Joe would go on to become the longest running champion Ring of Honor had.
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He was ultimately released from WWE in January 2022. On April 1, Joe appeared on ROH Supercard of Honor, with the immediate revelation afterwards that he'd signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Since AEW's Tony Khan purchased Ring Of Honor, Joe defeated Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki on an episode of ''Dynamite'' to capture his first ROH World Television Championship. At ''AEW Full Gear 2022'', Joe won the TNT Championship from Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}, only to lose the title to Wardlow at ''AEW Revolution 2023''. Joe later set his sights on the AEW World Championship title, vacating his ROH World Television title on November 8, 2023 to focus on it. At ''AEW Worlds End 2023'', Joe won the AEW World Championship title from Wrestling/{{MJF}}.

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He was ultimately released from WWE in January 2022. On April 1, Joe appeared on ROH Supercard of Honor, with the immediate revelation afterwards that he'd signed to Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Since AEW's Tony Khan purchased Ring Of Honor, Joe defeated Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki on an episode of ''Dynamite'' to capture his first ROH World Television Championship. At ''AEW Full Gear 2022'', Joe won the TNT Championship from Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}, Wrestling/{{Wardlow}}. He dropped the title to Wrestling/DarbyAllin on January 4th, 2023, only to regain the title on February 1st, 2023. Joe would then lose the title to Wardlow at ''AEW Revolution 2023''. Joe later set his sights on the AEW World Championship title, vacating his ROH World Television title on November 8, 8th, 2023 to focus on it. At ''AEW Worlds End 2023'', Joe won the AEW World Championship title from Wrestling/{{MJF}}.

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