Samoa Joe previews his match against MJF.
Joe spoke to The New York Post ahead of his AEW World Championship match at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam. During their conversation, Joe addressed whether he felt they had to “get to” addressing the viral clip of Joe shoving MJF in a hallway at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 2016.
“I don’t think we necessarily had to get to it through that meme or avenue because I think he’s a very talented individual, much like myself,” Joe said. “We have an innate ability to go out and pick a fight no matter what the circumstances are. It obviously was something that stuck out in a lot of peoples’ minds. I knew for a lot of people it was a funny iconic moment. Why fight the flow?”
Joe noted that he shoved a younger MJF into the wall because he was doing “too good” of a job and wanted to make the scene interesting. Now, Joe wants to see what MJF is made of in the ring.
Examples Will Be Made
“I think he’s at a point in his career now where he needs to find out how he stacks up against the most terrifying and most inopportune situations and I think I present that to him. We’ll see how he does,” Joe added.
“The Samoan Submission Machine” is prepared to make an example out of MJ, just like he has with MJF’s tag team partner Adam Cole.
“This is very much about examples being to be made,” Joe said. “I made an example of Adam Cole. I’m looking forward to making an example of MJF in front of his friends and family. I think it’s the best place to make an example where the people who care about him the most will see. I’m looking forward to going in there, walking him down, crushing him completely and taking all the big championships. Maybe having a big celebration afterward, maybe grab a slice. I don’t know.”
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