Samoa Joe is doing it for the fans.
Despite rapidly approaches the 25th year of his career, Samoa Joe is still at the top of his game and is still widely regarded as one of the best professional wrestlers in the entire world.
Earlier this year, the 'Samoan Submission Machine' even held the AEW World Championship for 113 days, defeating stars likes of Wardlow, HOOK, and Adam Page during his reign.
During a recent Terrificon panel, Samoa Joe was asked to name his dream feud/opponent at this point in his career. In response, Joe stated that he is only interested in doing matches that the fans want to see.
“It’s a tough answer because I’m only interested in doing the matchups that the fans want to see. I’m not, I have zero interest in doing a vanity match with somebody who is my dream opponent because I don’t do this for me. I’m not doing this to pad my resume, to add to my portfolio. I do this for the fans to want to come and watch it. Inevitably, that question at this point of my career and my life is left in your hands. What match do you want to see, because that’s what I’m interested in doing. I really have zero interest in doing a match with somebody because they’re skilled or that I think it could be a great match. No. At this point, with what time I have left in my career, I want to dedicate that time to what fans want, not what I want.”
Elsewhere in the panel, Joe talked about how he still wants to face Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega in AEW. Learn more about his comments here.
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