WWE United States Champion Samoa Joe was recently interviewed by Sporting News to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Joe discussed wrestling in 101-degree weather, if he suffered a broken nose against Rey Mysterio at Money In The Bank last month, and being one of the company’s better talkers.
Here are the highlights:
Wrestling in 101-degree weather: “No, I don’t think anybody ever has. It was a chaotic scene, let me tell you that in 101-degree weather and a lot of human body heat. It was quite the inferno in that ring,” Joe said.
“That’s the kind of heat you don’t make adjustments for. You just realize it’s going to suck really, really bad. You’re going to have to grin and bear it. With the exception of maybe running sprints in a sauna, I don’t think there’s anything you can really do to prepare for that.”
If he suffered a broken nose against Rey Mysterio: “I’ve broken it plenty of times and have stopped counting. Not really, it wasn’t a major break,” Joe revealed. “Everything was fine. There’s always those who are very precautionary which is appreciated. Yeah, it wasn’t a major issue. It wasn’t a break.”
Being one of the company’s better talkers: “It’s really simple. I’d love to sit here and say it was some long, miraculous process, but it’s not that at all,” Joe responded. “When I go out there and if I’m out in the ring and I’m saying something to you, I’m out there to pick a fight. Plain and simple. I’m out there to push your buttons, to put you off balance, to get you jumping. That’s my intentions and it’s the effort behind the words that I say and the things that I do.
“People say that it feels a little more real or more authentic. That’s because that’s its intention. I’m not out there to tell you a wonderful tale about what I have planned. I’m not there to tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to ask you what you’re going to do about it.”
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