AEW World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe spoke with Justin Barasso from Sports Illustrated ahead of his defense of his championship against HOOK on this Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On Jon Moxley challenging NJPW star Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: “Moxley doing that, it doesn’t surprise me at all. If I were MOX, I’d look to take someone else’s belt, too. He wants to fight any other champion in the world but me. There was thought behind what he did. Let’s not deny that.”
On giving Moxley a real perspective on what winning another world title would actually mean: “That gets back to the wonder of AEW: it’s a worldwide marketplace. You can compete against champions from around the world, not just hidden in your own pocket dimension where no one else can get it. If Mox wants to parade that belt around the real world’s champion, I’d be more than happy to give him a better perspective on where his championship reign really stands.”
