Samoa Joe recently spoke with The Press of Atlantic City about various topics. Here are the highlights.
What you did to Seth Rollins your first night on Raw, was that a matter of you putting the rest of the roster on notice?
“Absolutely. Seth is declaring himself ‘The Man’ and ‘The Architect’ and I found a flaw in the blue print. (He) was a victim of that flaw. That’s the big thing. Whenever you show up anywhere and you’re looking to make a statement, you walk into the yard, you find the biggest guy in the yard and you sock him in the mouth. Seth happened to be that guy at the time.”
You proved you’re a force to be reckoned with while in NXT. What can you say about your time there?
“My time in NXT… I look back on it fondly. Any time you’re given the opportunity to literally launch and bring into predominance the third brand within the WWE umbrella of the WWE universe, I think it’s a great honor and very telling that I was entrusted with that mission. And NXT has done that. It’s transcended from a developmental territory to NXT Takeovers being sold out in every major arena that they run in. So being a part of that evolution and being a part of that emergence of NXT is something I’ll fondly look back on in my career for years to come.”
You look at guys like that, and then there’s you, A.J. Styles, and now you’re seeing it with Bobby Roode and Austin Aries, guys who have been in this business a very long time before coming into WWE. I guess, what’s it like seeing all of you guys now coming to this part of your career where you’re at the highest level?
“It’s no surprise to me. It’s funny because it’s surreal how often I hear fans are surprised that in 2017 who would have thought, which is often a term that I hear used whenever you use any of those names in conjunction with WWE. It is definitely no surprise. The cream rises to the top. The very best of this business will find their way to the biggest stage and seeing all those guys now come to WWE just proves that theory and it’s awesome to see everybody up here with me.”
You can read the entire interview here.
