Tony Khan Praises Former WWE Star Who Recently Returned to AEW – "Really Perfect for Us"
AEW CEO Tony Khan highlights Samoa Joe’s significant drawing power and Hall of Fame-worthy status during a Front Office Sports interview.
Tony Khan discussed Samoa Joe’s return to AEW during an interview with Front Office Sports. Joe came back at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage on January 15, where he joined HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata in confronting Christian Cage and The Patriarchy.
We had Samoa Joe filming a project with Twisted Metal. So now to get another former world champion who’s one of the great stars and a huge box office draw and one of the great, great people in and out of the ring and a top man, Hall of Fame legend, Samoa Joe, him back too. So it’s like a real perfect time for us because we have all these top stars coming back and we’ve had all these top stars like you asked about, that have really risen to the occasion.
Joe had been away from AEW television while filming Season 2 of Twisted Metal.