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Post by Word™ on Feb 17, 2015 21:25:10 GMT -5
Samoa Joe going to the WWE in 2008? ABSOLUTELY.
Samoa Joe going to the WWE in 2015? No thank you..
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Post by Yambag Jones on Feb 17, 2015 21:27:00 GMT -5
If it was ten years ago, sure. Now, not so much. This logic never applies to WWE. Sting is about to have a big debut match at WrestleMania...in 2015...
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Post by The Natural Eddy Valintino on Feb 17, 2015 21:41:55 GMT -5
Do I wanna see Samoa Joe today in WWE? No. As I said on the TNA thread about Samoa Joe leaving TNA, if we got the Samoa Joe from 2005-2006, I would be all for it.
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Post by Brad on Feb 17, 2015 21:43:11 GMT -5
I want Joe in WWE period
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 21:48:54 GMT -5
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Post by Next Manufactured’s Sweater on Feb 17, 2015 21:49:49 GMT -5
If it was ten years ago, sure. Now, not so much. This logic never applies to WWE. Sting is about to have a big debut match at WrestleMania...in 2015... Sting is a huge star. Samoa Joe was a "this guy could be something one day" prospect but he stayed in TNA and wasted his prime.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 21:56:25 GMT -5
This logic never applies to WWE. Sting is about to have a big debut match at WrestleMania...in 2015... Sting is a huge star. Samoa Joe was a "this guy could be something one day" prospect but he stayed in TNA and wasted his prime. It honestly makes me a little sick watching so many guys waste their careers in TNA. And I love TNA.
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Post by marino13 on Feb 17, 2015 22:35:11 GMT -5
At one time, I wanted nothing more. Now, I'll take it but I don't expect much to come from it if it would.
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Post by Midnight on Feb 17, 2015 22:41:10 GMT -5
No thanks.
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Post by punksnotdead on Feb 17, 2015 23:25:02 GMT -5
Absolutely. I think Joe would have to be motivated though. He can't come into NXT thinking anything he's done in the last 5-6 years mattered. That's a hard truth. Guy still has all the talent in the world imo but he hasn't really been forced to do anything but run in place since 2009.
I see virtually no issue with rolling the dice on him in NXT. He'll be a mega hit down there in about 10 mins and there is probably little to no pressure to elevate him to the main roster if it doesn't work out. He's old though. About to be 36 and that means if he genuinely wants to be a main roster factor ever, he needs to want it right out of the gate. I'm talking Kevin Owens want it. I would definitely be rooting for him.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 23:36:50 GMT -5
The WWE wouldn't know what to do with him. They'll turn him in Umanga 2.0 or some crap like that. He'll more than likely end up with Jarretts new fed and Japan.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Feb 17, 2015 23:43:46 GMT -5
Better late than never, although it really is late. He's at an age where most athletes are retiring (or retired) because the mid-30s are a time when the body begins to slow down. He might have a few more years of good matches in him, but it's now or never for Joe in WWE.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 23:50:15 GMT -5
I haven't seen a Samoa Joe match in years so I really have no opinion either way.
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Post by King Silva on Feb 18, 2015 0:36:55 GMT -5
2005 was Joe's year; killer matches in ROH and TNA...the 5 stars with Kobashi well deserved; and he was a true breath of fresh air to me... A decade later...I have no idea what happened to him, but all the best to him...I don't see him in WWE though... Pretty much this. I just don't see it happening.
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Post by rustyy on Feb 18, 2015 0:38:49 GMT -5
He's going to be 38 or something close to that soon, he's too late. By the time he gets to the main roster he'd be pushing 40, and they'd book him like crap because he doesn't have a pretty face or body.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2015 0:42:36 GMT -5
He's going to be 38 or something close to that soon, he's too late. By the time he gets to the main roster he'd be pushing 40, and they'd book him like crap because he doesn't have a pretty face or body. Plus he'd be a 40 year old flabby Samoan. There really isn't a lot of reason to push a newcomer pressing 40.
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Post by RybackV1 on Feb 18, 2015 0:43:48 GMT -5
He should move on with his life and put wrestling behind him. He had a good run.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on Feb 18, 2015 1:07:05 GMT -5
Purely as a selfish wrestling fan.....yes. But in reality....no. NXT is a step down for Joe. Joe can make a good living, a better living than NXT, by working indys and Japan. And his graduation to WWE main roster would not go over very well. I cant see them using Joe right and suspect he will be in a thong rubbing his ass cheeks against another man's face.
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Post by A-Rob on Feb 18, 2015 1:56:57 GMT -5
I'm sure ROH is already drawing up a contract to sign him right now
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Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Feb 18, 2015 2:36:18 GMT -5
He's too old now. Even so, he's more out of shape these days. Maybe TNA just broke him and he quit caring. He just doesn't have what it takes to be a WWE star as it is. He doesn't have the look, he's not good on the mic. He can wrestle sure, but so can nearly everyone else in the back. Anyways, not trying to be a downer but I don't see it happening. Best of luck to him. I have to disagree. Anyway, he should bypass NXT and go straight onto the main roster. Also, pushing 40? He's younger than Sheamus.
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