5 WWE Wrestlers Who We Hope Will Appear At AEW Double or Nothing

#3 Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe finally made it to WWE, but would he have more potential outside of the WWE system?

Samoa Joe has largely been a success story in WWE. It was a legitimate shocker when he walked out to join the NXT roster, given what many had presumed to be his permanent status as one of the biggest stars to never work with WWE.

From there, he exceeded initial expectations that he’d be an NXT mainstay to help prepare other talents—instead, becoming an NXT Champion, en route to the main roster himself.

Even Joe’s main roster run has, in many ways, overachieved, including him working the main event and world title matches with Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, and AJ Styles.

For all of this success, though, Joe has remained the kind of talent who WWE has never gone all the way with, and who remains on the bubble for getting a meaningful match at WrestleMania.

At 39 years old, Joe may well be entering the twilight of his full-time wrestling career. It could be intriguing to see him jump ship to work with talent more in tune with his aesthetic, as well as old friends like Christopher Daniels in AEW.

To make matters better, while he may not have been a champion on WWE’s main roster, the exposure has added to his legacy and undeniably made him a bigger star on his way out the door.