Samoa Joe became an important figure the instant he joined WWE. He went on to win the NXT Championship and the United States Championship, twice each. He has since been weighed down by injuries that took him out of the ring and to the commentators' table.
Samoa Joe made a name for himself in TNA from 2005 to 2015 but Vince McMahon was never a big fan. The chairman of WWE saw "The Destroyer" as a "big fat Samoan," according to Bruce Prichard.
Bruce Prichard revealed on his Something To Wrestle podcast that Vince McMahon thought Samoa Joe looked out of shape. The former US Champion also spoke about Vince McMahon opposing signing him for years, but realized his value after he did. "Now we have a great relationship, everything’s working fine. I think he just realized he already bought it, so he might as well use it," Joe said in an interview with Fightful two years ago. Injuries have, however, taken their toll on the 41-year old who could have been a star-signing for WWE years earlier.
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Ahmed Hamdy
Ahmed Hamdy is an Egyptian journalist with a decade of experience in sports journalism, specializing in pro wrestling and football.
Hamdy kicked off his career as a sports reporter for Al-Ahram Weekly. He then became a producer/reporter for Mal Masr TV program on the Egyptian channel ON TV. In the following years, Hamdy worked as a reporter for several international news outlets, including Deutsche Welle (Germany), As-Safir (Lebanon), and Al-Monitor (U.S.A).
In 2014, Hamdy joined leading Egyptian newspaper Al Masry Al Youm, where he is now a Senior Sports Editor. In addition to all that, the Egyptian also worked as a sports editor for Sport360 and feature writer for Manshoor.com.
Hamdy has covered several sports events throughout the past few years, including WWE's tour in Egypt and the 2019 African Cup of Nations.
The experienced journalist joined Sportskeeda's pro wrestling feature writers team in early 2021. Since then, his work has managed to get millions of reads.
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