Whilst an official update is yet to come in regarding the injury Samoa Joe has sustained, its being alluded to his head problem earlier in 2020
In a video posted by him on his Twitter account on Sunday, Samoa Joe went onto reveal that he had decided to step down as the WWE NXT Champion owing to medical issues. Joe went onto dwell into his injury, talking about how the medical team at WWE had not given him the go ahead to partake in the competition for the imminent time.
Samoa Joe Relinquishes NXT Championship
While Joe refused to go further into what had happened to him, he did talk about how he would be away from the ring for some time to come.
“Recently WWE medical informed me due to certain injuries, they would like to have me step away from the ring for a brief, yet still undetermined amount of time.”
“Effective immediately I relinquish the NXT Championship,” Joe said in his Twitter video.
— Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) September 12, 2021
Samoa Joe Injury Update: Old Head Injury Could Be Probable Cause For Him Stepping Down
Although there’s still no official update on Joe’s injury and a return date, its being envisaged that its the same head injury which he had suffered in 2020. Joe had suffered a horrendous injury while shooting a commercial for WWE as he was involved in a table break spot with The AOP.
Joe’s head had gone onto batter straight into the table which lead to the 41 year old suffering a concussion, one which had taken almost a year before he got a clean bill of health. Joe was eventually released by WWE in April 2021 as the company cited financial crisis before he was brought back on board in June owing to the colossal backlash.
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