Samoa Joe On Not Knowing What Vince McMahon Thinks Of Him, How He Was Able To Keep His Name In WWE

Source: Sam Roberts’ Wrestling Podcast

Recently, the new NXT Champion Samoa Joe was a guest on Sam Roberts’ Wrestling Podcast. Joe addressed a number of topics including how he made his way to WWE’s NXT, why he was able to keep his ring name, and meeting Vince McMahon.

According to Joe, his journey to WWE was a matter of many people within WWE putting in a good word for him and getting him in touch with Triple H.

“I didn’t plan on it, but it was funny, man. It’s a lot of confluence of a lot of good guys kind of going to bat for me and making the connection with me and Triple H. And the next thing you know, I find myself here.”

The new NXT Champion said that he was in talks with WWE for several months before making his NXT debut. Apparently, WWE worried that offering him an opportunity to join its developmental roster would be construed by the professional wrestling veteran as a slap in the face.

“I mean, [conversations with WWE] started out real informal. I’ve been wrestling as long as I have. I’ve made several inroads and friends with a lot of people. It was a real weird process because it was kind of the first time WWE in a long time ever brought in somebody, third party, under their own guise and didn’t try to create them unto themselves. Me, I was an experimental idea, so it’s like, ‘hey, we’ve got these ideas’ and they didn’t want to say who and all of a sudden it was, ‘hey, can we set up a meeting? Come down to Orlando [Florida] and lets talk about things. We’ve got …

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