Samoa Joe has commented on his return to AEW on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
The former AEW Champion made a surprise return to the company this week. He saved HOOK from a beatdown when The Patriarchy attacked him during his match with Christian Cage at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage.
This was Samoa Joe’s first appearance since being driven through a wall by Chris Jericho on a forklift back in July. He took some time away from the company to film the second season of the Peacock series Twisted Metal. However, now that he’s back, he has put everyone on notice.
Samoa Joe sent Christian Cage, Kip Sabian, and Nick Wayne running from the ring on Wednesday night before sending them a message on social media. In a post on Twitter, he wrote, “If I catch you, you’ll always be lacking. #EverybodysFavoriteOp“.
Samoa Joe Blew Away Anthony Mackie On Twisted Metal Set
Anthony Mackie and Tyler James Williams spoke with each other for Variety, where Mackie mentioned working with Samoa Joe on Twisted Metal. Mackie explained how he was blown away by the former AEW Champion’s performance. He noted that Samoa Joe was “acting his ass off” in their scenes together.
Additionally, Mackie claimed he was putting on a performance that a veteran actor would struggle with. He said that the performance was incredible because he never expected that level of acting from Samoa Joe.
“He’s not, he’s not. And that’s a testament to Samoa Joe. I was blown away by this dude from the very first moment he stepped on set. He was doing everything with that mask on—acting his ass off.” Anthony Mackie said about Samoa Joe.
“It was amazing because he and Will had worked out this idea of what the character was going to be, and Joe was doing some incredible, almost circus-level performing. For him, it was all about the body work. It was like he was doing vaudeville-type stuff, knowing he’d be voiced over, but he knew all the lines, hit all the jokes, nailed everything.”
“And honestly, for his first time acting, I don’t think even a veteran actor could’ve done what he did. When we first talked about it, we thought he’d just come in, Will would record the lines, and Joe would do the movements, and I’d react to that.”
“But then it evolved. Joe was like, ‘Yeah, I can do it.’ And on that very first day he stepped on set, I was like, ‘That’s Sweet Tooth.’ He owned it. Dude, he really, really owned it. It was incredible because it was so surprising—I didn’t expect that from him.”
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