Looks like Samoa Joe is here to stay in WWE as he has reportedly signed a full-time deal with the company.
While speculations doing rounds hint that Samoa Joe may have signed a full-time deal with the World Wrestling Entertainment, the star wrestler competed in a match with Tyson Kidd on Monday night before RAW could take off.
No prizes for guessing, Joe won over Tyson Kidd with the Muscle Buster.
This has definitely added fuel to speculation and confirmed that Joe will indeed be working for the WWE main roster full time.
Reliable sources tell PWTorch columnist Sean Radican that Samoa Joe has signed a full-time contract with WWE.
Citing his off-the-charts impressive merchandise sales, WWE COO Paul Levesque a.k.a Triple H and WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon pushed to get him signed to a full-time deal with the WWE right off the bat.
Without a doubt, Samoa Joe impressed everyone at the latest NXT TV tapings. In addition to fulfilling his scheduled independent dates, he will be worked into the WWE schedule full-time. Samoa Joe will either start in NXT or will be quickly shifted to the WWE main roster.
However, reports on Wrestling Inc. not only confirms that Joe has not signed the contract, but also states that both sides have agreed on the deal and the paperwork was being put together. Moreover, the report claims Joe will not go straight to the main roster as he will be a center of attention of NXT for a few months.
That being said, Samoa Joe may end up on the main roster fast-tracked as WWE has done with Kevin Owens.
As far as Ring of Honor is concerned, Samoa Joe is still teaming up with AJ Styles to square off against Kazarian and Daniels at the July 20 ROH TV tapings. This will probably be Joe's farewell. The company planned to use Joe for more dates until the news about his full-time deal with the WWE came out.
Samoa Joe's match with Tyson Kidd during the WWE Superstars taping before RAW might not be his televised debut citing that Kevin Owens has an NXT Championship Open Challenge this Thursday on Smack Down.
