8 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (January 3 - Results & Review)
4. COLD Open
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 4, 2024
Delivered from the backstage area of World’s End presumably just minutes removed from him dethroning MJF, new World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe ended his 2023 by serving up the first great AEW promo of 2024.
‘The Samson Submission Machine’s powerful first address was all the better for its staging and show placement too. Joe cut a proud and defiant figure with the strap slung over his shoulder as he explained why he needed to break the former Champion mentally and physically following their original match at Grand Slam.
Joe left ‘The Salt Of The Earth’ with nothing, putting himself over as a man who will follow through on the worst and most dangerous of intentions and the former Champion over as a man almost impossible to beat for the belt in a straight one-on-one situation.
It was confirmed he’d appear live at the company’s spiritual home of Daily’s Place for the first time next week too. The 6’2 monster will likely look ten times that in the amphitheatre when he holds his newly-won gold aloft.