While yes, those of us well acquainted with Samoa Joe's career are well aware of the fact that he cuts a great promo. However, for the better part of 40 years, in North American wrestling, the average big-boned Samoan hasn't exactly been known as being great at public speaking. Yes, Joe's different, but for the purposes of WWE, retaining that piece of the Samoan heavyweight tradition should be important. As a talker, Joe's intelligent and verbose. However, he's far more valuable as "silent man who can kick your face off, slam you to the ground and choke you out" than "intellectual man who can be conversant on how he's going to defeat you." It may seem small, but it's actually a huge thing that can make an enormous difference in Joe moving from indy superstar-tuned-also ran to being a WWE legend, too.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
