10 Wrestlers Triple H Will Sign For WWE
2. Samoa Joe
If you needed a reminder of just how highly Triple H regarded the multi-talented Samoan Submission Machine during his pre-AEW days, your writer points you to the time The Game went out of his way to almost instantly rehire Samoa Joe on the back of the one-time NXT Champion and Raw commentator being suddenly let go in April 2021.
Not long after this re-scooping of the wrestling gift that keeps on giving, the new head of WWE creative would admit to Joe being "a very smart guy that’s very business-oriented" before stating that while still being a valuable commodity in-between the ropes "the bigger component is the talent-development component that he’ll be a big part of..."
Simply put, Levesque had some rather big plans for the veteran going forward, seeing him as a vital cog in the development of the next generation of WWE wrestlers. Of course, the complete rejigging of NXT 2.0 ultimately led to Joe, much like Regal, being deemed surplus to requirements.
But with the current ROH TV Champion happily declaring you can "never say never" when discussing a potential return to WWE recently, there's a strong chance Trips will be in the market for his one-time protégé when his AEW contract reaches its conclusion.