10 Wrestlers Who Have Had Enough Of WWE's Sh*t
1. Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe vacated the NXT Championship with the following statement on 12 September:-
"Recently WWE medical has informed me that, due to certain injuries, they’d like to have me step away from the ring for a brief but indeterminate amount of time. I realize this week we are on the cusp of a new NXT, we are on the brink of a new era in our history and that era deserves a fighting champion. That’s why it makes a difficult decision very easy to make. Effective immediately, I relinquish the NXT championship. Best of luck to those who will vie for it. My sincerest condolences to whoever wins because I will be along shortly to recollect what is mine."
It doesn't add up.
Let's not manufacture conspiracy theories here, but why would a short-term injury necessitate vacating the belt a couple of days before NXT 2.0? If Joe was only going to miss a "brief" period, surely holding onto the strap, as Natalya recently did with her Women's Tag Team Title, would be the easiest course of action?
This is the latest weird move in a weird, weird year for Joe, who was released by Vince McMahon and co. in April, brought back by Triple H in June, crowned NXT's first three-time champion in August, then stripped in September. And what now for the big man, who, at 42, doesn't appear to fit McMahon's vision for NXT 2.0?
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