From @Atwood09: Considering WWE brought in fat Albert (Tensai), do you see Samoa Joe as a better than 50/50 chance of signing?
That's a good point about Albert because he was 39 years old when WWE brought him back after his years in Japan. The difference is that Albert had spent many years in WWE over a decade earlier, so he's really just an older star returning back into the mix rather than somebody new like Joe. The age factor with Joe is definitely a big thing because he's going to be 36 years old and that means he might only have about five years left of active wrestling. That could be seen as a major turnoff by WWE because they've got all those wrestlers in developmental that are young guys that are hungry to break through, so if they bring in this older guy it's a bad message. It's hard to put a number on the chances of Joe signing because we really don't know without WWE commenting on it. I think 50/50 is a fair number. If it's me then WWE should absolutely sign Joe. If they don't that's their loss and something that could be considered a mistake.
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