Major AEW Star To Return Soon

This top tier AEW talent should be returning to our screens imminently.

by Andrew Pollard
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Joe's gonna kill you...

Having been an extremely sporadic presence on AEW programming in recent months, it appears that Samoa Joe will soon be returning to regular action for the promotion.

For those unaware, the main reason for Joe's absence is that he's been filming Peacock's upcoming Twisted Metal TV series. Adapted from the famed video game, the Samoan Submission Machine is playing the physical form of Sweet Tooth, with LEGO Batman star Will Arnett providing the character's vocals.

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As revealed by Twisted Metal showrunner Michael Jonathan, shooting has wrapped on the series' debut season. As such, the expectation is that Samoa Joe will now be a featured player on AEW programming once more.

Having appeared at ROH Supercard of Honor this past April, Samoa Joe's tenure in AEW and ROH has so far seen him have just seven matches. The most recent of those bouts came at ROH Death Before Dishonor this past July, where Joe retained the ROH TV Title against Jay Lethal.

It's worth noting that the aforementioned Lethal match is the only time that the Destroyer has been in action across the past three months.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.