Samoa Joe says he still has a few good years left

[Chris]

Samoa Joe isn't thinking about stepping away from the ring any time soon.

In an interview with Adrian Hernandez that was released on Tuesday, Joe was asked how long he sees himself wrestling for. Joe responded that he feels good right now and has "more than a handful of good years" left before he retires.

The 44-year-old Joe stated that he believes he'll stop wrestling well before his body tells him he can't do it anymore.

Oh no, I’ll probably stop well before then [before his body tells him he can't do it anymore]. I’ve been really, really fortunate. When I came off the concussion, I took two years off to really get everything back in order and in that time too, just in the recovery process, really changed a lot around in my training and changed a lot of things around that have benefited me to a great amount health-wise. And I feel good right now. As far as where the train will end, I’ll let it play out a little bit more. But I will say this, I definitely have more than a handful of good years left in me. And beyond that, I’m excited to -- if we are gonna go out, we’re gonna go out with a bang. So it’ll be interesting to see how these next few years play out.

Joe was forced out of action due to concussion issues in February 2020. He didn't resume a regular in-ring schedule until signing with AEW in 2022. In WWE, he worked as a commentator and behind the scenes in NXT.

At Worlds End on December 30, Joe is challenging MJF for the AEW World Championship. The pay-per-view is taking place from MJF's hometown of Long Island, New York.

Joe vacated the ROH Television title last month so that he could solely focus on going after the AEW World Championship.

AEW has announced that we'll hear from Joe and MJF on Dynamite this Wednesday night.

Adrian Hernandez's full interview with Joe is available to watch below:

Samoa Joe Speaks on MJF, & his future with AEW

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https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aews-samoa-joe-i-have-more-than-a-handful-of-good-years-left-in-me

 

[Death By Looch]

He sure as shit has and one of those will start off with him as a World Champion.

 

[Bad News Booty]

He sure as shit has and one of those will start off with him as a World Champion.

God damn right

 

[CakeWalker]

TNA World Champion though...

 

[Apoho Creed]

For sure Joe has so much left in the tank and I'm ready to roll with him as World Champion starting December 30th.

 

[Cwalker]

Long as he stays healthy, I think he’s got some time left.

Works safe; doesn’t take too many huge bumps at this stage in his career. Wrestle smart and he can go til 50 and maybe longer if he wants.