Bully Ray further emphasized what makes Samoa Joe stand out from the rest, naming two important ingredients that can make or break a star.

“Credibility, believability — those are the two words that come to mind whenever I talk about Samoa Joe. Samoa Joe is a stud in that wrestling ring. He’s a stud in the world of professional wrestling,” he said.

The WWE legend stated that AEW hasn’t used Joe to his maximum potential, despite him holding a world title before his recent title win. He hopes that AEW corrects their past mistake of how Joe was booked during this title run, and wishes he holds on to it for a long time.

“I don’t believe that AEW used Samoa Joe to his maximum potential. He did have a world championship run a couple of years ago, [but it was] transitional. And I’m hoping that this run with the championship is not transitional just to get it back onto Swerve. Joe can be your guy that you can have a babyface chase for a long time. And if you tell me that you have something in place that’s going to, you know, take a minimum of six months, maybe a maximum of a year with Swerve and Joe, okay, I’ll be on board. I’m willing to listen. I’m going to get invested in your story. But you cannot get that championship off of Joe too quickly. Joe is the real deal.”

It seems that Joe will go on to feud with former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland next, after the latter appeared in the ring following Joe’s win.