Samoa Joe Praises Gabe Kidd’s Intensity, Talks Difficulty In Being Both Authentic & Intense

Samoa Joe recently named Gabe Kidd as someone who stands out to him in terms of his intensity as a performer. Joe has had his battles with Kidd in AEW, and he spoke on Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze about how Kidd has “the right edge” when it comes to his wrestling work. You can see highlights below, per Wrestling Inc:

On who stands out to him in terms of intensity: “I mean, intensity wise…you know what, I’ve got to be honest, I’ve been watching a little bit, studying my nemesis Gabe Kidd. I think he’s a tremendous young man who’s got a…kind of the right edge to him. I think it could work out for him…And that’s kind of…an underappreciated commodity in this world, that real visceral, mean intensity, which I can always appreciate…It’s something that’s kind of innate to people.”

On people who are both authentic and intense: “I think it’s very rare that you have people that are able to tap into that real emotion that they feel inside and be able to kind of craft it, and get it out there, and communicate to people how that feeling is, and have them feel the same way. That’s really the hallmark of that, and I think that is exemplified in [Jay White & Eddie Kingston].”