Booker T Praises Samoa Joe After AEW World Heavyweight Title Win

On the latest episode of the Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T congratulated Samoa Joe on capturing the AEW World Heavyweight Championship. Joe won the title from Hangman Page at Full Gear.

Booker praised Joe as a trustworthy and reliable professional. You can check out some highlights below:

On the Win:

“Big congratulations to Samoa Joe going out there and capturing the AEW World Heavyweight Championship. I said, Tony Khan was gonna do this for Joe.”

“I don’t know if you remember that, but I said, ‘Joe is that soldier and this guy that you can always rely on, the guy that you really want to put a step and you know that mark on his career. And for him to actually, you know, do this as big for some more Joe. I’m proud of that dude.”

On Their History:

“I got a chance to mix it up with Joe right here in Houston, Texas. Man, I remember that was one of the only matches that I bled in. Yeah, Samoa Joe left me in the middle of the ring, and by my choice. You know, by my choice, I wanted to make sure I highlighted some more Joe and his accomplishments as well because I always thought that dude was the real deal. Always thought some more Joe with the real deal.

“And I had such a great time working with Joe. I had such a great time hanging out with Joe in Amsterdam. We had such a great time man, getting on that freaking Autobahn in that van going about 100 miles an hour. Damn we gonna get there safe? Nah, good dude, man. Good things happen to good people. And I’m just glad to see some more Joe become the world champion.”

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