Samoa Joe issued the following statement regarding his release from WWE on social media:

“Extremely fortunate and grateful to all the young & amazing talent I had the pleasure of working with in the past months. Only saddened at the loss of an “excuse” to see their continued growth & achievement. I am very excited for there future,….. and mine”

You can bet AEW and IMPACT Wrestling will both be in contact with Joe when his WWE non-compete clause expires.

Extremely fortunate and grateful to all the young & amazing talent I had the pleasure of working with in the past months. Only saddened at the loss of an “excuse” to see their continued growth & achievement . I am very excited for there future,….. and mine 🙃

, Samoa Joe (@SamoaJoe) January 7, 2022