Samoa Joe has proved over the past several months that he deserves to be in the main event scene of WWE. Fans of Joe from prior to his WWE career already knew that was the case. For fans that were only introduced to him recently, it is abundantly clear that he is a star.
Samoa Joe was recently interviewed by Josh Barnett of ‘For The Win‘. During the interview, he answered the question that some fans have asked about him.
Why does he wear a towel to the ring? When did it start? What is the back story?
Joe explained the reason behind the towel during the interview:
“I think partially it was the grapplers that I enjoyed wore a towel to the ring and they looked like they were ready to rock and roll. Mike Tyson used to come out with the towel poncho. I didn’t get the towel poncho. Just the towel. It’s something I just started to do and never stopped.”
He also says that he has a big collection of them:
“There’s a roster of them, let me put it that way,”
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It has certainly became one of his signatures.
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