Samoa Joe recently lost the NXT Championship to Shinsuke Nakamura. He first lost the title at the Osaka, Japan live event. Nakamura was also able to successfully defend the title against Joe in a steel cage match at the NXT live event in Melbourne, Australia.
There are a number of reports from last night’s show in Riverside, California saying that Samoa Joe was unable to wrestle. He came out to the ring and told the crowd that General Manager William Regal and NXT doctors told him that he was unable to compete.
@SamoaJoe was in the building for the main event! It was sad to see that he was unable to compete in front of his home state ? #NXTRiverside pic.twitter.com/i6g4Rmw9MD
— Sock Monkey Mike (@SockMonkeyMike) December 16, 2016
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There has been no official word on what the extent of Samoa Joe’s injuries are but it looks like he is taking a bit of time to recover. Joe worked a number of live events the days prior but WrestlingInc.com reports that he took minimal bumps in each match.
We will keep you updated when we know more. Guessing it is something minor but still worth noting.
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