Kurt Angle Thinks WWE Could Have Done More With Samoa Joe

Kurt Angle shared the ring with Samoa Joe many times during their respective careers as they had some of the biggest matches in TNA/IMPACT history. 

Angle was the man who snapped Joe’s eighteen-month undefeated streak in IMPACT. 

Speaking on The Kurt Angle Show, Angle discussed Joe’s utilization in IMPACT. 

“Joe, he got utilized properly in TNA at the beginning. Until he lost his undefeated streak against me, his value dropped dramatically. They’ve never really picked back up and brought Joe back to the level he was when he was undefeated,” he said.

Joe and Angle would meet again in WWE in one of Angle’s final bouts before his retirement.

Speaking about Joe’s WWE run, Angle said, “I think that WWE could have done more with him. They did do some, they did a lot, but I know they could have done more. He was that talented. I’m not sure if it had to do with his look. I love his look. I think that everybody should be different; big, tall, short, wide. Doesn’t matter. I don’t know if it had to do with his look, but Samoa Joe was so talented. He deserved to be a WWE Champion, he really did. Probably and that’s not me blowing smoke, that’s me being honest.”

Though Angle may not have been a fan of Joe’s booking throughout his IMPACT and WWE run, he did have fond memories of working with Joe. 

“Joe and I had the best chemistry. We always threw our two cents worth in, and we were always agreeable. I mean, if there was an idea that Joe liked, I liked it, too. If there’s an idea that I liked, Joe liked it, too. We were more compatible than any other wrestlers, even more than AJ Styles and myself. Joe and I, it was almost like we were Frick and Frack like we were related. You know, like we were twins because we thought the same way. We both had the same ideas, the same concepts,” he said.

Joe is still an active competitor and was in action on Saturday’s AEW Collision, defeating Roderick Strong to advance in the Owen Hart Foundation tournament.

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