Fresh off his second AEW World Championship win at AEW Full Gear, Samoa Joe already has a possible challenger in sight, and his name is Eddie Kingston.
At Full Gear, HOOK revealed that his previous separation from The Opps was a ruse as he shockingly struck “Hangman” Adam Page with the AEW World Championship in an effort to help Joe reclaim it. On the Thanksgiving Day special of “AEW Collision,” Eddie Kingston then defeated The Opps’ Katsuyori Shibata with a DDT, after which he called out Samoa Joe, the leading faction member.
In his post “Collision” match promo, Kingston said he still personally considers HOOK to be his friend. At the identical time, he recognizes that HOOK may need to face Page’s wrath because of his actions at Full Gear. Also seeing the potential for HOOK to be corrupted by Joe now, Kingston then laid down a challenge for Joe to battle him at “AEW Dynamite: Winter In Coming.”
“Before Joe can corrupt HOOK, before Joe can come out here and say he’s the actual AEW World Champion, Samoa Joe, have a look at me in my eyes. These cameramen, zoom in, do your job. Thanks very much. Joe, I used to be out for 18 months with a knee injury, and all I could take into consideration was being back on this ring because this ring gives me peace. I even have no peace on this life. The one have peace I even have is after I’m on this ring fighting it. Joe, on December 10, Winter Is Coming, do me a favor. Do not be a p***y. Defend the title against me,” Kingston said.
As of now, Joe has yet to simply accept Kingston’s challenge. “Dynamite: Winter Is Coming” will happen in Atlanta, Georgia on Wednesday. December 10.