Samoa Joe to Make WWE In-Ring Return Against Karrion Kross at NXT TakeOver 36

WWE NXT: July 27th, 2021 marked the day when Samoa Joe became an in-ring Superstar again!

On the latest episode of NXT, Samoa Joe handed in his resignation to General Manager William Regal. He resigned from the position of an NXT Authority so he can work as a pro-wrestler. His decision for this stems from his desire to bring current NXT Champion Karrion Kross under control.

General Manager William Regal wanted to punish Karrion Kross for what he did on the last NXT episode, however, he agreed to let The Samoan take action.

Samoa Joe vs Karrion Kross is scheduled for August 22nd, 2021 at TakeOver 36 for the NXT Championship title.

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WWE NXT Champion Karrion Kross attacked Samoa Joe and William Regal

Two episodes ago, The NXT Champion choked Samoa Joe. This infuriated The Samoan, and he was ready for revenge.

Therefore, in the following episode, Joe was determined to reach Kross a lesson. He came to the ring and called out for Kross. Unfortunately, at that time Kross wasn’t in the building.

Samoa Joe and William Regal cut a promo where the former told the latter that Kross needs to be in lane. Regal told Joe he would take action, and Joe backed off out of respect for William Regal.

However, when Karrion Kross finally arrived at the building, Joe went to the ring and asked him to face him then and there. Instead of coming to the squared circle, Kross appeared on the screen. He told Joe he would do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted and walked away. As the camera zoomed out, William Regal was lying on the concrete floor. Karrion Kross had attacked William Regal, and Samoa Joe was furious!

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It’s important for Karrion Kross to drop the title

The current NXT Champion has already made his main roster debut. In fact, he’s already clashed with Jeff Hardy on Raw. However, he needs to drop the NXT title before he can have a proper feud on Monday Night Raw.

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Therefore, it’s important he drops the title to The Samoan. In fact, this feud could be WWE’s plan of introducing a new NXT Champion to the WWE Universe.