Samoa Joe ready to be AEW's ‘standard bearer' and save the world title at Beach Break
Samoa Joe is looking to succeed where others have failed.
He will be the next up to try to end Jon Moxley's 210-plus day reign as AEW World champion when the two veterans step into a steel cage together for the first time at Dynamite: Beach Break on Wednesday (8 p.m., TBS, Max). Joe and his Opps faction have already taken the Trios titles from Moxley and his Death Riders. Now, he will look to become a two-time AEW world champion.
Before the big match, Joe took time for some Q&A with The Post's Joseph Staszewski.
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