Tony Khan makes huge announcement on 5-time WWE champion's immediate AEW future

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Tony Khan is AEW's President [Image Credits: AEW's YouTube, WWE.com]

AEW President Tony Khan recently announced some news regarding former WWE United States Champion Samoa Joe. The Samoan Submission Machine has captured the AEW World Championship for the second time at Full Gear. He defeated Hangman Page in a steel cage match. Hook was a major factor in the title change. He entered the cage to help the Cowboy. However, it was a ruse, and the Cold-Hearted Handsome Devil ended up rejoining the Opps.

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Eddie Kingston, who returned in September, was aligned with Hook for the past couple of months. With the former FTW Champion turning heel, the Mad King called out Hook and Samoa Joe on last week's Dynamite. He then demanded a match against the Opps' Katsuyori Shibata. On the latest edition of Collision, he defeated Shibata and then asked for a title shot at the AEW World Champion.

The two goliaths will collide at Winter is Coming, which is just a few weeks away. Tony Khan recently took to X and announced that the two stars will go face-to-face on the upcoming edition of Dynamite.

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"Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite, 8pm ET/7pm CT, TBS + HBO Max, This Wednesday, 12/3, @SamoaJoe & Eddie Kingston face-to-face THIS WEDNESDAY! Before their Winter Is Coming AEW World Title fight, @AEW World Champion Samoa Joe + Eddie Kingston will be face-to-face THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT!" he wrote.

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WWE veteran Jim Ross praises AEW star Samoa Joe

The Samoan Submission Machine has been one of the major main event stars in the Jacksonville-based promotion. The former WWE champion stood up for the company whenever it was down.

While speaking on Grilling JR, the former WWE commentator Jim Ross said Samoa Joe is too special and rare. He deemed the star a gift to the promotion.

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“He (Samoa Joe)’s a warrior. He's special. He's the kind of guy—Tony Khan can't hire too many people like Samoa Joe. He's great, and he's a leader. I think the world of him. He’s a gift to AEW, without question,” said Ross.

It will be interesting to see what happens when Eddie and Samoa confront each other this Wednesday.

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