Samoa Joe may not be a high flier but he does pull off a lot of risky moves and has suffered quite a few injuries over the past few years (he missed a couple of WrestleManias as a result). Now, Joe - who will face AJ Styles at Hell in a Cell for the WWE Championship - has made some pretty surprising remarks about the toll wrestling takes on a Superstar's body and isn't overly positive about his future.
"We sacrifice ourselves every day when we go in that ring, and I know it proudly," he explains. "I know what I signed up for and I do not shy away from that fact at all. There’s a good chance I will be in a wheelchair when I’m 60, and you know, hey, I signed up for that. I know that."
Wow. That's brutally optimistic and pretty pessimistic but you can see where he's coming from because being a wrestler is a job which will have negative ramifications on any athlete (just look at Mick Foley or the many other people Diamond Dallas Page has helped in recent years). With any luck, Joe won't end up in a wheelchair and he'll be able to continue performing for many more years to come.