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Samoa Joe announces his official departure from Ring of Honor; full info |
» Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
» On Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 4:42 PM EST
During the latest edition of the ROH Video Wire, it is announced that Samoa Joe will be leaving Ring of Honor full-time beginning in March.
Mike Johnson of PWInsider.com has written the following transcript of what Samoa Joe said about his departure from the company:
"I'd like to start this off by saying thank you. Thank you to the Ring of Honor fans. Thank you to the Ring of Honor loyalists. For all those who helped make this grow and become what it is today and for those that will continue to help this grow and become bigger and better in the days to come.
It has come to light that my tenure here in Ring of Honor will soon be coming to an end. As most of you know, a great deal of my heart, a great deal of my soul, a great of who I am as a wrestler, as a person is linked to this promotion and what I've done in it.
I started out in Southern California and did my best to hone my skills, but Ring of Honor was the place where I go to display that. It was the place where I got to go out and be Joe and that's all I had to be. The past three years, three plus years, hell, damn near four now, I've called this place home. I have proudly carried its banner and I've proudly displayed my work here to all those who would see it.
So, in light of that, I am making an announcement that the Samoa Joe Farewell Tour will begin on February 16th and will end in Liverpool, England. I will have my final match as a regular part of the Ring of Honor as a wrestler. I've made a lot of promises and I've said a lot of things, especially into this camera, but I promise you this, I came into this company to do a mission - to wrestle my ass off, to give my best at all times for the best fans in the world. I promise you this Ring of Honor fans, in my final run here, my final string of matches that I will leave with this promotion, I will give you my best. I will give you my greatest. I promise you. I will give you my all.
Unfortunately, circumstances and time move on, and so much I. Ring of Honor's always been a promotion about new talent, new people, a new breed of wrestling. Trends aren't followed here, trends are made and now I leave the trends, the edginess, the realness of pro wrestling for those here on this roster. Ring of Honor was a huge part of my life and always will be. I hope you will join me and the rest here as I'm forced to say farewell to a company that I love. Thank you. I am Samoa Joe. I love pro wrestling and I leave it all here, in Ring of Honor."
When ROH booker Gabe Sapolsky was contacted for comment about Samoa Joe's departure from ROH, he declinded to comment much adding quote, "I'd rather not discuss the matter." Mike Johnson also has a very detailed account of Samoa Joe's career in Ring of Honor starting in October of 2002 to present day that is worth checking out at this link.
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