Several Samoan wrestlers may come from the same family, including The Rock and Roman Reigns, but Samoa Joe is not part of this Bloodline.

On a recent edition of the “Insight” podcast, Joe shared his take on not being in the family and those who falsely claim to be members. He said,

“I think Toa Liona is out there on an island by himself too. But other than that, I mean, there’s a few, but it became a funny thing because when I came up in the indies, a lot of Samoan guys who were around would kind of claim lineage to the, ‘Oh yeah dude, I’m Rock’s cousin. I’m this and that.’

“And to me I was always like, I don’t want to be living off a family name that isn’t mine and doing that. So I was always real meticulous. No, I’m not an Anoa’i, but they’re an awesome family and they paved the way. But, yeah I was really kind of adamant I was gonna make my own name.”

Joe has worked with several members of the family, including having a main event program with Roman Reigns in 2017 on WWE RAW.

Today, though, Joe is a part of AEW where he is working alongside HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata in the new faction ‘The Opps.’

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