Editing Samoa Joe (section)

=== All Elite Wrestling / Return to ROH (2022–present) ===

==== Championship reigns (2022–2024) ====
Samoa Joe returned to Ring of Honor, now owned by [[All Elite Wrestling]] (AEW) co-founder and president [[Tony Khan]], on April 1, 2022, at [[Supercard of Honor XV]], coming to the aid of [[Jonathan Gresham]] and [[Lee Moriarty]] after they were attacked by [[Jay Lethal]] and [[Sonjay Dutt]].<ref name="ROHBio"/> Following this, Tony Khan announced that Joe had signed with AEW.<ref name="Sanchez2022"/> On the April 6 episode of ''[[AEW Dynamite]]'', Joe made his in-ring AEW debut, defeating [[Max Caster]] to qualify for the [[2022 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament]].<ref name="Quarrinton2022"/> On the following episode of ''AEW Dynamite'', Joe defeated [[Minoru Suzuki]] to win the [[ROH World Television Championship]], becoming an [[ROH Triple Crown]] winner in the process.<ref name="ROHBio"/><ref name="Rose2022"/> Joe defeated [[Johnny Elite]] in the quarter-finals and [[Kyle O'Reilly]] in the semi-finals of the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament before losing to [[Adam Cole]] in the final at [[Double or Nothing (2022)|Double or Nothing]] due to interference by [[Bobby Fish]].

[[Image:Samoa Joe and CM Punk, STF.jpg|thumb|Joe (top) performing an [[stepover toehold facelock|STF]] on [[CM Punk]] at [[All In (2023)|All In]] in August 2023.]]

At [[Death Before Dishonor (2022)|Death Before Dishonor]] in July 2022, Joe successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against Jay Lethal.<ref name="Beaston2022"/> Due to their common problems with Lethal, [[Sonjay Dutt]], and [[Satnam Singh]], Joe began teaming with [[AEW TNT Champion]] [[Wardlow (wrestler)|Wardlow]] as "WarJoe". The duo defeated [[Josh Woods (wrestler)|Josh Woods]] and [[Tony Nese]] at [[AEW Grand Slam (2022)|Grand Slam]] in September 2023. The team broke up due to Joe attacking Wardlow after [[Powerhouse Hobbs]] began eyeing Wardlow's TNT Championship, causing Wardlow to unintentionally undermine Joe and his ROH World Television Championship turning [[Heel (professional wrestling)|heel]].<ref name="ITR2022"/> This set up a [[three-way match]] for the TNT Championship between Joe, Wardlow, and Hobbs at [[Full Gear (2022)|Full Gear]] in November 2022, where Joe defeated Wardlow and Hobbs to win the TNT Championship, making him a double champion.<ref name="FG2022"/> After winning both television championships, Joe began referring to himself as the "King of Television".<ref name="Breisch2022"/> On the November 30, 2022 episode of ''Dynamite'', Joe made his first successful TNT Championship defense against [[AR Fox]].<ref name="Konuwa2022"/> The following week on ''Dynamite'', Joe defeated former TNT Champion [[Darby Allin]] in another defense. After Joe attacked Allin post-match, Wardlow ran to the ring, causing Joe to flee.<ref name="G2022"/> At the ROH pay-per-view [[Final Battle (2022)|Final Battle]] in December 2022, Joe successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against [[Juice Robinson]].<ref name="Haulotte2022"/> Later that month at ''[[Dynamite: New Year's Smash]]'', Joe successfully defended the TNT Championship against Wardlow, then cut off a portion of Wardlow's hair after the match.<ref name="Coulson2022"/>

On the January 4, 2023 episode of ''Dynamite'', Joe lost the TNT Championship to Allin, ending his reign at 46 days.<ref name="Powell2023"/> On the February 1 episode of ''Dynamite'', Joe regained the title after defeating Allin in a [[no holds barred match]]. After the match, he was attacked by a returning Wardlow.<ref name="Coulson2022"/> Wardlow subsequently defeated Joe to win the TNT Championship at [[AEW Revolution (2023)|Revolution]] in March 2023.<ref name="Revolution23"/>

Throughout mid-2023, Joe successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against challengers such as [[Mark Briscoe]], [[Colt Cabana]], [[Blake Christian]], [[Matt Sydal]], and [[Dalton Castle (wrestler)|Dalton Castle]]. In June 2023, he entered the [[2023 Owen Hart Foundation Tournament]], but was eliminated by [[CM Punk]] in the semi-finals the following month.<ref name="Kreikenbohm2023"/>

At [[All In (2023)|All In]] in August 2023, Joe unsuccessfully challenged CM Punk for the [["Real World Championship"]].<ref name="AllInLondon2023"/> The following month at [[All Out (2023)|All Out]], Joe successfully defended the ROH World Television Championship against [[Shane Taylor (wrestler)|Shane Taylor]]; on his way to the ring, Joe jostled [[AEW World Champion]] [[MJF]], leading to a brawl.<ref name="AllOut2023"/> Subsequently, Joe entered the [[Grand Slam World Championship Eliminator Tournament]], defeating [[Jeff Hardy]] in the quarter-finals; [[Penta El Zero Miedo]] in the semi-finals; and [[Roderick Strong]] in the final;<ref name="Collins2023"/><ref name="Williams2023"/><ref name="Howard2023"/> at [[AEW Grand Slam (2023)|Grand Slam]] on September 20, he unsuccessfully challenged MJF for the AEW World Championship.<ref name="Howard2023B"/> On November 2, Joe became the longest-reigning ROH World Television Champion in history at 574 days.<ref name="Howard2023C"/>
On November 10, 2023, Joe vacated the ROH World Television Championship in order to focus on challenging for the AEW World Championship.<ref name="Howard2023C"/> At [[Full Gear (2023)|Full Gear]] later that month, Joe (substituting for the injured [[Adam Cole]]) teamed with MJF to successfully defend the [[ROH World Tag Team Championship]] against [[the Gunns]].<ref name="Applegate2023"/> In return for teaming with MJF, Joe was granted a second shot at the AEW World Championship at [[Worlds End (2023)|Worlds End]] in the [[Nassau Coliseum]] in [[Uniondale, New York]] in December 2023.<ref name="Rose2023"/><ref name="Lambert2023"/> The match saw Joe cleanly defeat MJF by technical submission using the [[Coquina Clutch]] to win the AEW World Championship.<ref name="WorldsEnd2023"/><ref name="Howard2023D"/> He defeated [[Hook (wrestler)|Hook]] in his first title defense in January 2024.<ref name="Kreikenbohm2024"/><ref name="KreikenbohmAEWworldreign"/> At [[AEW Revolution (2024)|Revolution]] in March 2024, Joe successfully defended his title against [["Hangman" Adam Page]] and [[Swerve Strickland]] in a [[three-way match]], submitting Page using the Coquina Clutch.<ref name="Howard2024"/> Joe went on to successfully defend his title against [[Wardlow (wrestler)|Wardlow]] at [[AEW Big Business]].<ref name="Kreikenbohm2024"/> At [[AEW Dynasty]] in April 2024, Joe lost the title to Strickland, ending his reign at 113 days.<ref name="Nason2024"/>

==== The Opps (2024–present) ====
Following his loss to Strickland, Joe formed a tag team with Hook.<ref name="Mukherjee2024"/> After a short feud with the Premier Athletes, Joe, Hook, and [[Katsuyori Shibata]] defeated [[Chris Jericho]]'s [[The Learning Tree (professional wrestling)|Learning Tree]] stable and [[Jeff Cobb]] in a [[trios match]] at [[Forbidden Door (2024)|Forbidden Door]] in June 2024.<ref name="Flanagan2024"/><ref name="Powell2024"/> In July 2024, Joe was removed from the [[Scotiabank Saddledome]] in an ambulance after losing a "[[Stampede Street Fight]]" to Jericho when Jericho drove him through a wall using a [[forklift]]; the angle was used to explain Joe going on hiatus to film season two of ''[[Twisted Metal (TV series)|Twisted Metal]]''.<ref name="Currier2024"/> 

He returned in January 2025 at [[AEW Maximum Carnage]], saving Hook from an attack by [[The Patriarchy (professional wrestling)|The Patriarchy]].<ref name="Berge" /> In February 2025, the trio of Joe, Hook, and Shibata were named "The Opps."<ref name="Powell2025" /> In April 2025, at [[AEW Spring BreakThru|''Dynamite'': Spring BreakThru]], Joe, Shibata, and [[Powerhouse Hobbs]] (substituting for an injured Hook) defeated the [[Death Riders]] for the [[AEW World Trios Championship]].<ref name="Trios" /> The next night at [[Spring BreakThru|''Collision:'' Spring BreakThru]], Joe inducted Hobbs as a member of The Opps.<ref name="Opps1" /> On May 14 at [[Beach Break (2025)|''Dynamite'': Beach Break]], Joe unsuccessfully challenged Death Riders leader Jon Moxley for the [[AEW World Championship]] in a [[steel cage match]].<ref name="BeachBreak" /> On May 25 at [[Double or Nothing (2025)|Double or Nothing]], The Opps teamed with [[Kenny Omega]], [[Swerve Strickland]], and [[Willow Nightingale]] to defeat the Death Riders and [[The Young Bucks]] in an [[Anarchy in the Arena match]].<ref name="Opps2"/>