text: AEW World Champion (2023–present) On November 10, 2023, Joe vacated the ROH World Television Championship in order to focus on challenging for the AEW World Championship. At 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. In return for teaming with MJF, Joe was granted a second shot at the AEW World Championship at Worlds End in the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York in December 2023. The match saw Joe cleanly defeat MJF by technical submission using the Coquina Clutch to win the AEW World Championship. He defeated Hook in his first title defense in January 2024. At 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. Joe went on to successfully defend his title against Wardlow at Big Business. At Dynasty in April 2024, Joe lost the title to Strickland, ending his reign at 113 days.
  Following his loss to Strickland, Joe formed a tag team with Hook. After a short feud with the Premier Athletes, Joe, Hook, and Katsuyori Shibata defeated The Learning Tree in a trios match at Forbidden Door in June 2024.
  Professional wrestling style and persona
  Samoa Joe wrestles in a "technician" and "powerhouse" style, with "blistering, MMA-inspired offense". Ring of Honor described him as "one of the hardest-hitting and most intense competitors in the sport". His use of submission holds saw him nicknamed the "Samoan Submission Machine". His signature moves include the "Coquina Clutch" (a rear naked choke), the "Coquina Plex" (a sleeper suplex), the facewash, the "Island Driver" (a sitout side powerslam), the muscle buster, the "Olé Kick" (a Yakuza kick), the STF, the "STJoe" (an STO), and the uranage. Joe is also known for a maneuver colloquially dubbed the "nope spot", which sees him casually walk out of the way of an opponent executing an aerial maneuver.