Samoa Joe lost the NXT Championship to Shinsuke Nakamura after an incredible match at NXT Takeover Brooklyn II. Nakamura needed two Kinsasha’s to put Joe away! It appears like Samoa Joe might have been injured during the match. Fans in attendance are reporting that the referee put up the dreaded X symbol after the match.
Many fans think it could be Joe’s jaw after the first Kinsasha. Here were some tweets:
A lot of people suspecting Samoa Joe broke his jaw that match. Ref threw up the X after the match and Joe was helped back. Huge blow if hurt
— John Russo (@ACPress_Russo) August 21, 2016
The X went up. Seems #SamoaJoe is legit hurt. #nxttakeoverbrooklyn
— PWS (@ThePWSpotlight) August 21, 2016
Although seriously… Samoa Joe looks really hurt ?
— Daniel (@Infernikus) August 21, 2016
Ref just threw up the X
Samoa Joe is legit hurt— J.A.M. (@MrAcosta89) August 21, 2016
Hopefully not a broken jaw for Samoa Joe
— Connor МcLean (@HEELMcLean) August 21, 2016
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We will keep you guys updated on what happens! Doesn’t look good right now. Hope everything is okay and he is only selling!
Let us know what you think!
I’m not suggesting they did it in this case…. but they sometimes they work the “X” in certain angles.
again, im not suggesting this one was a work… but the match was over, they could have just taken him back to the locker room w/out the ‘X’ considering it was a rumored ‘jaw’ issue.
Didn’t feel like an angle at all. He was clutching his jaw before the finish and talked with the ref prior.
finn balor clutched his ankle when he lost the nxt title and the ref was with him the whole time after
sure, but selling is a part of wrestling and the knee is part of nakamura’s finish… and he took two of them.
again, I need to qualify this by stating that im not asserting it is a work, only that ive seen the dreaded “X” used in angles.
True. The X was minorly glanced on but switched off of on camera and I feel like they would have played it up more. Hopefully it just hurts bad and isn’t a serious injury.
Time for me to get some “heat”.
Karma, for basically ending Tyson Kidd’s career.
tyson kidd coulnd’t hang with the big boys
Oh please, he’s hit that so many times and this was the first major injury cause kid is weak af
remember when balor injured his ankle at the live event against joe and
the ref threw up the “dreaded” x and then finn was fine the next day