WWE Hall of Famer and RAW producer Arn Anderson has had an impact on the WWE run of Samoa Joe, along with other wrestlers, who is preparing to face A.J. Styles for the WWE Heavyweight Championship this Sunday at SummerSlam.
“I think a guy, especially after I really started in the business was Arn Anderson” Samoa Joe said, during an interview with the Vulture Hound. “He had a real good technical acumen, great timing, incredibly explosive, and was able to kind of project an air about himself despite his stature. He seemed like he was ten feet tall.
“Bouncing back and forth, I caught a little bit of UWFI and I remember early Takada matches and seeing kind of the more shoot style of professional wrestling. It was a very mixed bag.”