Samoa Joe has reportedly been suspended 30 days due to a wellness policy violation on top of the head injury he suffered while filming a WWE commercial. Joe is now the third superstar to violate the wellness policy in about three months. However, WWE may be simply giving Joe a slap on the wrist, because if they were serious about this punishment they would have waited until he is healed from his injury to begin his suspension. The company, however, is not doing this – they most likely want to give the Samoan Submission Machine the opportunity to compete at WrestleMania. He has already missed the biggest show of the year three of the four years he has been on the main roster.
Joe has had an incredibly messy few months with untimely injuries piling up and now a wellness policy violation – his first offense (no one has violated more than one). Nonetheless, Mr. McMahon will have the option of including on the Mania card if he so chooses. Samoa Joe is eligible to return to WWE later this month, which gives him a little time to build interest for a match on April 5 in Tampa Bay.