Samoa Joe has experienced some bad timing as of late when it comes to injuries. In September 2019 he broke his thumb causing him to miss about three months of action. He returned around Christmas time and was good for about a month and a half before he suffered a concussion on an episode of Raw. This caused him to miss another few weeks. He returned to action just recently and had a match on the February 17 addition of Raw, competing alongside Kevin Owens and The Viking Raiders to take on Seth Rollins and his disciples.
After that, apparently Joe filmed a WWE commercial and suffered a head injury while going through a table. I wish him nothing but the best in his recovery. Hopefully he isn’t forced to miss WrestleMania. If this were to happen, it would be the third year he has missed ‘Mania in the four years he’s been on the main roster.
Joe missed WrestleMania 33 due to a legitimate injury and was good to go for 34 but was not used because he had just recently returned from injury. That, and Vince McMahon did not know how to adequately use him. The only WrestleMania he has competed in was last year, defending his United States Championship at the time against Rey Mysterio. Even then, it was not as good a match as it could’ve been because Mysterio was hampered due to an injury he suffered before the event. Timing is everything.