Samoa Joe has hatched a plan to eliminate his foes ahead of tonight’s game early warning aircraft Dynamite. In doing so, he announced the return of a 34-year-old star to the show.

The aforementioned star is Bryan Keith, a member of Chris Jericho’s Learning Tree faction. Joe and his faction, The Opps, have made numerous enemies in recent months, including Joe’s victory over Hangman Adam Page to win the AEW World Championship.

He has been at odds with the Samoan submission machine and his stable for weeks. before this week Dynamite: Maximum Carnage During the show, Samoa Joe made a big announcement in a video X via AEW. He berated Hangman while also revealing that he and The Opps plan to defend the World Triples Championship and that he needs to be fully focused without any distractions.

Realizing that the Executioner would cause them trouble, Joe said he put a bounty on his head, and “bounty hunter” Brian Keith returned to Dynamite to claim it. While Keith admitted that Page defeated him three years ago, he made it clear that he is a different person now.

WWE reportedly high on Samoa Joe’s AEW faction members

While Samoa Joe continues to dominate AEW as part of The Opps, his faction member Powerhouse Hobbs is reportedly attracting interest from rival WWE. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, The level of WWE is very high About Hobbes. However, Dave Meltzer also said He needs to go through changes and improve his promotional skills when he joins the company in the future.

“He’s a big guy and he… they do like him… you know, I think… I don’t want to limit his potential, you know, I mean in WWE, where he ends up going, a lot of it will depend on his ability to talk, and we really don’t see a lot of like long-term talking ability, you know, Or obviously, him being put in a stable like Heyman, you know that changes everything because then he doesn’t have to say as much. Most of the time when people are in one place for a long time, it’s better to change things up and put a new coat of paint on them… but there’s always Rey Phoenix when things are bad.”

The AEW star is on the radar of WWE under Samoa Joe and his future remains to be seen.