Former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe faced Chris Jericho in a Stampede Street Fight on the latest edition of Dynamite. Samoa Joe won the AEW World Championship from MJF at last year's pay-per-view "World Ends". After winning the title, Joe defended the belt against Hook, Hangman Page and Swerve Strickland. However, on AEW Dynasty, he faced Swerve Strickland in a singles match, where he lost the title to Strickland.

Following his title loss, Samoa Joe feuded with Chris Jericho and his faction, The Learning Tree. This rivalry also saw Joe team up with Hook and Katsuyori Shibata to take on The Learning Tree. This culminated in a trios tag team match where Joe, Hook and Shibata defeated Chris Jericho, Big Bill and Jeff Cobb at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door last week.

This week's AEW Dynamite featured a brutal Stampede Street Fight between Samoa Joe and Chris Jericho. Jericho secured the win with a surprise assist. Big Bill and Bryan Keith replaced Jericho after HOOK was sidelined due to Jericho's previous injury. Katsuyori Shibata was noticeably absent.

The match reached a dramatic climax when Big Bill loaded Joe onto a forklift pallet and Jericho drove him through a wall. Officials rushed to Joe's aid and forced the match to be called off. Recent reports reveal the reasoning behind AEW's decision to write Samoa Joe off of TV via this angle.