ROH tag team issues challenge for AEW Collision

The history between Samoa Joe and Jay Lethal has been long and storied—and it looks like it’s about to get a little longer. 

Lethal appeared alongside Lee Johnson for a promo during tonight’s ROH Supercard of Honor show. He addressed his past as Samoa Joe’s protégé in the early days of the promotion, and compared it Joe now mentoring Anthony Bowens in AEW. He then challenged Joe and Bowens to face himself and Johnson on Collision on Saturday night in Salisbury, Maryland.

Lethal started in ROH under the name Hydro in the Special K faction. In 2004, Joe convinced him to leave the group and use the Jay Lethal name. The two would share the ring as partners and opponents several times, with Joe defeating Lethal for the ROH Pure Championship in 2005.

In future years, Lethal would fail in several challenges of Joe in TNA for both the X Division Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship. They would also team up to challenge for the World Tag Team Championships, but were unsuccessful. 

They have met just once in the past decade: In July of 2022, Joe again defeated Lethal to retain the ROH World Television Championship at Death Before Dishonor.