Samoa Joe has been out of action since the last week of August due to the knee injury that he suffered. It was reported that he suffered the knee injury at a WWE Live Event on the weekend of the last week of August. 
According to reports, Samoa Joe is expected back in the ring by the end of the month after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery for a torn meniscus that he reportedly suffered since last August. He also underwent nose surgery to repair his nose which has been broken eight times and was causing him difficulties to breathe.