Samoa Joe returned to AEW after six months on last night's special Maximum Carnage episode of Dynamite, helping allies Hook and Katsuyori Shibata clean house against The Patriarchy.

In an interview earlier this year, Joe expressed excitement at AEW's prospects, as wrestlers like Will Ospreay have since joined the company, and former world champion Kenny Omega is back from his bout with Diverticulitis.

Pwinsider is reporting that Scott D’Amore was backstage at this week’s AEW Dynamite TV tapings. As of this writing, there’s no word on whether he was just visiting or if something else is in the works. Taz made his return to All Elite Wrestling on this week’s episode of Dynamite.

Samoa Joe would make his way out to the ring and proceed to clear the ring, saving both Hook and Shibata, marking his return after being gone for the last few months.

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The former AEW World Champion returned to the company on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite after the Hook vs. Christian Cage match ended in a disqualification. Hook had Cage on the ropes until other members of The Patricarchy got involved on Cage's behalf.

Taz is back on commentary, as he was part of the broadcast team at AEW Dynamite: Maximum Carnage. Taz previously missed over two months as he had to get knee replacement surgery. AEW wrote him out of programming as he was attacked in the parking lot ahead of the October 2nd episode of AEW Dynamite.