#samoa joe

Literally no one:

Me: JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE JOE-

Nobody:

Me: JOES GONNA KILL YOU. JOES GONNA KILL YOU

When that Samoa Joe music hits on SmackDown Live

How much do those monitors tablets cost

• Braun Strowman destroys Roman Reigns again. With Roman Reigns already declaring himself the #1 Contender for the Universal Champion at SummerSlam, I have to wonder what a loss to Strowman would mean? I suspect a Triple Threat match at SummerSlam between Braun, Reigns, and the Universal Champion.
  
  
• After a month of hype, the showdown between Goldust and R-Truth was underwhelming. I have to be honest, I was and still am disappointed with the end result.  would much rather have seen Goldust attack R-Truth backstage than have that beating, before the bell, be broadcast in the ring.
  
  
• I’m a Los Angeles Lakers’ fan so getting to see Lonzo Ball in front of the hometown crowd fascinated me. Lonzo appears to be an asset to the Lakers franchise. His father, however, does not; and it is safe to say he did not benefit WWE either. I don’t know what was planned for The Ball Family on Monday Night Raw, but the segment was off-the-hook (in a bad way).
  Levar seemingly said/did whatever he wanted; essentially making a mockery of WWE. The Miz and Maryse deserve props for doing as best they could to keep the segment on-track. Thankfully, Dean Ambrose came out and initiated the following match. This was not the worse celebrity segment in WWE history, yet it was far from the best. At the moment, it was funny; in retrospect, it was a bad look for WWE.
  
  
• Big Cass tricked Enzo into thinking their team was going to stay together. It was surprising that the crowd actually believed the false reunion. Going forward, I wonder if Enzo will maintain star status in WWE or will he be forgotten? It looks like Big Cass, on the other hand, has a bright future ahead of him.
  
  
• For the second meeting in a row, Samoa Joe got the better of Brock Lesnar; this time choking him out with the Coquina Clutch. WWE is doing a great job presenting the Clutch as a dangerous hold. I still don’t know who will leave Great Balls Of Fire with the Universal Championship but based on the build-up to this match, I suspect this rivalry is only beginning.
  
  
• You had to know Monday Night Raw was going to do something to undermine Smackdown Live’s Women’s Money In The Bank Ladder rematch; so at first, I scoffed at the idea of the Gauntlet Match but by the end of the show, they [the Women’s roster] won me over. Nia Jax was the star. Not only did she wrestle for over 30 minutes, she dominated two former champions before falling to The Boss.
  An Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks series could put Raw’s division back on the map. It would free Bayley to rebuild and regroup her character, away from the championship, while Nia Jax starts to breaks away from the pack.  
  

Last week, I was head-over-heels excited to see Brock Lesnar meet face-to-face with Samoa Joe on RAW. The thought of a vengeful Brock attacking Samoa Joe for what happened to Paul Heyman had me excited. Well, Raw began with a great segment Brock and Samoa did have a fight where Joe was able to knock down Brock with a kick, but the two were pulled apart, and that was it.

I was expecting; hoping more would have come from the BEAST and the DESTROYER. Why Brock only did one segment made zero sense to me. I had hoped Lesnar would have spent the three-hour show, terrorising the roster while slowly hunting down Joe; the show ending with a big fight. That is what I envisioned. That is how I would have done it, but WWE had different plans.

I was, however, thankful that Samoa Joe did not waver from cold-as-ice persona. Joe did not back from Brock. That in and of itself is a good thing. With Raw struggling to put on exciting shows, it would have made sense to take advantage of a rare Brock appearance and give him more than one segment.

Perhaps the next appearance will mean more. With only four weeks before Great Balls Of Fire, WWE needs to step things up.

Following his debut attacks on Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn, RAW has done very little to make Samoa Joe look like a big deal. Even though he won the #1 Contender’s match at Extreme Rules, I still had doubts that WWE would make his an interesting character.

The segment he had with Paul Heyman on Monday Night Raw changed everything. It was the best moment on New Era RAW since the first Sasha Banks/Charlotte main event. Seeing Joe brutalise Heyman the same way BROCK LESNAR has done to others in the past set a meaningful example of Joe being a ruthless threat.

I am looking forward to next week’s RAW where Brock Lesnar is scheduled to show up and “unleash the beast”.

Yes, many people hate the fact that Brock Lesnar is featured so prominently on WWE program despite making limited appearances, but that’s another story for an another time.
For this particular tale, the fact that he was away allowed Joe the space to destroy Heyman with the Coquina Clutch. This allows a vengeful Brock a reason to hunt down Samoa Joe, thus reminding people why he is THE BEAST INCARNATE rather than the man who lost to Goldberg in a matter of seconds.

We know WWE is putting energy behind Finn Balor and Roman Reigns as its top stars, however, Samoa Joe is the man who should be presented as the one to lead the company. Only Joe comes across as a man who could stop Brock Lesnar; injure Lesnar.
Nobody else has dared to come at Lesnar and Heyman this particular way. That means something. Joe is not caught up in the mystique of BROCK. He is not hesitant to provoke THE BEAST.

I am looking forward to Monday’s broadcast. In a fantasy scenario, I would like to see Joe get the upper hand and actually lay out Lesnar, on-air. Their match is going to be huge; its lead up, however, needs a more personal element. A chase towards delayed revenge (Brock’s) works for me.  

Samoa Joe says ssleeeep. Samoa Joe puts Kyle O’Reilly to sleep.

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