One of the biggest names associated with wrestling that has yet to enter WWE (for real) is undoubtedly Samoa Joe. A lot of the reasons why I feel Samoa Joe would be a good fit for WWE work just as well for both sides. So, here they are, for both parties, mutually beneficial.
1) TNA is Misusing Samoa Joe
Really, since his string of matches with Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe doesn’t seem like he’s had that big feel in TNA. It’s funny how when you look at WWE, you can see former champions that are big men being put into positions like Joe is in TNA, yet somehow, in WWE they seem less lame.
One example that comes right to mind is Kane. Kane came into WWE as an unstoppable force, out to destroy The Undertaker, and even though he’s lost a lot of his thunder since his debut, he still has a place on the card where he can be seen as not only a threat but also a vital part of the roster.
As far as being a former champion goes, Samoa Joe is being used less in TNA such as someone like Kane in WWE and more like The Great Khali, who recently lost to Heath Slater.
Bottom line: Kane & Daniel Bryan > Samoa Joe & Magnus, so Joe is on the wrong side.
2) Samoa Joe Has Nothing Left to Prove in TNA
While many people can argue that this would be just as true with WWE (After a while, he’d have nothing left to prove there), I might direct your attention to one Chris Jericho. Jericho has done everything in his wrestling career. He has nothing left to prove in WWE, yet he comes back. So even if Samoa Joe reached the point in WWE that he is in now with TNA, I could still see him coming back and doing more because he wouldn’t have done everything in WWE for maybe five to ten years.
3) New Match Ups
Samoa Joe has faced seemingly everyone in TNA. WWE is running out of fresh ideas for matches so they should always be looking to bring in new talent. Samoa Joe meeting some of his indie friends would be great, as we could see him face Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Chris Hero and Daniel Bryan. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk could main event Wrestlemania and Summerslam. At this point in time, even Samoa Joe vs. Kane seems somewhat appealing. And that doesn’t go without saying Samoa Joe vs. Randy Orton, Sheamus, Wade Barrett, Sin Cara, The Miz (I’d like to see him destroyed), John Cena, Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, and the list can just go on and on. If presented correctly, Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar could also be a huge money match.
4) WWE Wasn’t Ready for Samoa Joe Before, They are Now
When you think of WWE, you think of the cookie cutter mold of wrestlers/wrestling that is, basically, Batista. But WWE isn’t a bunch of Batista clones running around anymore (Stay gone, Mason Ryan!) CM Punk has climbed to the top. Daniel Bryan is on his way there. Samoa Joe would be a perfect fit now more than ever before.
5) WWE Needs to Do Something Huge Again and Joe Could Be It
In this day and age, everyone seems to know everything about everything… except RVD being announced to come back to WWE. That seemed to stay away from the internet, right? So if Samoa Joe stays off of Twitter for a little while and no one leaks anything, Samoa Joe could be a huge surprise. I’m fairly certain that TNA doesn’t have no compete clauses either, so realistically, Samoa Joe could be on a TNA show one night and in WWE the next night. This could work perfectly if Joe was part of a TNA pay-per-view on Sunday then on Raw Monday night, but I’d rather see Samoa Joe debut at a pay-per-view and I’ve always wanted it to be the Royal Rumble.
What would happen if Samoa Joe debuted in the 2014 Royal Rumble? What if he not only debuted then, but he won the Royal Rumble and went on to fight for the title at Wrestlemania 30? It’d be very easy for WWE to talk up Joe as a path of destruction because he could destroy entire factions on his own, or even just kill Ryback. And people who are familiar with him would know he was stagnant in TNA, but hopefully also accept that he is capable of so much more than that. He could even be played up as finally being released from his cage.
So let Joe skip developmental. Put him into the mix right away and change the face of wrestling forever again. We all know both WWE and Samoa Joe need this.
