WWE Superstar shake-up's biggest missed opportunities

#3 There are more options for Samoa Joe on SmackDown

Samoa Joe is being squandered on Raw

One of the primary objectives for a shake-up or draft like this is to open up the possibility for new and exciting feuds while preventing old and stale ones from continuing for the next few months.

Sadly, Samoa Joe is in a position where there aren’t too many interesting options for him on Monday Night Raw, but SmackDown has a bevy of opponents he could have had great feuds with.

While he hasn’t had elongated multi-month feuds with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, he’s had his interactions with them. Then, with Finn Balor, those two fought enough times that it doesn’t need to be seen again for a while.

The only real person of interest for Joe on Raw is Dean Ambrose, which should be a great feud if WWE lets them go all out on each other.

On SmackDown, though, Samoa Joe could have feuded with AJ Styles (something not seen since their days in TNA), Randy Orton (never been seen before), John Cena (which the two have expressed great interest in doing) and even someone like Luke Harper if he gets pushed to the proper level.

There wasn’t much of a finality to his feud with Sami Zayn, so that carries over. Similarly, if you’re not too bored with Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe, then the same case can be made for Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe on SmackDown.

Also, what happened to the alliance between Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe? With Owens on SmackDown, that becomes nullified. SmackDown needs another main event heel with the exit of Bray Wyatt, and Joe could have easily fit in that role fantastically.

Here’s hoping he and Brock Lesnar at least clash and it isn't some squash in favour of The Beast Incarnate.