#5 Samoa Joe
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While he technically did not lose at WrestleMania, the only reason this isn't the case is because he didn't wrestle a match, to begin with. That in itself is a loss as he was one of the only people on the entire main roster without an injury who didn't make some kind of appearance on the card.
Even Simon Gotch was in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and he was released just a few days after!
Of course, WWE tried to make up for this by having Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens beat down Chris Jericho on Raw and later in the night, wrestle Seth Rollins and Finn Balor, but it was Balor who came out of that segment looking like the focal point, not Joe.
For WWE to put Joe onto the main roster at a time where they had nothing for him to do at WrestleMania is poor planning, and if there aren’t any ideas about how to properly utilise him heading into Payback, the best thing for him to do is to just switch brands to SmackDown, also known lately as “the land of opportunity.”
Samoa Joe is far too big of a star to spend several months lingering around Raw with nothing to do. He deserves to be in a legitimate feud with a top talent, whether it be Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, John Cena or anybody on the list of noteworthy Superstars with whom he could have great matches with.
As long as WWE gives Samoa Joe something to do, the rest will work itself out. When he’s left off the schedule, that’s when his character starts losing steam. Who do you think needs to switch gears and avenge the problems they ran into from WrestleMania 33? Drop your thoughts in the comments below!
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