10 Best WWE Storylines Of The Last 5 Years

10. Brock Lesnar Vs. Samoa Joe (2017)

The Samoa Joe fans witnessed on WWE programming from 2017 to 2021 was a far cry from the one seen bashing heads and killing folks a decade earlier.

However, on the rare occasion where Vince McMahon quite happily let his Samoan Submission Machine off the leash in a big-time programme, sheer magic was conjured.

Erupting at Paul Heyman hot on the heels of earning a number one contender's shot against a stacked field at Extreme Rules 2017, the visual of an intense Joe choking out Brock Lesnar's mouthpiece had fans simply salivating at the thought of what would go down the minute these two titans met face-to-face.

The answer? Joe made the reigning Universal Champion look incredibly out-gunned for the first time in an age. And the two would smash seven lumps of sh*t out of one another at the brilliantly titled Great Balls of Fire before continuing their eye-catching frenzy at SummerSlam as they formed half of a scintillating four-way over the red strap.

WWE undoubtedly missed a trick when it came to Joe's time in the squared-circle on the main roster. But in this Beastly back-and-forth, Joe and Lesnar brought the legit chaos and big-fight feels and then some.