10 Bold WWE Predictions For 2017

9. Samoa Joe Vs Brock Lesnar

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With Samoa Joe having dropped the NXT Championship back to Shinsuke Nakamura in Japan and losing his immediate rematch the following week, it's looking increasingly likely that Joe will be making the move up to the main roster very soon.

A surprise debut for Joe in the Royal Rumble would make sense and the place would go nuts if he made an appearance and put together a good run in the match itself. And a showdown with his old ROH and TNA foes in a WWE ring would be a sight to see.

But it's the long term plans for Joe we're particularly focusing on. Hopefully WWE realises what they have in Joe as a legitimate badass and don't relegate him to the midcard on Raw or Smackdown. If they play their cards right, WWE could have a genuinely believable threat to Brock Lesnar and a match between Samoa Joe and Lesnar at Summerslam could be absolutely epic. If they're smart, WWE should have the two square off in the Rumble match to gauge the audience reaction and then strike while the iron's hot.

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