10 Weirdest Ways To Earn A Wrestling Title Shot
7. Lose A Lesser Championship
If a pro wrestler loses a midcard championship, it badly damages their career and earning prospects.
The midcard by nature is ultra-competitive. Stocked with shrewd veterans, confident, technically advanced up-and-comers, and out-of-form main event talents intent on proving themselves all over again, the picture is very busy. With no automatic rematch clause in place, it's a long way back to the prize that was just claimed from their waist - much less the pinnacle.
Unless they are Samoa Joe, and they simply attack the World Champion the very next night on RAW.
That was easy! This was a method of contendership totally indistinguishable to that of the 24/7 Championship pursuit. No word yet on whether Joe consummated anything with Wendy Styles.
The Samoa Joe Vs. Kofi Kingston match was made official for Extreme Rules before that night's SmackDown. There was no effort made to even thrust Joe into a #1 contender's match after Kofi demanded a chance of vengeance. WWE was too lazy to be lazy.
If Joe's ass was a little too big to be playing hide and seek, WWE's ratings were a little too low to pump out b*llocks like this.