10 Wrestlers Who Really Can't Catch A Break
6. Samoa Joe
Even at this advanced stage of his career, Samoa Joe is one of the best professional wrestlers on the planet. As a heel, few performers carry as much legitimacy and credibility as the Samoan Submission Machine. Joe is dangerous, make no mistake about that. He also happens to be one of the few who are just as effective as a babyface, without making too many changes to the character. Badass Joe is badass Joe, whether you are cheering or not.
Joe's WWE run has been punctured almost continuously by poorly-timed injuries and the main roster curse, although it should be made abundantly clear that curses do not exist. What makes Joe's injuries even more frustrating is that they always seem to happen around WrestleMania time, robbing a generational great of a true career-defining moment, at least in a WWE sense.
If it wasn't injuries, it was suspensions. Joe picked up a Wellness Policy violation at the end of February this year, just as his feud with Seth Rollins and the AoP was kicking into high gear. That's right, a Wellness Policy violation, to Samoa Joe, in 2020.
At this point in his WWE career, Samoa Joe should be a multi-time world champion at the top of the tree, the definitive big bad heel or the ass-kicking babyface that the company so desperately needs. As it is, he is a commentator on RAW.