10 WWE Feuds That Must Happen In 2017

4. Samoa Joe Vs. Roman Reigns

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If WWE is absolutely stuck on the idea of Roman Reigns remaining a face throughout all of 2017, then they need to find some opponents that fans are actually willing to boo. Samoa Joe should be given the chance to be one of those guys.

Now, Joe will get cheered like crazy whenever he does make his main roster appearance, but he’s somehow been able to receive boos in NXT, which is quite impressive. It will still take a lot of work, but maybe Joe can help Reigns become a more sympathetic figure. Their matches need to be brutal and hard hitting to show that Reigns can keep up in the ring, and that he’s able to take a ton of punishment and still get back up. Even then it's still a long shot, but the matches could certainly be great.

This feud probably should have happened earlier this year, but Vince McMahon remains stubborn on not calling up The Samoan Submission Machine. But with so few fresh names for Roman to feud with, they’re going to need to promote some talent soon if they are still desperate to make his face run work.

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