4 Ups & 5 Downs From Last Night’s WWE Backstage (Nov 13)

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4. Samoa Joe's Response

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Amid the pointlessness of it all, Samoa Joe showed glimpses of the incredible promo he is. As part of the bit, he had to respond to the promo, and he did so by once more subverting and somehow elevating a sh*tty WWE trope.

He cut his promo in the format of a limerick, on a fluff nothing show, a context impossible to take seriously, in an expensive studio, nose-to-nose with a man he clearly doesn’t care about, in an emulation of an emulation, and he still, somehow, altered the atmosphere in the room with his trademark menace.

Joe is absolutely fantastic at this. I don’t want to see a match with some guy I don’t give a sh*t about, but I do want to see Joe back now.

Here’s hoping he isn’t cleanly beaten in the death slot upon his return, eh?

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