7 WWE NXT Rivalries For Samoa Joe

7. Kalisto

Joe has worked a lot of styles in his career. One of the cool things about how he was booked by TNA is they had him work a lot with smaller wrestlers in their X-Division. They prided themselves on saying that it wasn't about weight limits, it was about no limits. That's why they could include the 270 pound Samoan in feuds with guys that weigh 200 pounds. Now that Rey Mysterio is gone, Kalisto is the smallest male wrestler on WWE's roster (not counting Hornswoggle or El Torito) at 5'6" and 170 pounds. The expectation is that WWE will want him to break out as a Spanish wrestling star because he's got a lot of awesome aerial moves that will make him stand out from the pack. If WWE brought Joe in as a heel he could feud with Kalisto because he would be perfect as a smaller guy that could sell Joe's power moves. They could do one of those stories where Joe dominates him in a match, then Kalisto gets a surprise pin and they have a series of matches to follow that. It would be about elevating Kalisto as an underdog babyface that's a threat to beat anybody, even a bigger guy like Joe.
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