Ranking Every SmackDown WWE Superstar Shakeup Move From Worst To Best

2. Samoa Joe

Samoa Joe
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All hail Samoa Joe.

If Joe can keep up the level of mic work he's shown recently against Roman Reigns, then he'll be pushing AJ Styles for the spot of best all-rounder in WWE. Joe has been superb on the stick over the past few weeks, and it's great to see him join a roster that suits him better than Raw's did.

Matches against AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Shinsuke Nakamura and Jeff Hardy seem like no-brainers for Joe. Beyond those names, he'd smash it against Randy Orton, The Miz or Chris Jericho. Those matches might have a different feel to ones against the likes of AJ and Bryan, but they'd be no less valid.

Joe is a modern-day super worker who can work against anybody. The main challenge he's going to find on SmackDown is satisfying his thirst for competitive matches and being able to push a match with Reigns at Backlash (despite being on a different show) at the same time.

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