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2. Low Joe

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Samoa Joe has been without compare on WWE television since missing out on WrestleMania for the second year in a row. In the content logjam of the Superstar Shake-up/Greatest Royal Rumble/Backlash overload, he somehow managed to promote about five different programmes.

Only one of those was his own, and fate has determined that he'll see no reward for his graft.

Having done such a profoundly awful job of pushing Roman Reigns, the company now need to sacrifice the 'Samoan Submission Machine' to him for the greater good. Whatever that even is at this point.

In old money, Samoa Joe is the hard-hitting babyface. He's talks sh*t and backs it up time and time again, whilst 'The Big Dog' continues to lose every fight in 'his' yard. History might lay blame for this suicidal booking at the jigging feet of Brock Lesnar, but the company's lack of contingency with their supposed top guy was destined to have these far-reaching impacts. Ironically, even in defeat it'll be Joe that recovers first - Roman is that ruined.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.