10 questions from WWE Extreme Rules that most need answering

#7 Does Joe have a chance against The Beast?

Does he have a chance?

Ignoring your personal opinions about Samoa Joe for a second, are we really expected to believe he has a real chance of taking Brock’s title away from him?

On paper, there is no reason whatsoever for Joe to not beat Lesnar. Both are billed as powerhouse destroyers, and both have enjoyed success all around the world of pro wrestling, but in WWE’s world, Brock Lesnar is unstoppable, and beating him is only reserved for the those with a long term plan behind them.

We are all assuming that Brock will hold his belt until Wrestlemania 34, where he will probably drop it to Roman Reigns. It’s not beyond the realms of possibility for Finn Balor to fill that role if, for whatever reason, Roman falls out of favour with Vince. But Samoa Joe just doesn’t feel like somebody the company cares about enough right now.

Whoever came out of this fatal five-way as the winner was always going to be a placeholder. Brock will probably not lose his title before Summerslam and is unlikely to be defeated before Mania. Therefore, the best that Joe can hope for is to come out of this looking like he could have beaten the Beast if his luck had changed just slightly.

Maybe there will be a non-clean finish somewhere that protects Joe from being just another Brock Lesnar victim. Otherwise, all this effort put into the main event of Extreme Rules is going to come across as completely irrelevant.