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#23 Samoa Joe
Key Highlights:
- Main Roster debut at Raw, attacking Seth Rollins.
- Won the Main Event of WWE Extreme Rules to become the #1 contender to Brock Lesnar's WWE Universal Championship.
- Main Event matches at WWE Great Balls of Fire and WWE SummerSlam for the WWE Universal Championship.
- Part of Team Raw that beat Team SmackDown at WWE Survivor Series.
Samoa Joe made his official main roster debut in the WWE on January 30, 2017 episode of Raw, where he attacked Seth Rollins from behind, and aligned himself with "The Game", Triple H. He then made his Pay-Per-View debut at WWE Fastlane, where he defeated Sami Zayn by submission.
Joe's major Pay-Per-View victory came at WWE Extreme Rules, where he won the main event, in a Fatal 5-Way Extreme Rules match to become the number one contender for Brock Lesnar's WWE Universal title at WWE Great Balls of Fire, which he eventually lost. He also went on to main event WWE SummerSlam in a fatal 4-way match for the WWE Universal title.
Joe was also a part of Team Raw that won the traditional Survivor Series match against Team SmackDown at WWE Survivor Series.
