Once again, this is not a knock on R-Truth per se. But in a company filled with younger WWE superstar, it is odd when a 47-year-old man holds the US Championship. While him winning the US Championship got a nice pop, very little happened during his reign ever since.
WWE decided to put R-Truth in the match after Nia Jax took the Number 30 spot in the Men's Royal Rumble. It was clearly a reward for doing the job to her and WWE had no long term plans for R-Truth or the United States Championship. And thus Samoa Joe winning the Championship makes all the more sense.
Samoa Joe can mix it up with the stacked mid-card of SmackDown Live, and help elevates the likes of Andrade and even Rowan as a singles competitor. As much as I hate to say it, he'll be a better representative for the Championship than R-Truth was.
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Riju Dasgupta
Riju Dasgupta is the most-read active writer in Sportskeeda at the moment, across all sports. Having come on board in 2016, Dasgupta is best known for the 'Best and Worst' column, something that has become a staple for the site!
In addition to his writing responsibilities, Dasgupta is also the Assistant Manager of the Combat Sports division. In 4 years, Dasgupta has conducted over 150 interviews with stars from WWE, Impact Wrestling, PCW Ultra, WOS, UFC, ONE FC and the world of boxing as well.
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