5 SmackDown superstars who deserve a WWE Championship run

#4 Samoa Joe

A man of Joes' caliber should already have had a title run of some sort under his belt on the main roster.

At least Nakamura has won the US Title a few times. While that championship isn't akin to success due to its low spot in the titles' pecking order, it at least shows some sort of faith in a superstar.

Samoa Joe could have easily been built up as a threat with a mid-card title run, but he was immediately thrust into the role of 'main-event jobber'.

He's routinely killed on the mic in feuds, but those words have made him look like an empty threat after always failing.

Sure, he belongs in the main event, but after falling to Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins and AJ Styles, Joe has also lost any air of credibility he had when he joined the main roster.

It's not his fault, but when Mr. McMahon mentioned that some superstars have been stale and that they 'ruined' some, Joe is a prime example of that.

He could have lorded over SmackDown as the dangerous submission monster he was built up to be, but instead, he was continually booked to lose.

Joe was the first one eliminated at both Survivor Series and the Elimination Chamber, so perhaps Triple H valued what Joe brought to the table more than Mr. McMahon does.