Top 5 WWE Rumors of the Week - 23rd April, 2018

#3 WWE has big plans for Samoa Joe?

Samoa

Joe

to be a big player on SmackDown?

Samoa Joe recently moved from Monday Night Raw to SmackDown Live, which seemed like an odd move considering he was in the process of trash talking Roman Reigns on a weekly basis and is set to wrestle 'The Big Dog' at Backlash.

However, it seems that there is a reason Samoa Joe was moved to SmackDown with PWStream reporting that WWE wants to keep Reigns and Joe apart after their Backlash clash because Reigns will be the top star on Raw and they have big plans for Joe on Smackdown.

Per source: Samoa Joe moved to #SDLive to avoid Reigns. The two will have a match soon, however following that, Reigns, as expected, will be running #Raw. As such, Joe wouldn’t be a pivotal part of the show. WWE want him to play a big role — he wouldn’t be on Raw, hence the move.

— PWStream (@PWStream) April 22, 2018