How Goes Things For Samoa Joe?

When Samoa Joe debuted a couple months ago to the main roster, it was an exciting start. Ignoring the injury to Seth Rollins, Joe was debuting under the wing of Triple H. That had the makings of a great push for him.

Since then, it just feels like Samoa Joe has been coasting. He is getting the expected feud with Seth Rollins, but everything in the last few weeks has just felt like he's been moving in a straight line. I would not say he is directionless. That is sometimes the issue with some wrestlers that are being misused. They don't have any real focus. With Samoa Joe, it just feels like he is moving along and there is nothing special about how he is being pushed. The commentators can say whatever they want, but the push is just stagnant.

I would say the problem is the same thing I said for Kevin Owens. Triple H has not been involved enough with Samoa Joe. Where was Samoa Joe to interfere at Wrestlemania? Where was Samoa Joe being more involved with Seth Rollins before that? His character can just be presented a lot better than it has.

There have also been some nights where Owens and Joe would team up. I feel like the pairing was just taken for granted. More should have been done to build a relationship between the two. Of course, Kevin Owens going to Smackdown would have made any desire to do that a waste of time. It isn't like it would have been hard to work around that. Just send another top Raw guy to Smackdown.

Overall, I would say that Samoa Joe could be presented to the audience a lot better. It isn't about title reigns. It is about character. The WWE has not put enough work into his character. It feels like they just did a little bit of work to explain his character, and have since been coasting in that one direction. It just gets dull, even for a guy that wrestling fans respect like Samoa Joe. Eventually, I would hope things pick up with him.