Two years ago, Samoa Joe made his WWE main roster debut allying himself with Triple H and ambushing Seth Rollins. Since then, he has had memorable feuds with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins himself and AJ Styles. However, Joe had never clinched a title on the main roster — until last night. On last night’s edition of SmackDown Live, Joe defeated Rey Mysterio, Andrade Almas and the US Champion R-Truth to claim the United States Championship. The end came when Mysterio hit Almas with a frog splash from the top rope to pin Andrade Almas only for Joe to hit a running senton to break the pin and then hit Almas with a brutal uranage for the win. The Samoan Submission Machine had a sensational run in NXT where he is one two people to be a two-time NXT champion (the other being Shinsuke Nakamura). He is also one half of the inaugural Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners alongside Finn Balor. With such a successful career in NXT, it comes as a surprise that it has taken two years for Joe to win his first championship since NXT. Hopefully this will lead to a major push for Joe. The number of possible dream matches he could have are countless and one can hope that it will lead to him getting a WWE Championship reign in the near future.<doc-sep>After losing Universal Title and WWE Championship feuds to Brock Lesnar and AJ Styles, respectively, Samoa Joe has finally won his first main roster title in WWE: the United States Championship. Last week on WWE SmackDown, R-Truth made an “Open Challenge” for the United States Championship, which he won off of Shinsuke Nakamura – and later retained against Rusev. Truth ended up facing two opponents, but he somehow wiggled his way out of the match with the title still in his hands, defeating two formidable foes in Andrade and wrestling icon Rey Mysterio. Tonight on SmackDown Live, Truth, once again, called for an “Open Challenge”, wanting to emulate his hero John Cena. But instead of facing, say, Cena, Truth had to defend the US Title against three opponents. Because not only did Mysterio and Andrade show up for more, but Samoa Joe’s music hit…and Truth knew he got more than he bargained for when “The Destroyer” came out. The match was a thoroughly entertaining one, with Joe doing most of the damage, as expected. He dominated Andrade, Truth, and Mysterio with his scary blend of power and speed. Though Carmella and Zelina Vega briefly got involved, with Vega eating a superkick after hitting Truth with her trademark hurricanrana to the outside, this match was Joe’s to lose.\ And in the end, it was Joe who had his hands raised, winning the United States Championship after an exceptional TV match for the oft-neglected title. Joe’s win is his first championship win on the WWE main roster since debuting in early 2017, and while it isn’t the WWE Championship or Universal Championship, it’s a title Joe is capable of elevating – as long as WWE finally shows its serious about making the US Title feel important. Joe will presumably head into WrestleMania 35 as the United States Champion, and there’s no shortage of potential opponents for him, including Mustafa Ali, who eliminated him in the Royal Rumble after Joe used Ali as something of a punching bag to make a statement on the rest of the roster. And speaking of Cena, his WrestleMania outlook is completely up in the air. Joe vs. Cena has always been a dream match, and Joe defeating Cena, who once made the US Title feel like a huge deal, could be a great moment. Plus, in his electric post-match promo on SmackDown with Kayla Braxton, Joe made sure to go out of his way to call out Cena… Projecting Joe’s opponents for WrestleMania will become an easier task after Fastlane – and maybe another episode of SmackDown – so, for now, it’s all about celebrating a well-earned moment for the Samoan Submission Machine. Joe is a legitimate legend of the wrestling business for everything he’s accomplished in ROH and Impact Wrestling/TNA, and he’s also a former NXT Champion. He’s also already established himself as one of WWE’s best talkers, in addition to being an acclaimed wrestler inside the ring. R-Truth’s reign as US Champion was short but exciting, and Joe could give us a long, meaningful, and entertaining reign as champ. He’s finally won the big one. This was Joe’s, as he said, “unanswered prayer”.<doc-sep>When keeping it real goes wrong, starring R-Truth. Truth is getting the most mileage out of the United States title as humanly possible. A long forgotten second title on SmackDown, Truth is making the championship fun again. For the second week in a row, inspired by his hero John Cena, Truth brought back the United States championship open challenge. First, Lacey Evans showed up and confused everyone. Truth thought Evans’ appearance counted as a ‘W’ and tried to leave, but then Samoa Joe answered the challenge. The problem is so did Rey Mysterio and so did Andrade. Due to the unwritten rules of WWE open challenges, Truth would now have to wrestle all three men in a fatal four-way match. Poor Truth. With odds not in his favor, Truth never really stood a chance in this match. The match itself was a fantastic four way dance with Mysterio and Andrade in particular going all out to steal the show. During an especially chaotic sequence, and Truth laid out on the floor, Joe found an opening and pinned Andrade for the three count. Just like that Samoa Joe is WWE’s new United States champion. Over two years after debuting on the main roster, Joe finally has his first WWE singles title. Will R-Truth get a rematch down the line? Or will Joe move on to a different opponent? Get complete SmackDown results and coverage here.<doc-sep>
Samoa Joe is one of the top heels in WWE. He has dominated in all the top promotion he has been. Joe made his main roster debut on 30 January 2017 episode of Raw where he ambushed Seth Rollins and locked him in the coquina clutch. In today's episode of SmackDown, R Truth issued an open challenge for the united states championship in which Samoa Joe defeated Rey Mysterio, Andrade Cien Almas and R Truth to become the new United States Champion. United States Championship match Possible reasons why Samoa won the united states championship. #1 Legitimising the narrative Joe was a big star in NXT, he was a two times NXT champion and one of the best heel of the company. Joe made his NXT main roster debut in 2017 and since then he has achieved nothing also what he got in the title matches was just a loss. Joe is a strong Superstar, but WWE did not book him in the way they should have so now to make him look strong; they made him the United States Champion. Winning the United States Championship also will add legitimacy to him, and this will give him something to do in Wrestlemania 35 rather than the meaningless feud with the other superstars. #2 Best Heel of SmackDown Live Fox tv has signed a deal with SmackDown live, and they want smackdown to be the best show. When Rusev was the United States Champion he was a heel, and he increased the prestige of the championship but since previous draft the championship lost all its influence and WWE now wants the title to be more prestigious, so they put the Title to the best heel of SmackDown live that is Samoa Joe. #3 Joe vs Cena In an interview after winning the championship gold Samoa, Joe mentioned the Hustle, Loyalty, and Respect that is John Cena. So this may happen that WWE is planning Joe's feud with John Cena at the grandest stage of all. If Joe can defeat Cena at Wrestlemania, then this would be the most significant victory of his career, and this would be the perfect way to push Joe in the company.