WWE Twitter Reacts to Samoa Joe Winning Extreme Rules Main Event
Samoa Joe won the WWE Extreme Rules main event to earn a Universal Championship opportunity. How did the fans react?
To close WWE Extreme Rules, a fatal five-way took place to determine the next contender to the Universal Championship. It saw Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor and Bray Wyatt compete, with the winner getting Brock Lesnar at Great Balls of Fire, the next Raw pay-per-view, which will take place on Sunday, July 9.
Well, after submitting Balor, Joe walked out of Baltimore, MD as the new No. 1 contender to the Universal Championship. He’ll take one-half of the main event spot at Great Balls of Fire.
With Joe coming out on top, he received plenty of reactions from WWE fans on Twitter. What did they have to say?
It's gonna be @SamoaJoe vs. Brock Lesnar. Goodness gracious... #ExtremeRules
— WWE Creative Humor (a sub of TKO Creative Humor) (@WWECreative_ish) June 5, 2017
Noelle Foley gave a good reaction. If you like Spongebob Squarepants, you’ll enjoy this:
SAMOA JOE VS. BROCK LESNAR GOT ME LIKE... #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/T2oxjchrGC
— Noelle Foley (@NoelleFoley) June 5, 2017
Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe about to be lit like... pic.twitter.com/cYGBPPMbvi
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) June 5, 2017
And the most anticipated Main Event in WWE all year. Lesnar vs Samoa Joe. I wanted it but obviously have my concerns #ExtremeRules
— JDfromNY (@JDfromNY206) June 5, 2017
So ready for Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar at #GreatBallsOfFire. #WWE #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/l4P58oglv5
— Scott Fishman (@smFISHMAN) June 5, 2017
That was a pretty dope match. I love surprises. Congrats to HB's own @SamoaJoe #fatal5way
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) June 5, 2017
@SamoaJoe Joe Joe Joe Joe!!!!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 5, 2017
Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar at GBOF! #ExtremeRules
— Delzinski (@Delzinski) June 5, 2017
My Balls are on FIRE! Night All! pic.twitter.com/90cE1G5Tes
I want a stiff angry @SamoaJoe vs Lesnar match -R
— Mat Men Pro Wrestling Podcast 🎙 (@Matmenpodcast) June 5, 2017
Really? Samoa Joe? #ExtremeRules pic.twitter.com/OX5oG4rx1C
— Vitalia 🌈 🇵🇷 #MeNecesita (@CNCOMixer28) June 5, 2017
OH BABY BOY JgFTBJBGgjBFyJJhFygJKnGGgVB SAMOA JOE VS. BROCK LESNAR I'M DYING OF MARK-OUT-ITIS OVER HERE IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING #EXTREMERULES pic.twitter.com/SKchLDq2Br
— Graham "GSM" Matthews (@WrestleRant) June 5, 2017
Joe vs. Lesnar is a match that was a potential dream scenario for many WWE fans. It’s a battle of two of the biggest stars on Raw and in WWE, which should make this a hard-hitting battle to close out next month’s PPV.
The former ROH star is getting his first big title opportunity since NXT, where he was a two-time NXT Champion, becoming the Superstar to hold this belt multiple times. Now, he’ll be able to add to that hardware.
As for Lesnar, he won the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 33, defeating Goldberg. He’s been seen on WWE programming just once since, appearing on the post-Raw. Given how short his matches were with Goldberg, due to age and time away from the ring, this one with Joe should be longer.
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Are you looking forward to Lesnar vs. Joe headlining Great Balls of Fire? Who is the early favorite to win?