Samoa Joe will finally get his crack at the WWE Title. The former NXT Champ will challenge AJ Styles for the WWE crown at SummerSlam later this month. Joe previously challenged Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title on Monday Night RAW last year, but was unsuccessful.
Styles won the WWE Title back in November against Jinder Mahal on an episode of SmackDown Live. Joe was announced as Styles’ next challenger a few weeks ago on SmackDown when Joe attacked Styles before General Manager Paige could make the official announcement.
Joe recently spoke to Sportskeeda about the WWE Title opportunity. He was asked who he’d like to make his first title defense against should he emerge victorious. Here’s what Joe had to say:
“That answer is very simple. It would be whoever is worthy of being the number one contender. If we look up and down the SmackDown roster, we could see a lot of great possible match-ups.
“There are the Jeff Hardy, Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton out there, not to forget Rusev. You know, there are a lot of first time ever match ups there. After I win the Championship, I’ll be happy to take on anyone.”
