Last week on Monday Night Raw, Samoa Joe — the current No. 1 contender for the WWE Universal Championship — choked out Paul Heyman with the Coquina Clutch. It was a shocking image, and one that doesn’t happen very often, as Heyman is very much a NPC in the WWE Universe.
This week’s Raw opened with Heyman and his client, WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, in the center of the ring. Heyman called Joe a mutt, and a punk and a dog, and said he isn’t man enough to place the Coquina Clutch on Lesnar. At that, Joe came down and stared Lesnar down before hitting him with a headbutt, causing the two to begin scrapping.
Raw GM Kurt Angle ran out with security guards to break the scuffle up, which only angered Lesnar, who leveled the security. Angle then signaled for the entire Raw locker room to empty, with dozens of WWE Superstars hitting the ring to separate Lesnar and Joe.
Joe broke free and delivered a very stiff kick to Lesnar’s head before being pulled out of the ring. Lesnar hit the floor afterward and went right for him again, with the two again having to be pulled apart by dozens of Superstars.
Samoa Joe will face Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at Great Balls Of Fire next month.
