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Samoa Joe
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Ring name(s) Joe Seanoa
King Joe
Samoa Joe
Samoan Joe[1]
Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) [2]
Billed weight 290 lb (130 kg)
Born March 17, 1979 (1979-03-17) (age 29)[3]
Orange County, California, United States [4]
Resides Los Angeles, California, United States
Billed from American Samoa
Huntington Beach, California
"The Isle of Samoa"
Trained by Cincinnati Red
John Delayo
Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Johnny Hemp
Debut September 1999[3]
Website SamoaJoe.com

Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa (born March 17, 1979)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Samoa Joe. He is currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he holds the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

Before debuting in TNA in June 2005, Samoa Joe competed primarily in Ring of Honor, where he held the ROH World Championship for a record 21 months. Upon joining TNA, Samoa Joe embarked upon an 18 month-long undefeated streak in which he never lost a match by pinfall, submission or knockout.

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[edit] Early life

Seanoa's family founded a Polynesian dance troupe in the United States called Tiare Productions. Joe Seanoa made his on stage debut at the 1984 Summer Olympics opening at the age of 5.[3] He became a California State Junior Judo Champion and was an all league football player while attending Ocean View High School.[5]

Before becoming a wrestler, Seanoa worked as a mortgage broker. [6]

[edit] Professional wrestling career

Samoa Joe was the first graduate of the UIWA West Coast Dojo, training under Cincinnati Red, along with Johnny Hemp and, occasionally, John Delayo. Debuting in December 1999 in a match against "Uncle" Jess Hansen just three months after beginning training, Samoa Joe quickly rose through the ranks of independent grapplers throughout California.

Samoa Joe quickly signed with former World Wrestling Federation developmental affiliate Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where he feuded with his friend John Cena and made an appearance on WWF Jakked against Essa Rios,[7] and eventually captured the UPW Heavyweight Championship.[8] He later became the longest reigning UPW Heavyweight Champion ever.

Samoa Joe now resides as a member of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Inoki Dojo in Los Angeles, California.

[edit] Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE (2001-2002)

In June 2001, Samoa Joe made his way to Japan, wrestling for Shinya Hashimoto's ZERO ONE promotion, fighting in its Shingeki series of pay per views[9] and the annual Burning Heart tournaments.[10] During this time Samoa Joe also began wrestling for southern California promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, where he has a standing rivalry with Super Dragon.

In his debut match at the Yokohoma Red Brickhouse, Samoa Joe teamed with Yoshihiro Takayama to take on the team of Mitsuharu Misawa and Takeshi Morishima. Samoa Joe captured the win for his team after pinning Misawa with an Island Driver. Two days later, on October 27, Samoa Joe would again face Misawa, this time for the GHC title in a one-on-one match at the Budokan Hall. Both competitors had exchanged and overcame their respective signature moves throughout the match but it was Misawa who won the pinfall after elbow striking the back of Samoa Joe's head, thus marking his 6th successful title defense.

Samoa Joe continued to work for the promotion throughout 2002, participating in a number of their biggest shows and tournaments. After forming a team with Keiji Sakoda, they became the first-ever holders of the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. He worked as both Samoa Joe and, later, King Joe, but ultimately chose to leave the promotion when he was asked to take on a more gimmicky character.

While in Japan, Samoa Joe trained extensively in Japan at the Fujiwara Gumi, under the guidance of submission wrestling master Yoshiaki Fujiwara.[citation needed]

[edit] Ring of Honor (2002-2007)

Back in the United States Samoa Joe joined the ranks of the East Coast-based Ring of Honor promotion in 2002. He made his debut at "Glory by Honor" as Christopher Daniels' "hired assassin", brought in to take out Daniels' chief enemy, Low Ki.[11] Originally booked for just the one match against Low Ki (due to the cost of flying him from California to Pennsylvania, which ROH had to pay), Samoa Joe impressed fans with his extremely stiff and hard-hitting style that resembled an mixed martial arts fighter more than a wrestler, which led to ROH booking him full time.[12]

Samoa Joe quickly rose through the ranks and became ROH Champion, defeating Xavier for the belt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 22, 2003.[13] He held that title for twenty one months before losing it to Austin Aries at "Final Battle 2004", also in Philadelphia, on December 26, 2004.[13] It was also at this event that Samoa Joe developed his infamous "Olé Olé Kick" move; an idea which got after watching a commercial during the English FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Southampton (which was being held on the same day of the Frontiers of Honor show). Low Ki challenged Samoa Joe to "get the crowd to chant Olé Olé Olé," which he accepted, and during his match with Zebra Kid he positioned the Kid on a chair, and performed the move.[14]

With his historic ROH title reign, Samoa Joe also established himself as the face of the company and a perennial main-eventer in North America. He elevated the title from a mid-card attraction, secondary to established independent stars like Low Ki, Daniels, and A.J. Styles, to the ultimate prize in Ring of Honor. Especially famous are his trilogy of title defenses against CM Punk[15][16][17] (the second match earning "Five Stars" from Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the first American match in 7 years to do so), and his match with Japanese wrestler Kenta Kobashi.

Soon after losing the ROH World Championship to Austin Aries, Samoa Joe became the promotion's fifth Pure Champion, defeating his (kayfabe) protegé Jay Lethal for the belt on May 7, 2005 at Manhattan Mayhem in New York City.[18] He held the title for over three months before losing it to Nigel McGuiness on August 27 at Dragon Gate Invasion in Williamsville, New York.[18]

In October 2005, when Japanese heavyweight superstar Kenta Kobashi made a "once-in-a-lifetime" trip to the United States, he was signed to two Ring of Honor shows. ROH officials selected Samoa Joe, ROH's top wrestler, to face him in a singles match on the first night[19] and a tag match on the second.[20] The first show was in New York City at the New Yorker Hotel. Samoa Joe proved to be a formidable opponent for Kobashi, and, after a back and forth match, which Dave Meltzer again gave "Five Stars" , Kobashi walked away with the win. Many fans and experts consider this match to be the finest in Ring of Honor's history. It went on to win the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for "Match of the Year"

In 2006, Samoa Joe was one of the principal wrestlers representing Ring of Honor in their war against rival Philadelphia promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. The war culminated in a five-on-five Cage of Death match at Death before Dishonor IV. Samoa Joe helped ROH dominate in the match, until, after picking up CZW wrestler Chris Hero for a Muscle Buster, he was attacked by fellow ROH wrestler Bryan Danielson. Danielson repeatedly hit his injured knee with a steel chair, forcing him to quit the match. Samoa Joe was later replaced in the match by Homicide, who went on to win the match for ROH.[21] Samoa Joe later teamed with Homicide to fight against the Briscoes, and, like Homicide, found himself back in the ROH world title hunt. Samoa Joe, however, came up short against champion Bryan Danielson in several matches, including a match that went to a 60 Minute Draw and the final one being a cage match on December 8.[22]

At the December 9 show, Samoa Joe called out the Pro Wrestling NOAH promotion, claiming "Ring of Honor is right here!" This was not his first encounter with NOAH; at the September 16, 2006 ROH show, after a speech by wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino, Samoa Joe got into an argument and pull-apart brawl with NOAH star Takeshi Morishima. Subsequently a match was signed for February pitting Samoa Joe against Morishima which Samoa Joe won.[23]

On January 31, Samoa Joe announced on the ROH Video Wire that he would no longer be a full time performer in ROH after March 4.[24] All shows that led up to that date would be billed as the "Samoa Joe Farewell Tour". On March 4, he beat long time rival Homicide in his final ROH match with a Muscle Buster from the second rope.[25]

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005-)

On June 14, 2005, Samoa Joe was announced as having signed a contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[26] He made his official debut five days later at the Slammiversary pay-per-view, defeating Sonjay Dutt in a match that saw him dubbed "The Samoan Submission Machine" by announcer Mike Tenay.[27] Samoa Joe was a participant in the Christopher Daniels Invitational Super X Cup, defeating Sonjay Dutt and Alex Shelley to advance to the tournament finals at Sacrifice. Samoa Joe won the tournament by defeating A.J. Styles, but only with help from Daniels.[28] As a result of Daniels' interference, however, TNA Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko made the title defense, scheduled for Unbreakable on September 11, a three way dance, placing Styles in the match.

Samoa Joe proved his worth against Styles and Daniels in the match. However, Styles pinned Daniels to win the title. This match is to date the only match in TNA's history to receive a rating of five stars from Dave Meltzer. Though he did not win the match, this finish allowed Samoa Joe's undefeated streak in TNA to remain intact.[29] At Bound for Glory 2005 on October 23, Samoa Joe defeated the veteran Japanese junior heavyweight Jushin "Thunder" Liger with the rear-naked choke.[30] At Genesis 2005 on November 13, he teamed with Daniels, Alex Shelley, and Roderick Strong (a team that Daniels called "The Ministry") against Sonjay Dutt, Chris Sabin, Matt Bentley, and Austin Aries in an eight man elimination match. Following the victory by Daniels and Samoa Joe (Shelley and Strong were eliminated earlier in the match), Samoa Joe viciously attacked Daniels, beating Daniels around the ringside area until he had busted him open. He then threw Daniels into the ring, and delivered a Musclebuster. Samoa Joe then went out to grab a steel chair from ringside and brought it into the ring, after which he gave Daniels a second Musclebuster, this time onto the chair, supposedly giving Daniels a level-3 concussion.[31]

In response to these actions, A.J. Styles called Samoa Joe out on an episode of iMPACT!, saying his attack of Daniels violated an unwritten code of respect in the X Division. Prior to Turning Point 2005, Samoa Joe attacked Styles, saying he did not respect the X Division code (a vast departure from his Ring of Honor persona, who is a stalwart defender of their written Code of Honor). Samoa Joe defeated Styles at Turning Point and won the X Division Championship. Before Samoa Joe could injure Styles, however, Christopher Daniels came out and stopped him.[32]

Daniels was later slated to face Samoa Joe at Final Resolution 2006 for the X Division Championship. During the build-up to the match, Samoa Joe stated that he intended to end Daniels' career. During the match, Styles came down to the ring to cheer Daniels on. Not long after making Daniels bleed from his head, Samoa Joe stopped going for the pin, instead dropping knee after knee on Daniels' head. Styles, concerned about Daniels' health, signaled for the match to be stopped by throwing in the towel, allowing Samoa Joe to retain the X Division title.[33]

Samoa Joe was then scheduled to face the next number one contender for the X Division Championship, A.J. Styles, at Against All Odds 2006. Daniels, however, complained that he had not wanted the towel thrown in, and still wanted his unfairly aborted title shot. The match thereafter was made into a rematch of the Unbreakable three-way match, with Samoa Joe, Styles and Daniels. In the match, Samoa Joe pinned Styles after delivering a Muscle Buster, and retained the title.[34] Samoa Joe continued his feud with Daniels and Styles until Destination X 2006, when he lost the title to Daniels in an Ultimate X match.[35]

Samoa Joe was then taken out of the X Division, and matched with an initially unannounced opponent. On the March 25 edition of iMPACT!, it was announced that he would take on Sabu at Lockdown 2006. Despite that, he still had a scheduled X Division title match, and, on April 13, 2006's iMPACT! (TNA's Thursday debut), Samoa Joe regained the X Division title after delivering an Island Driver from the middle turnbuckle to Christopher Daniels. Samoa Joe then successfully defended his X Division title against Sabu at Lockdown.[36]

Samoa Joe signing autographs for fans
Samoa Joe signing autographs for fans

At Sacrifice, Samoa Joe partnered with Sting in a tag team match against Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner. Samoa Joe and Sting were victorious, but after the match, Samoa Joe left the ring and allowed Sting to be attacked.[37] Samoa Joe explained this by stating that he agreed to only watch Sting's back "from bell to bell" (implying that once the second bell rang, his duties were over), but still had issues with Steiner. Samoa Joe added Scott Steiner to his undefeated streak, at Slammiversary 2006.[38]

During the iMPACT! tapings on May 15, Samoa Joe was injured as he performed a kick, and it was reported that he tore every knee ligament except the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. He suffered a first degree tear to the Posterior Cruciate Ligament and a second degree tear to the Medial Collateral Ligament. Samoa Joe would remain out of action for two weeks.

On the June 22 episode of TNA iMPACT!, Samoa Joe lost his X Division Championship in a triple threat match with Sonjay Dutt and Senshi. Senshi pinned Dutt to win the championship after Scott Steiner laid out Samoa Joe with a steel chair. Samoa Joe would have his chance at revenge when he participated in a four-way number one contender match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship along with Sting, Christian Cage, and Scott Steiner at Victory Road 2006 on July 16. Samoa Joe lost this match when Sting pinned Steiner.[39]

On the following edition on iMPACT!, Samoa Joe answered an open challenge made by Rhino. A match between the two was set but was interrupted by Monty Brown, who was very vocal about the issues he had with both men. Samoa Joe defeated Brown and Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Hard Justice when he pinned Monty Brown following an STO through a table from the stage ramp.[40]

Samoa Joe beat Jeff Jarrett at No Surrender 2006 in a "Fan's Revenge Lumberjack Match". After the match, he took Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship with him, telling Jim Cornette that if Jarrett or Sting (Jarrett's scheduled opponent at Bound For Glory) wanted the belt, they could take it from him.[41] On the October 12 episode, Samoa Joe agreed to return the belt to the Jarrett-Sting winner under one condition – the winner had to agree to give him a title shot. This offer was turned down, and finally Samoa Joe was given the choice of giving back the title or being removed from the TNA roster. Kurt Angle would make his debut and get into a brawl with Samoa Joe after he again refused to give back the belt, and during the brawl, Jarrett took the belt back.

At Bound for Glory 2006 on October 22, Samoa Joe defeated Raven, Brother Runt and Abyss in a Monster's Ball match. The match ended when special referee Jake Roberts DDTed Raven, allowing Samoa Joe to deliver the Muscle Buster to Raven for the pinfall. Later in the night, Samoa Joe was involved in a pull-apart brawl with Kurt Angle after Jim Cornette announced that he would be removed from the TNA roster if he interfered in the main event match that involved Angle as special enforcer.[42]

Samoa Joe would get his chance at Genesis 2006, where he would lose to Kurt Angle after tapping out to Angle's ankle lock. This would end his 18 month undefeated streak.[43] Throughout the rest of 2006 into 2007, Samoa Joe continued to feud with Angle picking up a victory by submission in their rematch at TNA Turning Point 2006[44] before suffering a legitimate knee injury in a tag team match that pitted Rhino and Kurt Angle against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles.

On January 14, 2007 at Final Resolution, Samoa Joe faced Angle in a thirty minute Iron Man match. With seconds remaining, Samoa Joe had Angle in the Ankle Lock. Although Angle tapped out, he did so just after time had expired. As a result, Angle won the match three falls to two.[45]

On the February 14 edition of iMPACT!, Samoa Joe won a gauntlet match to become the number one contender to Christian Cage's NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Destination X. Samoa Joe lost to Cage after Cage reversed the Coquina Clutch into a pinning combination and used the ropes for leverage.[46] Samoa Joe was a member of the victorious Team Angle in a Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown 2007.

At Sacrifice, Samoa Joe pinned A.J. Styles after converting his Coquina Clutch into a suplex. On the May 24, 2007 edition of iMPACT!, Samoa Joe qualified for the King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary by defeating Sting with a Samoan drop after Christopher Daniels hit Sting with a baseball bat; Samoa Joe lost the King of the Mountain match when Kurt Angle hung the belt. He would then qualify to compete in the Match of Champions at Victory Road by defeating Jay Lethal and Chris Sabin for the X Division title on iMPACT!. On the July 12 episode of iMPACT!

At the Match of Champions, Samoa Joe scored the winning pinfall on Brother Ray after Kurt Angle hit the Angle Slam and won the TNA World Tag Team Championships from Team 3D, making him the first wrestler in TNA to hold multiple TNA championships. He later opted to hold both the titles by himself. At Hard Justice, Samoa Joe put up the X Division title and both Tag Team titles against Kurt Angle's TNA World title as well as the IWGP World Championship (Third Belt). However, Samoa Joe lost all his titles thanks to interferences by Karen Angle, enabling Kurt to become the second TNA Triple Crown Champion.

Samoa Joe was the first man to defeat Christian Cage by pinfall or submission in TNA, forcing him tap out to the Coquina Clutch at Bound for Glory, thus ending Cage's 23 month undefeated streak by pinfall or submission in TNA. Samoa Joe then started a rivalry with Robert Roode which was settled on TNA Genesis.

Samoa Joe was then announced as the teammate of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in their match against The Angle Alliance at Turning Point. However, Hall no-showed the event. Before the match, Samoa Joe was asked to cut a promo alleviating heat from the company and introducing Eric Young as Hall's replacement. Samoa Joe went five minutes overtime and ranted against Hall, Nash and some other superstars, which legitimately upset Nash and TNA President Dixie Carter at ringside. Before calling Young to come to the ring he told the TNA ringside staff, "Are you mad? Go ahead, fire me, I don't care." Samoa Joe, Nash and Young defeated the Angle Alliance when Samoa Joe pinned Tomko after a Muscle Buster. After the match, Samoa Joe and Nash briefly argued and shoved one another backstage, with Samoa Joe apologizing at a talent meeting the following day.[47] In kayfabe, though, Samoa Joe continued to direct his frustration towards TNA management, going as far as to trash a Christmas party organised by Matt Morgan.

After complaining to Jim Cornette that he didn't have a match at Final Resolution, Cornette decided to team Samoa Joe with Kevin Nash, who was to receive a title shot with Scott Hall when he returned. At Final Resolution, Samoa Joe, along with his tag team partner Kevin Nash lost to the team of Styles and Tomko. This occurred after Kevin Nash refused to tag himself into the match leaving Samoa Joe to fend for himself. In addition, Nash "flipped off" Samoa Joe whilst leaving the ringside area. After Nash had screwed Samoa Joe at Final Resolution, Nash told Samoa Joe he was teaching his a lesson about the wrestling business and told Samoa Joe he could help him to the top if he followed his direction. On the January 17 edition of iMPACT!, Samoa Joe was in a Triple Threat Match for the number one Contender for the Heaviweight Championship, in which he was disqualified after being caught with a steel chair, in fact used against him and Christian Cage by A.J. Styles. On the January 24 edition of iMPACT!, Samoa Joe went on a rampage, attacking several TNA employees, culminating in his attacking of J.B. after being announced as the MVP of 2007.

For months, Samoa Joe was said to be unhappy with his spot in TNA and that he was considering not renewing his contract. TNA used that Internet rumor into an angle, where Cornette tried to sign him into a new contract, but every week the signature was interrupted. At Against All Odds, Samoa Joe served as the special enforcer for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship match where Kurt Angle defended his title against challenger Christian Cage. During the contest, A.J. Styles interfered and Samoa Joe fought Styles to the back, but Tomko came out and attacked Cage giving Angle the win. On the February 14 edition of iMPACT, Samoa Joe formed an alliance with Cage and mentor, Kevin Nash, to compete with Kurt Angle's Angle Alliance. It was also announced that Samoa Joe would be given the next TNA Championship opportunity against Angle. Over the next few weeks Samoa Joe and his new found alliance would attack the Angle Alliance leading up to their match at Destination X. Samoa Joe vowed that he would eliminate the Angle Alliance so he would receive a fair title match with Kurt Angle at Lockdown. On the March 6 edition of iMPACT!, Samoa Joe, Christian, and Nash would face a member of the Angle Alliance to determine who would get a five minute advantage during their match at Destination X. Samoa Joe would lose a first blood match to Tomko after the ref saw blood from his arm, this a result of a blocked chair shot attempt by Tomko. This loss would not matter much as Nash beat A.J. Styles in a Street Fight and Christian beat Kurt Angle in a Steel Cage match, which was disputed as Kurt and Christian hit the floor at the same time, giving Samoa Joe, Nash, and Christian the advantage at Destination X. Though the Angle Alliance would dispute the call it stood and they were given the advantage in the match, where Samoa Joe would make Tomko tap out to the Coquina Clutch. Achieving his goal to eliminate the Angle Alliance, nothing now stood in the way of Samoa Joe getting a fair title shot at Lockdown. On the iMPACT! before Lockdown, Scott Steiner stated that he would cash in his Feast or Fired Briefcase at Sacrifice against the winner of Angle and Samoa Joe for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.

At Lockdown, Samoa Joe defeated Kurt Angle with a Muscle Buster to win his first TNA World Championship and become TNA's third Triple Crown Champion. Samoa Joe also became the first person to have won both the ROH and TNA World Championships. The stipulation of the match was if Samoa Joe had lost, he would have had to retire from professional wrestling. He successfully defeated Kurt Angle in a rematch on iMPACT! and then retained against Scott Steiner and Kaz at Sacrifice. At Slammiversary, he won a King of the Mountain match (the first TNA World Heavyweight Champion to retain his title in such a match) against Robert Roode, Booker T, Christian Cage and Rhino. Since Joe retained his championship, he would find out that he would have to face Kaz the following week on iMPACT for the TNA world heavyweight chapionship.

[edit] In wrestling

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

1After being stripped of the title, Samoa Joe's reign was stricken from their records and the title returned to the man Samoa Joe defeated, Eddie Osbourne.[55]

[edit] Personal life

Seanoa married Jesse on July 27, 2007. The couple is due to have their first child in December 2008. He is close friends with fellow wrestlers Chris Masters, CM Punk, Frankie Kazarian,John Cena and Rob Van Dam. [12]

[edit] Media

  • Best of Samoa Joe: ROH World Champion [DVD]. (2004). Ring of Honor.[56]
  • Straight Shootin' with Samoa Joe [DVD]. (2004). Ring of Honor.[57]
  • Best of Samoa Joe Vol. 2: The Champ is Here [DVD]. (2005), Ring of Honor.[58]
  • Straight Shootin' with Samoa Joe & CM Punk [DVD]. (2005). Ring of Honor.[59]
  • Best of Samoa Joe Vol. 3: ROH Legend [DVD]. (2006). Ring of Honor.[60]
  • Unstoppable: The Best of Samoa Joe [DVD]. (2006). Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.[61]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Wrestling Observer Live radio, broadcast February 25, 2007
  2. ^ TNA Wrestling profile
  3. ^ a b c Samoa Joe.com
  4. ^ a b Milner, J. (2006-07-09). Samoa Joe. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  5. ^ Unstoppable: the Best of Samoa Joe, TNA Home Video (2006).
  6. ^ Banks, Bill (2005-09-13). An Exclusive Interview With Samoa Joe. TNAwrestilng.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-23.
  7. ^ Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens To An Industry Without Competition. Lulu Press, 2006. (pg. 67) ISBN 1-4116-1210-8
  8. ^ Royal Duncan & Gary Will (4th Edition 2006). Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4. 
  9. ^ purolove.com. Zero One 2001 show Results. “(translated from German) ZERO-ONE "SHINGEKI":Samoa Joe & Keiji Sakoda defeated Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda (16:48)”
  10. ^ purolove.com. Zero One Fire Festival Results (2001). “(translated from German) Kohei Sato [2] defeated Samoa Joe [0] (8:25) with a Cross Armbreaker / Samoa Joe [2] defeated George Takano [1] (5:24) with a Lariat. / Samoa Joe [4] defeated Masato Tanaka [3] (8:00) with the Emerald Frosion”
  11. ^ rohwrestling.com (5 October). Ring of Honor Official results. “Low Ki defeated Samoa Joe in Joe's debut. Joe was hired by Christopher Daniels to take out Ki, but couldn't quite get the job done”
  12. ^ a b Straight Shootin' with Samoa Joe
  13. ^ a b wrestling-titles.com. Ring of Honor Heavyweight TItle History.
  14. ^ PWTorch (September 27). Samoa Joe interview highlights.
  15. ^ rohwrestling.com (June 12). Ring of Honor Official results. “Samoa Joe and CM Punk went to a Time Limit Draw after 60 minutes”
  16. ^ rohwrestling.com (October 16). Ring of Honor Official results. “Samoa Joe retained the World Title by going to a one hour draw against CM Punk”
  17. ^ rohwrestling.com (December 4). Ring of Honor Official results. “Samoa Joe defeated CM Punk”
  18. ^ a b wrestling-titles.com. Ring of Honor Pure Title History.
  19. ^ Randazzo, Anthony. "ROH in Manhattan: Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi in match of year candidate", Pro Wrestling Torch, 1 October 2005. 
  20. ^ rohwrestling.com (October 2). Ring of Honor Official results. “Kenta Kobashi & Homicide defeated Samoa Joe & Low Ki”
  21. ^ Vetter, Chris. "ROH, "Death Before Dishonor IV"", Pro Wrestling Torch, 10 September 2006. 
  22. ^ rohwrestling.com (December 8). Ring of Honor Official results. “Bryan Danielson defeated Samoa Joe in a ROH World Title Steel Cage Match”
  23. ^ rohwrestling.com (February 16). Ring of Honor Official results. “Samoa Joe defeated Takeshi Morishima”
  24. ^ RoH Wrestling news (2007-03-03). “February 2nd: The huge story of the week is that Samoa Joe announced his farewell tour to ROH in a very emotional promo in the new ROH Video Wire.”
  25. ^ rohwrestling.com (March 3). Ring of Honor Official results. “Samoa Joe defeated Homicide”
  26. ^ Waldman, Jon. "Samoa Joe signs with TNA", Slam! Sports, 14 June 2005. 
  27. ^ Full TNA "Slammiversary" Results.
  28. ^ Official Results From Sunday's "Sacrifice" on Pay-Per-View.
  29. ^ Schultz, Chris. "Official TNA "Unbreakable" Results - AJ New X Champion!", TNA Wrestling, 11 September 2005. 
  30. ^ Schultz, Chris. "Results From "Bound For Glory" - Rhino New NWA World Champ!", TNA Wrestling, 23 October 2005. 
  31. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Results From Sunday's "Genesis" Pay-Per-View", TNA Wrestling, 13 November 2005. 
  32. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Turning Point 2005" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 16 January 2005. 
  33. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Final Resolution 2005" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 16 January 2005. 
  34. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 12 February 2006. 
  35. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Destination X" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 12 March 2006. 
  36. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Lockdown" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 23 April 2006. 
  37. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Sacrifice" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 14 May 2006. 
  38. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Slammiversary" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 18 June 2006. 
  39. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Victory Road" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 16 July 2006. 
  40. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA Hard Justice Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 13 August 2006. 
  41. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "No Surrender" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 24 September 2006. 
  42. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Bound For Glory" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 22 October 2006. 
  43. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Results From The TNA "Genesis" Pay-Per-View Event", TNA Wrestling, 19 November 2006. 
  44. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Live Results From The TNA "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View", TNA Wrestling, 10 December 2006. 
  45. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Final Resolution" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 14 January 2007. 
  46. ^ Cygy, Marcus. "Official Live TNA "Destination-X 2007" Pay-Per-View Results", TNA Wrestling, 12 February 2006. 
  47. ^ Keller, Wade "PPV Notes: More details on the Hall no-show, Joe's unscripted rant, and the fallout at TV taping today" PWITorch.com (December 3, 2007) Retrieved December 6, 2007.
  48. ^ Brad Garoon and Jacob Ziegler, 411mania (July 9, 2007). ROH - Joe vs. Kobashi DVD Review. “Match 9: Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe”
  49. ^ Robinson, J. (2006-09-21). Samoa Joe Interview: Talking chokes, videogames, and Fans Revenge with the hardest hitter in wrestling. IGN. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
  50. ^ Ballpark Brawl results.
  51. ^ PWI Top 500 - 2006. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
  52. ^ PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year. Wrestling Information Archive. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.
  53. ^ ZERO-1 MAX Intercontinental Tag Team Championship history.
  54. ^ a b UPW title history
  55. ^ Ingram, William. "Samoa Joe Stripped of Title, Jim Ross & More", Wrestle Talk Radio, 2007-02-14. 
  56. ^ Best of Samoa Joe- ROH World Champion (DVD). Ring of Honor. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  57. ^ Straight Shootin' with Samoa Joe (DVD). Ring of Honor. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  58. ^ Best of Samoa Joe Vol. 2- The Champ Is Here DVD. Ring of Honor. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
  59. ^ Straight Shootin' with Samoa Joe & CM Punk (DVD). Ring of Honor. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
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