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SAMOA JOE PROFILE |
Samoa Joe profile written by Bruce Bostwick
Samoa Joe is known on a national platform as a
TNA wrestler. The nickname he had was The Samoan
Submission Machine when he first arrived four
years ago. The career in TNA has seen him hold
just about every title he could possibly hold
except now the newly created Legends Title. He
is one of three guys to have held all three
titles. Prior to that
His run in TNA
would push him as a guy who could not be pinned
or be forced to submit. Joe would be facing off
with X-Division opponents and would be billed as
a heel though that can be argued with him
getting cheered a bit. Joe would be apart of a
tournament to earn a right to challenge for the
X-Division Championship by winning the Super X
Cup against the X-Division Champion Christopher
Daniels. It would be a triple threat match
seeing AJ Styles pinning the champion and Joe
not getting the gold right away. Joe would later
get the championship at Turning Point defeating
AJ Styles but would lose it without getting
pinned in an Ultimate X match to Christopher
Daniels. He regained the title but would be
slowly moved out of the X-Division and would
face off with Sabu retaining the gold.
Joe would lose the title to championship to
Senshi in a triple threat match thus not getting
pinned. Around this time, Joe was portrayed more
as a face against heavyweights like Scott
Steiner for example. His undefeated streak would
come to a close, as he would be defeated in a
major match with Kurt Angle. Looking further, he
defeated even then champion Jeff Jarrett in a
non-title match. Kurt would beat Joe in an Iron
Man Match to become number one contender while
Joe did not get the chance at the championship.
The champion was Christian Cage and Joe
would have a chance at him but would not get the
title. His next opportunity came at King of the
Mountain coming up short to Kurt Angle for the
vacant TNA Title, as the NWA Title was no longer
apart of TNA. Joe would win his last X-Division
Title and would team with Angle as he was the
TNA World Champion against Team 3D in a winner
take all situation with Joe getting the pinfall.
He held the X-Division and Tag Titles at the
same time.
In what would be history,
Samoa Joe held the tag titles by himself and
would lose both belts to Kurt Angle, whom held
the IWGP third title and TNA World Title due to
interference from his then wife Karen Angle. At
Bound for Glory, Joe would force Christian Cage
to submit thus ending his streak of not being
pinned or forced to submit.
A famous
storyline was coming out that used a rumor that
Samoa Joe was unhappy with TNA even though he
did resign with the company. Every week, he
would come out and proclaim how unhappy he was
when it comes to his pay and how superstars were
getting special treatment. Also, he wanted a new
contract and an opportunity at the TNA World
Title without getting screwed over. It would
lead to some confrontations with Matt Morgan and
would team with Christian Cage and Kevin Nash to
take down the Angle Alliance.
Joe would
finally be successful in getting the TNA Title
by defeating Kurt Angle at Lockdown. He would
hold off various challengers such as the likes
of Scott Steiner, a rematch with Kurt Angle, Kaz,
and Booker T. He began a feud with Sting under a
storyline of respect. Sting would get the
championship from Joe and would not get it back.
He is apart of a group called "The Frontline"
seeing how they are challenging the "Main Event
Mafia" for total domination of TNA.
Samoa
Joe still has more to accomplish and could see
himself in another promotion if he desires or
goes on to try to become a potential great in
TNA. He does have his fans and if he avoids
serious injuries, he could go very far.
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