Name: 摔跤起源。薩摩亞-喬 (Wrestling Origins: Samoa Joe)
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There’s a lot to say about this veteran of the ring.

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He’s currently in WWE’s NXT promotion, but he’s been wrestling for a very long

time and has proven himself around the world.

Known for his brutal combination of strikes and submission holds, Joe offers a unique

style of offense, especially for a man of his size.

I know a lot of you guys have been wanting this one, so here it is: Wrestling Origins:

For the first time ever, I can’t figure out how to pronounce a wrestler’s real name,

so I’m just going to refer to him as Joe.

Joe was born on March 17th, 1979 in Orange County, California.

He grew up in Huntington Beach, and even spent some time as a child in Hawaii.

Joe was evidently born to perform, as his family actually founded a Polynesian dance

They were actually quite well known and performed at the 1984 Summer Olympics, where Joe made

his stage debut at the young age of five.

Moving forward a little bit, Joe attended Ocean View High School in California where

He was an excellent player, likely due to his natural size and strength, which also

Joe became an all-league football player and a California State Junior Judo Champion, both

After high school Joe worked briefly as a mortgage broker before finding his way to

Interestingly enough, Joe was there to take MMA classes to help himself get in better

Prior to this, Joe was a casual wrestling fan but the thought of making it his profession

Instead, Joe attended his MMA class and as he was leaving, he saw the next class come

The trainer at the time told Joe to stick around and watch, and he said after that one

Joe, who started at approximately 350 pounds, quickly shed some weight as he started training.

He started out training under Johnny Hemp, and soon after Cincinnati Red as well.

Just 3 months after starting, Joe was thrust into the ring for his debut in December of

Joe would quickly sign with Ultimate Pro Wrestling, which was an affiliate of WWE at the time.

He would notably feud with John Cena here in 2000, as well as work with Mike Knox late

Joe also appeared on WWE Jakked in March of 2001 where he defeated Christopher Daniels.

He would eventually become UPW Heavyweight Champion and held the title for a record amount

However not everybody believed in Joe, as some time during his UPW career he was told

by Jim Ross that he had no future in pro-wrestling.

In June of 2001 Joe decided to cross the ocean and head to Japan to work in the Zero-One

He would become a big name there, competing in multiple PPV’s and participating in many

He would even become one half of the tag team champions there.

However, despite wrestling under both Samoa Joe and King Joe, he decided to leave when

the promotion asked him to completely change his character.

In October of 2002, Joe made his debut in Ring of Honor where he was only booked for

Although he was defeated, he impressed fans and management with his hard hitting style

He would quickly rise through the ranks, becoming ROH Champion in early 2003 after defeating

Joe would hold this title, which had become the ROH World Championship, for a total of

21 months before losing it to Austin Aries in December of 2004.

During this lengthy reign, Joe had an incredible trilogy of matches against CM Punk, with one

even garnering the legendary 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer.

Definitely check out those matches if you haven’t yet.

It’s worth noting Joe did start working in other promotions around this time, and

Now after losing his title, Joe would become the ROH Pure Champion after defeating his

protégé Jay Lethal, though would lose it to Nigel McGuinness 3 months later.

Later in 2005, Joe would notably face off against Japanese Superstar Kenta Kobashi which

In fact, this match was so good that it was named match of the year.

Joe continued wrestling in Ring of Honor until 2008.

During that period, he would be a part of a war against the CZW promotion, tag with

long-time rival Homicide, work a 60-minute Ironman match against Bryan Danielson, and

finally defeat Tyler Black in his final match in November of 2008.

Now before we get into TNA, lets quickly run through some of the other promotions Joe worked

From 2003 to 2007, he worked in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla where he worked with CM Punk, Super

From 2004 to 2006, Joe worked in IWA Mid-South.

In 2006 he also made appearances for the Mexican “AAA” promotion where he worked with American

Styles, Ron Killings, Juventud Guerrera, and even Scott Steiner.

Trust me when I say there are a lot more promotions that Joe has worked in, many I’ve never

On June 14th, 2005, it was announced that Samoa Joe had signed with TNA.

He would debut just five days later where he defeated Sonjay Dutt.

This match was when he was given the nickname “The Samoan Submission Machine”.

He would have a short feud with Chris Sabin before entering and winning the Super X tournament

This resulted in triple threat title match with Christopher Daniels defending against

Joe and Styles, with A.J. emerging victorious.

This match was also awarded 5 stars, TNA’s only match to do so.

Joe, who was still technically undefeated at this point, would purposely injure Christopher

Daniels before turning his attention to Styles and the X-Division Championship, which he

He would brutally beat down Daniels in a title defence to the point where Styles, who was

This three-way feud continued with an Ultimate X match where Joe dropped the title to Daniels,

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