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  • Samoa Joe.

  • There’s a lot to say about this veteran of the ring.

  • 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:

  • Samoa Joe.

  • 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

  • troupe in the US.

  • 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 would play football.

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

  • lent its hand to his judo training.

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

  • noteworthy accomplishments.

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

  • the UIWA West Coast Dojo at age 20.

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

  • shape.

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

  • had never crossed his mind.

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

  • in; a pro-wrestling one.

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

  • session, he was hooked.

  • 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

  • 1999 against Uncle Jess Hansen.

  • 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

  • that year.

  • 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

  • of days.

  • 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.

  • Ouch.

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

  • promotion.

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

  • big shows and tournaments.

  • 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

  • a single match against Low Ki.

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

  • and was signed to a full time contract.

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

  • Xavier.

  • 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

  • I’ll get to those soon.

  • 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

  • was awarded another 5-star rating.

  • 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

  • in over the years.

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

  • Dragon, and Kevin Steen.

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

  • In 2006 he also made appearances for the MexicanAAApromotion where he worked with American

  • and Mexican stars alike including A.J.

  • 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

  • heard of myself.

  • Anyways, lets get on with it.

  • 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 nicknameThe Samoan Submission Machine”.

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

  • by defeating A.J.

  • Styles in the finals.

  • 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

  • would win promptly.

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

  • at ringside, threw in the towel.

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

  • though kept his undefeated streak in tact as he wasn’t pinned or submitted.

  • After a short hiatus from the X Division, Joe would regain his title from Daniels.

  • However just a little while later, Joe was injured after tearing multiple ligaments in

  • his knee.

  • He recovered rather quickly, though upon his return lost his belt.

  • Once again, Joe wasn’t pinned or submitted, thus still technically undefeated.

  • This undefeated streak would extend all the way to October of 2006 when Samoa Joe lost

  • to new TNA recruit Kurt Angle via Ankle Lock, ending his streak at 18 months.

  • Through the rest of the year, Joe would feud with Angle until suffering another knee injury.

  • He would return in early 2008 when he became the number one contender for the NWA World

  • Heavyweight Championship.

  • However, he would fall to Christian Cage.

  • Soon though Joe would regain the X-Division belt and also win the Tag Team Championship.

  • This would interestingly lead to anall titles on the linematch against Kurt which

  • he lost after interference by Karen Angle.

  • After a long feud with TNA management, Joe eventually got a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight

  • Championship, where he defeated Kurt Angle to become the company’s third Triple Crown

  • Champion.

  • He would hold this for 182 days until losing it to Sting.

  • Joe would be injured later in 2008 as well during a Six Sides of Steel match and would

  • return in late January.

  • When Joe returned, he looked quite different.

  • He was bigger, had a buzz cut, and sported tribal face paint.

  • He came back brutal as ever, as at one point after attacking Sheik Abdul Bashir, Joe took

  • him backstage, hung him upside down, and tortured him.

  • In June of 2009, after seemingly fighting against them, Joe joined Kurt Angle’s Main

  • Event Mafia after he betrayed A.J.

  • Styles.

  • Joe would regularly attack other wrestlers as part of the mafia and soon became X Division

  • champion once again after defeating Homicide.

  • However, things took a downward turn soon after.

  • He lost the title to Amazing Red, lost to Bobby Lashley in a submission match, and his

  • stable was dissolved after Kurt Angle turned face.

  • To make matters worse, Joe was suspended for a month by TNA after an outburst stemming

  • from frustration with the production crew.

  • Over the next little while, Joe would join up with Jeff Jarrett and Hulk Hogan, feud

  • with Jarrett after being abandoned, and feud with Crimson which started a losing streak.

  • He would be defeated by Rob Van Dam, Bobby Roode, and Matt Morgan to name a few.

  • Moving into 2012, Joe would be paired up with Magnus as a tag team.

  • Though they wouldn’t capture the titles at first, they were persistent and eventually

  • defeated Crimson and Matt Morgan to become TNA World Tag Team Champions.

  • They would defend these titles from February all the way to May.

  • From there Joe would once again become involved with the X-Division, costing Austin Aries

  • his match with Crimson.

  • He would get a title shot soon after but would be unsuccessful.

  • However, he would get a match for the vacant TNA Television Championship which he won by

  • defeating Mr. Anderson, becoming TNA’s third ever Grand Slam Champion.

  • Skipping to 2014 after being relatively quiet, Joe would defeat Low Ki and Sanada to win

  • the TNA X Division championship for the first time in nearly 4 years.

  • Just as his reign was picking up steam, Joe was sidelined and stripped due to injury.

  • When he returned in 2015 he would work with Bobby Lashley briefly before turning heel

  • again and aligning with Low Ki, MVP, and Kenny King.

  • However, on February 17th, 2015, Samoa Joe announced that he decided to part ways with

  • TNA after nearly a decade with the company.

  • Just 7 days later, Joe was announced to make several appearances in Ring of Honor.

  • He would issue a challenge to ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe, though was defeated.

  • He would notably team up with A.J.

  • Styles in his farewell match against the ROH Tag Team Champions, which they won.

  • On May 20th, 2015, Samoa Joe made his debut with WWE at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable.

  • He would save an injured Sami Zayn from a brutal attack by Kevin Owens.

  • At first, Joe was allowed to work in other promotions while with NXT, and he did, but

  • WWE quickly changed that and offered Joe a full-time deal.

  • Joe would make his in-ring NXT debut on June 10th where he defeated Scott Dawson.

  • He would then take on Kevin Owens a week later after tension between the two boiled over.

  • The match resulted in a no contest, but they brawled until they were forcefully separated.

  • Next Joe would team up with Finn Balor to win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament

  • by defeating the Lucha Dragons, Enzo and Cass, The Mechanics, and finally Baron Corbin and

  • Rhyno in the finals.

  • However, Joe would turn heel by attacking Finn soon after.

  • This set up a feud between Joe and Balor.

  • Joe would face off against the Demon King at TakeOver: London, though was not successful.

  • He would get another shot much later at NXT TakeOver: Dallas on April 1st, 2016, but was

  • once again unable to capture the belt.

  • However, on April 21st during a live event, Joe would finally defeat Balor to become NXT

  • Champion for the first time.

  • Joe would also defeat Balor in a steel cage match in his first defence.

  • Since then, Joe has feuded with Shinsuke Nakamura to whom he lost the title at NXT TakeOver:

  • Back to Brooklyn, ending his reign at 121 days.

  • And there you go, Wrestling Origins: Samoa Joe.

  • This was a long video so huge props if you made it all the way through.

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  • Seriously guys, thanks for watching, and I’ll catch you in the next one!

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