
Samoa Joe
- Born: 03/17/1979 in Orange County, California
- Birthname: Nuufolau Joel Seanoa
- Height & Weight: 6'2", 282 Ib
Titles Won:
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship
- Third TNA Grand Slam Champion
- Third TNA Triple Crown Champion
- ROH World Championship
- NXT Championship (2 times)
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) – with Finn Bálor
- WWE United States Championship (2 times)
Joe was previously known for his time with promotions Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH). He established himself in ROH from the promotion’s beginning in 2002, holding the ROH World Championship for a record 21 months from March 2003 to December 2004. Upon joining TNA in June 2005, he embarked on a 19-month-long undefeated streak, and went on to hold the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once, the TNA X Division Championship five times, the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice, and the TNA Television Championship once; completing the TNA Triple Crown and the TNA Grand Slam.
He also wrestled internationally and on the independent circuit for various promotions, winning several titles, including the GHC Tag Team Championship with Magnus in Pro Wrestling Noah, and he was an inaugural NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion with Keiji Sakoda in Pro Wrestling Zero1. He left TNA in February 2015, briefly competing again in ROH and the independent circuit.
Joe officially debuted in WWE’s developmental territory NXT in May 2015, and signed a full-time contract with the company in June; he went on to become the first ever two-time NXT Champion, and the co-winner of the inaugural Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (with Finn Bálor). After joining the main roster in January 2017, he headlined the pay-per-view events Extreme Rules, Great Balls of Fire and SummerSlam, in contention for the WWE Universal Championship at the last two.
Notable Matches
vs. AJ Styles at Turning Point 2005
vs. AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels at Unbreakable 2005
vs. Kurt Angle at Genesis 2006
vs. CM Punk at ROH Joe vs Punk II 2004
vs. Kurt Angle at Lockdown 2008
vs. Xavier at ROH Night of Champions 2003
vs. Kenta Kobashi at ROH Joe vs. Kobashi 2005
Notable Feuds
vs. Kurt Angle
vs. CM Punk
vs. AJ Styles
vs. Christopher Daniels
vs. Magnus
Other Notable Achievements
ROH Pure Championship
TNA Television Championship
TNA X Division Championship (5 times)
TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – by himself (1), with Magnus (1)
King of the Mountain (2008)
Maximum Impact Tournament (2011)
Super X Cup (2005)
Feast or Fired (2009 – World Heavyweight Championship contract)
TNA Turkey Bowl (2007)
Wild Card Tournament (2011) – with Magnus
Natural Heavyweight Championship
Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006)
Mid-South Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004)
GHC Tag Team Championship – with Magnus
NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship – with Keiji Sakoda
PWA Pure Wrestling Championship
TWE Heavyweight Championship
UPW Heavyweight Championship
UPW No Holds Barred Championship
UIWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)