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Samoa Joe Timeline

By Eric Cohen, About.com

Samoa Joe kicks Tomko

Photo: © 2008 TNA Entertainment LLC.
The following is a timeline of the Ring of Honor and TNA careers of Samoa Joe. Listed is every PPV match (excluding battle royals in which he was not involved in the ending) and title change that he has been involved in. Bolded items represent title victories while italicized items represent title losses.

2003
3/22 - beat Xavier to become Ring of Honor World Champion

2004
12/26 - lost the Ring of Honor World Championship to Austin Aries

2005
5/7 - won the Ring of Honor Pure Title from Jay Lethal
6/19 Slammiversary - beat Sonjay Dutt
7/17 No Surrender - beat Chris Sabin
8/14 Sacrifice - Super X Cup Finals: Samoa Joe beat A.J. Styles
8/27 - lost the Ring of Honor Pure Title to Nigel McGuinness
9/11 Unbreakable - 3-Way Match for the X-Division Title: AJ Styles beat Champion Christopher Daniels & Samoa Joe to win the title
10/23 Bound for Glory - beat Jushin Liger
11/13 Genesis - Samoa Joe & Chris Daniels survived the Elimination X match
12/11 Turning Point - beat AJ Styles to win the X-Division title

2006
1/15 Final Resolution - beat Chris Daniels
2/12 Against All Odds - beat AJ Styles & Chris Daniels
3/12 Destination X - Ultimate X Match: Chris Daniels won the X Division title by beating Champ Samoa Joe & AJ Styles
4/13 iMPACT - won the X Division title from Chris Daniels
4/23 Lockdown - Steel Cage Match - beat Sabu
5/15 Sacrifice - Samoa Joe & Sting beat Jeff Jarrett & Scott Steiner
6/18 Slammiversary - beat Scott Steiner
6/22 iMPACT - Senshi beat Samoa Joe & Sonjay Dutt to win the X Division Title
7/16 Victory Road - #1 Contender's Match: Sting beat Christian Cage, Samoa Joe & Scott Steiner
8/13 Hard Justice - Falls Count Anywhere: Samoa Joe beat Monty Brown & Rhino
9/24 No Surrender - Fan’s Revenge Match: Samoa Joe beat Jeff Jarrett
10/22 Bound for Glory - Monster Ball: Samoa Joe beat Raven, Abyss, and Runt
11/19 Genesis - lost to Kurt Angle
12/10 Turning Point - beat Kurt Angle

2007
1/14 Final Resolution - 30-Minute Ironman Match: Kurt Angle beat Samoa Joe 3 falls to 2
3/11 Destination X - NWA World Champion Christian Cage beat Samoa Joe
4/15 Lockdown - Lethal Lockdown Match: Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Samoa Joe & Rhino) beat Team Cage (NWA World Champion Christian Cage, AJ Styles, Scott Steiner, Abyss & Tomko)
5/13 Sacrifice - beat A.J. Styles
6/17 Slammiversary - King of the Mountain Match for the Vacant TNA World Championship: Kurt Angle beat Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe & Chris Harris to win the title
6/21 iMPACT - beat X Division Champ Jay Lethal & Chris Sabin to win the X Division Title
7/15 Victory Road - Match of Champions: TNA World Champion Kurt Angle & TNA X Division Champion Samoa Joe beat TNA Tag Team Champions Team 3D. As a result, Samoa Joe is now the TNA Tag Team Champion.
8/12 Hard Justice - Every Title on the Line: TNA & IWGP World Champion Kurt Angle beat X Division and Tag Team Champion Samoa Joe
9/9 No Surrender - Christian Cage beat Samoa Joe by DQ
10/14 Bound for Glory - beat Christian Cage
11/11 Genesis - beat Robert Roode
12/2 Turning Point - Samoa Joe, Kevin Nash, and Eric Young (replacing Scott Hall) beat TNA World Champion Kurt Angle & Tag Team Champions A.J. Styles and Tomko

2008
1/6 Final Resolution - w/Kevin Nash lost to TNA Tag Team Champions A.J. Styles & Tomko
3/9 Destination X - Samoa Joe, Christian Cage, & Kevin Nash beat Kurt Angle, Tomko, & AJ Styles
4/13 Lockdown - won the TNA World Championship from Kurt Angle in a steel cage match
5/11 Sacrifice - beat Scott Steiner & Kaz
6/8 Slammiversary - beat Booker T, Christian Cage, Rhino, & Robert Roode in a King of the Mountain Match
7/13 Victory Road - fought to a no contest against Booker T
8/10 Hard Justice - beat Booker T in a Six Sides of Steel Weapons Match
9/14 No Surrender - beat Kurt Angle & Christian Cage
10/12 Bound for Glory - lost the TNA World Championship to Sting
11/9 Turning Point - lost to Kevin Nash
12/7 Final Resolution - TNA World Championship: Champion Sting, Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, & Booker T beat AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, & Team 3D

2009
3/15 Destination X - lost to Scott Steiner via DQ
4/19 Lockdown - Lethal Lockdown: Team Jarrett (Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, & Christopher Daniels) beat Team Angle (Kurt Angle, Kevin Nash, Booker T, & Scott Steiner)
5/24 Sacrifice - beat Kevin Nash
6/21 Slammiversary – Kurt Angle beat TNA Champion Mick Foley, AJ Styles, Jeff Jarrett, and Samoa Joe in a King of the Mountain Match to win the title
7/19 Victory Road - beat Sting
8/16 Hard Justice - won the X Division Championship from Homicide
9/20 No Surrender - beat Daniels
10/18 Bound for Glory - lost a Submission Match to Bobby Lashley

Sources used: ROHwrestling.com

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