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Samoa Simpson

Birth name	Nuufolau Dusty Simpson
Born	March 17, 1979 (age 37) Orange County, California, United States
Residence	Orange County, California, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring Name(s)	Joe Seanoa Joe Seannoa King Simpson Samoa Simpson
Billed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Billed weight	282 lb (128 kg)
Billed from	Huntington Beach, California The Isle of Samoa
Trained by	Cincinnati Red Johnny Hemp
Debut	1999

Nuufolau Dustin "Joe" Simpson (born March 17, 1979), better known by his ring name Samoa Simpson, is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to IWE where he performs on the SmackDown brand, he perviously performed on NXT, where he is a former two-time NXT Champion. He was previously best known for his time with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Ring of Honor (ROH).

After beginning training in 1999, Seanoa began his career in 2000 in Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW), where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship once. In 2001 he made his first appearance in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation) under UPW's cross-promotional deal with the company.

Throughout his career, Dustin has won numerous championships, including the Ring of Honor World championship and the Pure championship. Within TNA, he is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time TNA X Division Champion, and a one-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. He has also won the 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, the 2008 King of the Mountain match (the only one to retain the world championship in the match), and the TNA Triple Crown.

[edit] Early life

[edit] Professional wrestling career

[edit] Ultimate Pro Wrestling (2000–2001)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2001–2002)

[edit] Ring of Honor (2002–2007, 2008)

[edit] Independent circuit (2003–2014)

[edit] Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

[edit] Undefeated streak (2005–2006)

[edit] TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2006–2008)

[edit] The Main Event Mafia and Nation of Violence (2009–2011)

Main article: Main Event Mafia

[edit] Teaming and feuding with Magnus (2011–2012)

[edit] The New Main Event Mafia (2012–2014)

[edit] Championship pursuits and departure (2014–2015)

[edit] AAA (2006, 2011)

[edit] Pro Wrestling Noah (2007, 2012)

[edit] Return to ROH (2015)

[edit] IWE

[edit] NXT Champion (2015–2017)

[edit] Main roster debut and championship pursuits (2017–2018)

[edit] Feud with KJ Styles and United States Champion (2018–present)

[edit] Personal life

[edit] Championships and accomplishments

File:Samoa Simpson Bloomington IL 062008.jpg

Simpson was a one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion

Ballpark Brawl
- Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Extreme Wrestling Federation
- Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006)
Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
- Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Feud of the Year (2007) vs. Kurt Angle
- Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2006)
- PWI ranked him #4 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006 and 2008
Pro Wrestling Noah
- GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Magnus
Pro Wrestling Zero-One
- NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time)¹– with Keiji Sakoda
Pure Wrestling Association
- PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
Ring of Honor
- ROH Pure Championship (1 time)
- ROH World Championship (1 time)
SoCal Uncensored
- Rookie of the Year (2000)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA Television Championship (1 time)
- TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – by himself (1)² and Magnus (1)
- TNA X Division Championship (5 times)
- 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)
- Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – Heavyweight)
- Wild Card Tournament (2011) – with Magnus
- Third TNA Grand Slam Champion
- Third TNA Triple Crown Champion
- Mr. TNA (2006)
- Mr. X Division (2006)
- Feud of the Year (2006–2007) with Kurt Angle
- Finisher of the Year (2007) Muscle buster
Twin Wrestling Entertainment
- TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
Ultimate Pro Wrestling
- UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
- UPW No Holds Barred Championship (1 time)
United Independent Wrestling Alliance
- UIWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 5 Star Match (2004) vs. CM Punk at ROH Joe vs. Punk II on October 16
- 5 Star Match (2005) vs. KJ Styles and Christopher Daniels at TNA Unbreakable on September 11
- 5 Star Match (2005) vs. Kenta Kobashi at ROH Joe vs. Kobashi on October 1
- Best Brawler (2005, 2006)
- Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kenta Kobashi, ROH Joe vs. Kobashi, October 1
- Most Outstanding Wrestler (2005)
IWE
- NXT Championship (3 times, current)
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) – with Finn Bálor
- IWE United States Championship (2 times)

¹ After the title was vacated, Joe and Sakoda's reign was stricken from the promotion's records.

² Simpson held the title by himself during his first reign.

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+| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" |
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Ring name(s)'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Birth name'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | King Simpson <br> '''Samoa Simpson''' <br> Samoan Simpson <br> Simpson Seanoa
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |Nuufolau Dusty Simpson
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed height'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Born'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |March 17, 1979 (age 37)<br>[[Orange County, California]], United States
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed weight'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Residence'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | 280 lb (130 kg)
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |Orange County, California, United States
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Born'''
+| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3"|'''[[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling career]]'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | March 17, 1979 (age 32) <br> Orange County, California
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Resides'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''[[Ring Name|Ring Name(s)]]'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Orange County, California
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |Joe Seanoa<br>Joe Seannoa<br>King Simpson<br>'''Samoa Simpson'''
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Billed from'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Billed height'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | The Isle of Samoa
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Trained by'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Billed weight'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | Cincinnati Red <br> John Delayo <br> [[William Kapphan]] <br> Yoshiaki Fujiwara <br> Johnny Hemp
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |282 lb (128 kg)
 |- valign="top"
-| style="text-align: left;"| '''Debute'''
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Billed from'''
-| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" | September 1999
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |[[Huntington Beach, California]]<br>[[Samoa|The Isle of Samoa]]
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Trained by'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |Cincinnati Red<br>Johnny Hemp
+|- valign="top"
+| style="text-align: left;"|'''Debut'''
+| bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" |1999
 |}
-'''Nuufolau Dustin "Joe" Simpson''' (born March 17, 1979) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, '''Samoa Simpson'''. He is currently under contract with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]].
+'''Nuufolau Dustin "Joe" Simpson''' (born March 17, 1979), better known by his [[Ring Name|ring name]] '''Samoa Simpson''', is an American [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestler]], currently signed to [[IWE]] where he performs on the [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] brand, he perviously performed on [[NXT (IWE brand)|NXT]], where he is a former two-time [[NXT Championship|NXT Champion]]. He was previously best known for his time with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) and [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH).
-Before debuting in TNA in June 2005, Seanoa competed in the [[Ring of Honor]] (ROH) independent promotion, where he held the [[ROH World Championship]] for a record 21 months. Upon joining TNA, Seanoa embarked upon an 18 month-long undefeated streak, in which he never lost a match by pinfall or submission. That streak came to an end at the [[TNA Genesis|Genesis]] event in [[TNA Genesis#2006|2006]], when he tapped out to [[Matt Borske]]'s ankle lock submission hold.
+After beginning training in 1999, Seanoa began his career in 2000 in [[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]] (UPW), where he held the UPW Heavyweight Championship once. In 2001 he made his first appearance in WWE (then the World Wrestling Federation) under UPW's cross-promotional deal with the company.
 Throughout his career, Dustin has won numerous championships, including the [[ROH World Championship|Ring of Honor World championship]] and the [[ROH Pure Championship|Pure championship]]. Within TNA, he is a former [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship|TNA World Heavyweight Champion]], a four-time  [[TNA X Division Championship|TNA X Division Champion]], and a one-time [[TNA World Tag Team Championship|TNA World Tag Team Champion]]. He has also won the [[TNA Super X Cup Tournament (2005)|2005 Super X Cup Tournament]], the [[King of the Mountain Match#Match history|2008 King of the Mountain match]] (the only one to retain the world championship in the match), and the [[Triple Crown Championship#List of TNA Triple Crown Champions|TNA Triple Crown]].
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 ===Ultimate Pro Wrestling (2000–2001)===
-===Pro Wrestling Zero1 and Pro Wrestling Noah (2001–2002)===
+===Pro Wrestling Zero1 (2001–2002)===
-===Ring of Honor (2002–2007)===
+===Ring of Honor (2002–2007, 2008)===
-===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2005–present)===
+===Independent circuit (2003–2014)===
+===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
 ====Undefeated streak (2005–2006)====
-====Title chase; World Heavyweight Champion (2006–2008)====
+====TNA World Heavyweight Champion (2006–2008)====
-====Nation of Violence (2009)====
+====The Main Event Mafia and Nation of Violence (2009–2011)====
-<blockquote>''Main article: [[Main Event Mafia]]''</blockquote>
+:''Main article: [[Main Event Mafia]]''
-====Various feuds (2009–2011)====
+====Teaming and feuding with Magnus (2011–2012)====
-====Heel turn (2011–present)====
+====The New Main Event Mafia (2012–2014)====
-===International Wrestling Association (2009)===
+====Championship pursuits and departure (2014–2015)====
-==Personal life==
+===AAA (2006, 2011)===
-==In wrestling==
+===Pro Wrestling Noah (2007, 2012)===
-==Championships and accomplishments==
+===Return to ROH (2015)===
-[[File:Samoa Simpson Bloomington IL 062008.jpg|right|thumb|Simpson with the TNA World Heavyweight Championship]]
-*'''Ballpark Brawl'''
-**Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<sup>1</sup>
-*'''Extreme Wrestling Federation'''
+===IWE===
-**Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006)
-*'''[[Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South]]'''
+====NXT Champion (2015–2017)====
-**Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004)
-*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
+====Main roster debut and championship pursuits (2017–2018)====
-**PWI ranked him #'''4''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2006 and 2008
-**[[PWI Feud of the Year]] (2007) <small>vs. [[Matt Borske]]</small>
-**[[PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year]] (2006)
-*'''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''
+====Feud with KJ Styles and United States Champion (2018–present)====
-**[[GHC Tag Team Championship]] ([[GHC Tag Team Championship|1 time, current]]) – with [[Nicolas Leeds|Magnus]]
-*'''[[Pro Wrestling Zero1|Pro Wrestling Zero1-Max]]'''
+==Personal life==
-**[[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])<sup>2</sup> &ndash; with [[Keiji Sakoda]]
-*'''Pure Wrestling Association'''
+<!--==In wrestling==-->
-**PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
-*'''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
+==Championships and accomplishments==
-**[[ROH Pure Championship]] ([[ROH Pure Championship#Title history|1 time]])
+[[File:Samoa Simpson Bloomington IL 062008.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Simpson was a one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion]]
-**[[ROH World Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Champions|1 time]])
+* '''Ballpark Brawl'''
+** Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
-*'''SoCal Uncensored'''
+* '''Extreme Wrestling Federation'''
-**Rookie of the Year (2000)
+** Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006)
+* '''[[Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South]]'''
-*'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'''
+** Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004)
-**[[TNA Television Championship]] ([[List of TNA Television Champions|1 time]], current)
+* '''''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''''
-**[[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]])
+** [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Feud of the Year|Feud of the Year]] (2007) <small>vs. [[Matt Borske|Kurt Angle]]</small>
-**[[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|2 time]])<small><sup>3</sup></small> with [[Nicolas Leeds|Magnus]] (1)
+** [[List of Pro Wrestling Illustrated awards#Most Popular Wrestler of the Year|Most Popular Wrestler of the Year]] (2006)
-**[[TNA X Division Championship]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions|4 times]])
+** PWI ranked him #'''4''' of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the [[Pro Wrestling Illustrated#PWI 500|PWI 500]] in 2006 and 2008
-**[[King of the Mountain match|King of the Mountain]] ([[King of the Mountain match|2008]])
+* '''[[Pro Wrestling Noah]]'''
-**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Maximum Impact Tournament|Maximum Impact Tournament (2011)]]
+** [[GHC Tag Team Championship]] ([[GHC Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]]) – with [[Nicolas Leeds (wrestler)|Magnus]]
-**[[TNA X Cup Tournaments#Super X Cup Tournaments|Super X Cup]] ([[TNA Super X Cup Tournament (2005)|2005]])
+* '''[[Pro Wrestling Zero1|Pro Wrestling Zero-One]]'''
-**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#TNA Turkey Bowl|Turkey Bowl]] ([[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#2007 Turkey Bowl|2007]])
+** [[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship#Title history|1 time]])<sup>1</sup>– with [[Keiji McKinnon-Sakoda|Keiji Sakoda]]
-**[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Wild Card Tournament|Wild Card Tournament (2011)]] – with [[Magnus|Aaron Peters]]
+* '''Pure Wrestling Association'''
-**[[Triple Crown Championship#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Triple Crown Champion]] ([[Triple Crown Championship#List of TNA Triple Crown Champions|1 time]])
+** PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
-**Mr. TNA (2006)
+* '''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
-**Mr. X Division (2006)
+** [[ROH Pure Championship]] ([[ROH Pure Championship#Title history|1 time]])
-**Feud of the Year (2006–2007) <small>with [[Matt Borske]]</small>
+** [[ROH World Championship]] ([[List of ROH World Champions|1 time]])
-**Finisher of the Year (2007) <small>Muscle Buster</small>
+* '''SoCal Uncensored'''
+** Rookie of the Year (2000)
-*'''Twin Wrestling Entertainment'''
+* '''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'''
-**TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
+** [[TNA Television Championship]] ([[List of TNA Television Champions|1 time]])
+** [[TNA World Heavyweight Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Heavyweight Champions|1 time]])
-*'''Ultimate Pro Wrestling'''
+** [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]] ([[List of TNA World Tag Team Champions|2 times]]) – by himself (1)<sup>2</sup> and [[Magnus (wrestler)|Magnus]] (1)
-**UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
+** [[TNA X Division Championship]] ([[List of TNA X Division Champions|5 times]])
-**UPW No Hold Barred Championship (2 times)
+** [[King of the Mountain Match|King of the Mountain]] ([[King of the Mountain Match|2008]])
+** [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Maximum Impact Tournament|Maximum Impact Tournament (2011)]]
-*'''United Independent Wrestling Alliance'''
+** [[TNA X Cup Tournaments#Super X Cup Tournaments|Super X Cup]] ([[TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|2005]])
-**UIWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
+** [[Feast or Fired]] ([[Final Resolution (2009)|2009]] – [[Feast or Fired#Matches|World Heavyweight Championship contract]])
+** [[TNA Turkey Bowl]] ([[TNA Turkey Bowl#2007|2007]])
+**[[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold|Gauntlet for the Gold]] ([[TNA Gauntlet for the Gold#List of Gauntlet for the Gold winners|2007]] – Heavyweight)
+** [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling tournaments#Wild Card Tournament|Wild Card Tournament (2011)]] – with Magnus
+** [[Grand Slam Championship#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Third TNA Grand Slam Champion]]
+** [[Triple Crown Championship#Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|Third TNA Triple Crown Champion]]
+** Mr. TNA (2006)
+** Mr. X Division (2006)
+** Feud of the Year (2006–2007) {{small|with Kurt Angle}}
+** Finisher of the Year (2007) {{small|Muscle buster}}
+* '''Twin Wrestling Entertainment'''
+** TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
+* '''[[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]]'''
+** UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
+** [[Ultimate Pro Wrestling No Holds Barred title|UPW No Holds Barred Championship]] ([[Ultimate Pro Wrestling No Holds Barred title#Title History|1 time]])
+* '''United Independent Wrestling Alliance'''
+** UIWA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
+* '''''[[Dave Meltzer#Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''''
+** [[Dave Meltzer#Rating system|5 Star Match]] (2004) <small>vs. [[CM Punk]] at ''ROH Joe vs. Punk II'' on October 16</small>
+** 5 Star Match (2005) <small>vs. KJ Styles and Christopher Daniels at [[TNA Unbreakable]] on September 11</small>
+** 5 Star Match (2005) <small>vs. Kenta Kobashi at ''ROH Joe vs. Kobashi'' on October 1</small>
+** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler)|Best Brawler]] (2005, 2006)
+** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Match of the Year|Match of the Year]] (2005) <small>vs. Kenta Kobashi, ''ROH Joe vs. Kobashi'', October 1</small>
+** [[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards#Most Outstanding Wrestler|Most Outstanding Wrestler]] (2005)
+*'''[[IWE]]'''
+**[[NXT Championship]] ([[List of NXT Champions|3 times]], current)
+**''[[Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic]]'' (2015) – with [[Kevin Devitt|Finn Bálor]]
+**[[IWE United States Championship]] ([[List of IWE United States Champions|2 times]])
-*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards]]'''
+<sup>1</sup><small> After the title was vacated, Joe and Sakoda's reign was stricken from the promotion's records.</small>
-**[[Dave Meltzer#Rating system|5 Star Match]] (2004) <small>vs. Justin Eldridge at ''ROH Joe vs. Punk II'' on October 16</small>
-**[[Dave Meltzer#Rating system|5 Star Match]] (2005) <small>vs. KJ Styles and Christopher Barnhart at [[TNA Unbreakable]] on September 11</small>
-**[[Dave Meltzer#Rating system|5 Star Match]] (2005) <small>vs. Kenta Kobashi at ''ROH Joe vs. Kobashi'' on October 1</small>
-**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Bruiser Brody Memorial Award (Best Brawler)|Best Brawler]] (2006)
-**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Match of the Year|Match of the Year]] (2005) <small>vs. Kenta Kobashi, ''ROH Joe vs. Kobashi'', October 1</small>
-**[[List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Most Outstanding Wrestler|Most Outstanding Wrestler]] (2005)
-<small><sup>1</sup>After being stripped of the title, Samoa Simpson's reign was stricken from the promotion's records and the title returned to Eddie Osbourne, the man Samoa Simpson defeated for the title.</small>
+<sup>2</sup><small> Simpson held the title by himself during his first reign.</small>
-<small><sup>2</sup>After the title was vacated, Samoa Joe and partner Keiji Sakoda's reign was stricken from the promotion's records.</small>
+==Notes==
-<small><sup>3</sup>After winning the championship, Samoa Simpson held the title by himself.</small>
+==References==