Samoa Joe (AEW)
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| Ring name(s) | King Joe Samoa Joe Samoan Joe Joe Seanoa |
| Billed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Billed weight | 280 lb (130 kg) |
| Born | March 17, 1979 (age 32) Orange County, California |
| Resides | Orange County, California |
| Billed from | The Isle of Samoa |
| Trained by | Cincinnati Red John Delayo William Regal Yoshiaki Fujiwara Johnny Hemp |
| Debut | September 1999 |
Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa (born March 17, 1979) is an American efed wrestler, better known by his ring name, Samoa Joe. He is currently under contract with Attitude Era Wrestling.
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[edit] Efed wrestling career
[edit] Attitude Era Wrestling
[edit] Debut and injury (2011)
[edit] Return and the Tribe (2012-2013)
[edit] Return (2015-present)
[edit] In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- CCS Enzuigiri (Jumping twisting enzuigiri while facing away from a cornered opponent)
- Chimera-Plex (German suplex followed into a dragon suplex and finished with an X-Plex)
- Coquina Clutch (TNA) / The Clutch (TNA) / The Choke (Independent circuit) (Rear naked choke, sometimes transitioned into a suplex)
- Island Driver (Sitout side powerslam, sometimes from the second rope, or an over the shoulder reverse piledriver)
- Muscle Buster, sometimes from the second rope
- Signature moves
- Atomic Drop
- Chop to the back of a seated opponent followed by a football kick to the chest and finished with a jumping knee drop
- Death Valley driver, sometimes from the second rope
- Elbow Suicida (Suicide dive transitioned into a flying forearm smash)
- Facewash
- Inverted atomic drop followed by a running single leg dropkick and finished with a running senton
- Forearm smash to a cornered opponent sometimes followed by a CCS Enzuigiri
- Lariat
- Multiple suplex variations
- Dragon
- Exploder
- German
- Half nelson
- Head and arm
- Olé Kick (Running arched big boot to the face of an opponent seated on a chair next to a guardrail)
- Powerbomb followed into either a prawn hold, a thigh-held single leg Boston crab, an STF or a crossface
- Samoan drop
- Samoan Elbow (Feint leg drop transitioned into an elbow drop to the opponent's chest)
- Sidewalk slam
- Snap scoop powerslam followed into either a cover attempt or a crucifix armbar
- STF
- STJoe (One-armed side slam, as a counter to an oncoming opponent)
- Managers
- Armando Estrada
- Nicknames
- "The Samoan Suplex Machine"
- "The Samoan Submission Machine"
- "The Nation of Violence"
- Entrance themes
- "Nation of Violence" by Dale Oliver
[edit] Championship and accomplishments
- Attitude Era Wrestling
- AEW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)1, 2
- AEW Award for Match of the Year (2014) – War Games match for the AEW World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestle War
1 Joe's first reign was as a Co-champion with Chris Jericho
2 Jose's second reign came after defeating Jericho to become the Undisputed AEW Championship
