page_title: Samoa Joe
section_title: Championships and accomplishments
hierarchical_section_title: Samoa Joe / Championships and accomplishments
caption_attribution_description: English: TNA World Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe. Bloomington, Illinois. Taken by myself. Rotated, cropped, and enhanced.
context_page_description: Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, is an American professional wrestler and a color commentator, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand.
  Joe was previously known for his time with promotions Total Nonstop Action Wrestling and Ring of Honor. 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.
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  Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  CBS Sports
  Smack Talker of the Year (2018)
  Extreme Wrestling Federation
  Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006)
  Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
  Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004)
  German Wrestling Association
  GWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time, final)
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Feud of the Year (2007) vs. Kurt Angle
  Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2006)
  Ranked No. 4 of the top 500 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) – 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) and Magnus (1)
  TNA X Division Championship (5 times)
  King of the Mountain (2008)
  Maximum Impact Tournament (2011)
  TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2014)
  Super X Cup (2005)
  Feast or Fired (2009 – World Heavyweight Championship contract)
  TNA Turkey Bowl (2007)
  Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 – TNA World Heavyweight Championship)
  Wild Card Tournament (2011) – with Magnus
  Third TNA Grand Slam Champion
  Third TNA Triple Crown Champion
  Mr. TNA (2006, 2007)
  X Division star of the Year (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
  Best Brawler (2005, 2006)
  Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kenta Kobashi
  Most Outstanding Wrestler (2005)
  WWE
  NXT Championship (2 times)
  Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) – with Finn Bálor
  WWE United States Championship (2 times)
caption: Joe was a one-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion
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