Nuufolau Joel Seanoa

Actor · Born March 17, 1979 · Orange County, California, USA

Biography

Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, better known as Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler who debuted in 1999 and signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) in 2022. As the leader of The Opps, he is a two-time AEW World Champion, two-time AEW TNT Champion, and one-time AEW World Trios Champion. Joe first made his name in Ring of Honor shortly after the promotion's launch in 2002, holding the ROH World Championship for a record 645 days and becoming one of its defining stars through unforgettable rivalries with CM Punk and Nigel McGuinness, as well as his legendary match against Kenta Kobashi. He carried that momentum to TNA in 2005, where a 19-month undefeated streak and his iconic rivalry with Kurt Angle cemented his legacy as one of the promotion's all-time greats while he captured the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, five X Division Championships, two World Tag Team Championships, and the Television Championship. Along the way, he won Wrestling Observer Newsletter's Most Outstanding Wrestler award in 2005, was ranked No. 4 in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500 in both 2006 and 2008, and was named PWI Feud of the Year in 2007 for his rivalry with Angle. Joe joined WWE in 2015, becoming the first three-time NXT Champion before winning the WWE United States Championship twice and spending the next several years as one of the company's top heavyweights. After returning to ROH and debuting in AEW in 2022, he became the longest-reigning ROH World Television Champion before defeating MJF to win the AEW World Championship, becoming the only wrestler to have held the world championships of AEW, ROH, and TNA. Outside the ring, he has also found success as an actor and voice actor, portraying Sweet Tooth in Twisted Metal, voicing King Shark in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and playing Raymond Law in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Acted in 325

2020s

2026
AEW WrestleDream 2026
Samoa Joe
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
Samoa Joe
2025
AEW Worlds End 2025
Samoa Joe
AEW Full Gear 2025
Samoa Joe
AEW WrestleDream 2025
Samoa Joe
AEW All Out 2025: Saturday Tailgate Brawl
Samoa Joe
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025 - Zero Hour
Samoa Joe
AEW All In 2025: Texas
Samoa Joe
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
Samoa Joe
2024
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
Samoa Joe
AEW Dynasty 2024
Samoa Joe
AEW Revolution 2024
Samoa Joe
2023
AEW Worlds End 2023
Samoa Joe
AEW Full Gear 2023: Zero Hour
Samoa Joe
AEW All Out 2023
Samoa Joe
AEW All In 2023: London
Samoa Joe
Twisted Metal
Sweet Tooth · 22 episodes
74
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2023
Samoa Joe
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
Samoa Joe · 22 episodes
76
ROH: Supercard of Honor 2023
Samoa Joe
AEW Revolution 2023
Samoa Joe
Jay Briscoe: Celebration of Life
Samoa Joe
2022
ROH Final Battle 2022
Samoa Joe
AEW Full Gear 2022
Samoa Joe
AEW All Out 2022
Samoa Joe
ROH: Death Before Dishonor 2022
Samoa Joe
AEW Double or Nothing 2022
Samoa Joe
ROH: Supercard of Honor XV
Samoa Joe
All Elite Wrestling: Battle of the Belts
Samoa Joe · 2 episodes
2021
NXT TakeOver 36
Samoa Joe
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage
Samoa Joe · 5 episodes
74
2020
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
Samoa Joe
AEW Unrestricted
Samoa Joe · 1 episode
WWE Royal Rumble 2020
Samoa Joe

2010s

2019
WWE Backstage
Samoa Joe · 3 episodes
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
Samoa Joe · 40 episodes
82
WWE Smackville
Samoa Joe
WWE Extreme Rules 2019
Samoa Joe
WWE Stomping Grounds
Samoa Joe
WWE Super ShowDown 2019
Samoa Joe
WWE Money in the Bank 2019
Samoa Joe
WWE WrestleMania 35
Samoa Joe
WWE Fastlane 2019
Samoa Joe
WWE Elimination Chamber 2019
Samoa Joe
WWE The Best of Raw and Smackdown Live 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Royal Rumble 2019
Samoa Joe
2018
WWE Starrcade 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Survivor Series 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Super Show-Down 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Hell in a Cell 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE SummerSlam 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Money in the Bank 2018
Samoa Joe
WWE Backlash 2018
Samoa Joe
Transformers: Power of the Primes
Predaking (voice)
WWE Greatest Royal Rumble
Samoa Joe
WWE Chronicle
Samoa Joe · 1 episode
WWE Best of Raw & SmackDown Live 2017
Samoa Joe
WWE Best Pay-Per-View Matches 2017
Samoa Joe
2017
WWE Survivor Series 2017
Samoa Joe
NXT: From Secret To Sensation
Movie
WWE SummerSlam 2017
Samoa Joe
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III
Samoa Joe
WWE Great Balls of Fire
Samoa Joe
WWE Extreme Rules 2017
Samoa Joe
WWE Payback 2017
Samoa Joe
WWE Fastlane 2017
Samoa Joe
WWE The Day Of
Samoa Joe (Self) · 21 episodes
2016
NXT Takeover: Toronto
Samoa Joe
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn II
Samoa Joe
NXT TakeOver: The End
Samoa Joe
NXT TakeOver: Dallas
Samoa Joe
NXT's Greatest Matches Vol. 1
Samoa Joe
The Essential AJ Styles Collection
Samoa Joe
The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness
Samoa Joe · 1 episode
2015
NXT TakeOver: London
Samoa Joe
NXT TakeOver: Respect
Samoa Joe
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
Samoa Joe
WWE Table For 3
Samoa Joe · 1 episode
NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable
Samoa Joe
ROH: Supercard of Honor IX
Samoa Joe
ROH: 13th Anniversary
Samoa Joe
TNA LockDown 2015
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Rivals 2015
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Turning Point
Samoa Joe
ROH: Year 5
Samoa Joe
2014
TNA One Night Only: Victory Road 2014
Samoa Joe
TNA Bound For Glory 2014
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Global IMPACT Japan 2014
Samoa Joe
TNA Slammiversary XII
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2
Samoa Joe
TNA Lockdown 2014
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: #OldSchool 2014
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Hardcore Justice 3
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Tag Team Tournament 2014
Samoa Joe
ROH: Year Four
Samoa Joe
ROH: Creating Excellence
Samoa Joe
2013
TNA Turning Point 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Tournament of Champions 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA Bound for Glory 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA Hardcore Justice 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: 10 Reunion 2013
Samoa Joe
Bryan Danielson: World Champion
Samoa Joe
Becoming the Best in the World: Bryan Danielson
Samoa Joe
TNA Slammiversary XI
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA One Night Only X-Travaganza 2013
Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe: A Championship Legacy
Samoa Joe
TNA Lockdown 2013
Samoa Joe
TNA Genesis 2013
Samoa Joe
Nigel McGuinness: In It to Win It
Samoa Joe
ROH: Year Three
Samoa Joe
AJ Styles: Styles Clash
Samoa Joe
Alex Shelley: Made in Detroit
Samoa Joe
Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel
Samoa Joe
Colt Cabana: Chicago's Favorite Son
Samoa Joe
Danielson vs The World
Samoa Joe
TNA British Bootcamp
Samoa Joe · 8 episodes
2012
TNA Final Resolution 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Turning Point 2012
Samoa Joe
ROH: Year Two
Samoa Joe
TNA Bound for Glory 2012
Samoa Joe
WWE Main Event
TV · 15 Seasons · Action · Adventure
66
TNA No Surrender 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Hardcore Justice 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Destination X 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Slammiversary 2012
Samoa Joe
Mr Wrestling: The Kevin Steen Story
Samoa Joe
ROH: Year One
Samoa Joe
TNA Sacrifice 2012
Samoa Joe
ROH: Bryan Danielson - The American Dragon
Samoa Joe
TNA Lockdown 2012
Samoa Joe
ROH: Nigel McGuinness - An ROH Career Retrospective
Samoa Joe
ROH: Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk
Samoa Joe
Chris Hero: Ring of Hero
Samoa Joe
TNA Victory Road 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Against All Odds 2012
Samoa Joe
TNA Genesis 2012
Samoa Joe
ROH: Ring of Hardcore
Samoa Joe
Austin Aries: Evolution of A-Double
Samoa Joe
KENTA: Go 2 Sleep
Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe: Total Domination
Samoa Joe
2011
TNA Bound for Glory 2011
Samoa Joe
TNA No Surrender 2011
Samoa Joe
TNA Destination X 2011
Samoa Joe
TNA Slammiversary IX
Samoa Joe
TNA Lockdown 2011
Samoa Joe
TNA Against All Odds 2011
Samoa Joe
Interviews with a Hero: The Chris Hero Story
Samoa Joe
The Briscoe Brothers: The Baddest Tag Team on the Planet
Samoe Joe
2010
TNA Final Resolution 2010
Samoa Joe
TNA Turning Point 2010
Samoa Joe
TNA Bound For Glory 2010
Samoa Joe
TNA No Surrender 2010
Samoa Joe
TNA Victory Road 2010
Samoa Joe
WWE NXT
Samoa Joe, SAMOA JOE · 9 episodes
73
TNA The Best of 2009
Samoa Joe
TNA Against All Odds 2010
Samoa Joe