Trivia

His name "Samoa Joe" was only meant to be temporary. As is custom with professional wrestling, he planned on using that name while he paid his dues, but the name stuck.

Held the Ring Of Honor World Championship for nearly 2 years, the longest reigning modern champion of recent times.

ROH Pure Championship (1 time).

CBS Sports - Commentator of the Year (2020).

Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time).

GWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time).

Was trained by Ryan McGonagle and Scott Daves.

ROH Hall of Fame (class of 2022).

Xtreme 8 Tournament (2006).

TNA X Division Championship (5 times).

TNA World Heavyweight Championship (1 time).

ROH World Television Championship.

Third TNA Grand Slam Champion.

ROH World Championship (1 time).

UPW No Holds Barred Championship (1 time).

Seventh ROH Triple Crown Champion.

NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship (1 time).

TNA X Division Championship Tournament (2014).

Gauntlet for the Gold (2007 - TNA World Heavyweight Championship).

TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time).

TNA Turkey Bowl (2007).

Revolution Strong Style Tournament (2004).

UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[.

TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times) - by himself (1) and with Magnus (1).

GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Magnus.

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2015) - with Finn Bálor.

Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide - Tag Team Tournament (2006) - with AJ Styles, Homicide and Low Ki.

WWE United States Championship (2 times).

NXT Championship (3 times).

Maximum Impact Tournament (2011).

Put the Ring Of Honor on the map by defending the ROH World Championship worldwide.

Won the TNA X Division Title by defeating AJ Styles. (December 2005)

SoCal Uncensored - Rookie of the Year (2000).

Pro Wrestling Illustrated - Ranked No. 4 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2006 and 2008.

King of the Mountain (2008).

Super X Cup (2005).

Pro Wrestling Illustrated - Feud of the Year (2007) vs. Kurt Angle.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated - Most Popular Wrestler of the Year (2006).

Wild Card Tournament (2011) - with Magnus.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Most Outstanding Wrestler (2005).

Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Best Brawler (2005, 2006).

TNA Television Championship (1 time).

Wrestling Observer Newsletter - Pro Wrestling Match of the Year (2005) vs. Kenta Kobashi at Joe vs. Kobashi.

CBS Sports - Smack Talker of the Year (2018).