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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art]]
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[[Image:Jean-Baptiste_Carpeaux_La_Danse.jpg|thumb|right|400px|La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris]]
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|resides=[[Huntington Beach, California]]
|billed=[[American Samoa]]<br />[[Huntington Beach, California]]<br />[[Los Angeles, California]]<ref name="TNAprofile" />
|trainer=Cincinnati Red<br />Johnny Hemp<br />John Delayo
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'''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux''' ([[May 11]], [[1827]], [[Valenciennes]] –[[October 12]], [[1875]], [[Courbevoie]]) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under [[François Rude]]. Carpeaux won the [[Prix de Rome]] in [[1854]], and moving to [[Rome]] to find inspiration, he there studied the works of [[Michelangelo Buonarroti|Michelangelo]], [[Donatello]] and [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]]. Staying in Rome from [[1854]] to [[1861]], he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of [[baroque art]]. In [[1861]] he made a bust of [[Mathilde Bonaparte|Princess Mathilde]], and this later brought him several commissions from [[Napoleon III]]. He worked at the pavilion of [[Flora (goddess)|Flora]], and the [[Opéra Garnier]]. His group La Danse (the Dance, [[1869]]), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.
'''Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa''' (born [[March 17]], [[1979]]), is an [[United States|American]] [[professional wrestler]] better known by his [[ring name]], '''Samoa Joe''', and currently performing for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA). Prior to debuting in TNA, Joe was most well known for his achievements in [[Ring of Honor]], most notably holding the [[ROH World Championship]] for a record long 21-months. In TNA Joe came to prominence after he sustained an 18-month long undefeated streak in which he never lost a match by being [[Pinfall (professional wrestling)|pinned]] or [[Professional wrestling holds|forced to submit]].


He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America|America]] and [[Africa]], and it was [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.
==Career==
Joe's family founded a [[Music of Polynesia|Polynesian dance troupe]] in the [[United States]] called ''Tiare Productions''. He made his on stage debut at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] opening at the age of 5.<ref name="JoesWebsite" /> He became a California State Junior Judo Champion and was an all league football player while attending Ocean View High School.<ref>''Unstoppable: the Best of Samoa Joe'', TNA Home Video (2006).</ref>


== Sculptures by Carpeaux ==
Joe started his professional wrestling career in September 1999 as the first graduate of the UIWA's now-defunct West Coast Dojo. He was trained under the guidance of West Coast indy legend Cincinnati Red, along with Johnny Hemp and occasionally John Delayo.<ref>{{cite news | last=Milner | first=John M. | title=Samoa Joe | date=4 December 2005 | publisher=Slam! Sports | url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/samoa_joe.html}}</ref>


* Ugolin et ses fils - [[Ugolino della Gherardesca|Ugolino]] and his Sons (1861, in the permanent collection of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]])[[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000009025.html]] with versions in other museums including the [[Musée d'Orsay]]
Debuting in December 1999 in a match against "Uncle" Jess Hansen just three months after beginning training, Joe quickly rose through the ranks of independent grapplers throughout [[California]]. He soon signed with former [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation]] (WWF) developmental affiliate [[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]] (UPW), where he [[Feud (professional wrestling)|feuded]] with his real life friend [[John Cena]] <ref> Hamilton, Ian. ''Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens To An Industry Without Competition''. Lulu Press, 2006. (pg. 67) ISBN 1-4116-1210-8 </ref> and eventually captured the UPW Heavyweight Championship<ref name="Titles">{{cite book | author=Royal Duncan & Gary Will | title=Wrestling Title Histories | publisher=Archeus Communications | year=4th Edition 2006 | id=ISBN 0-9698161-5-4 }}</ref>. He later became the longest reigning UPW Heavyweight Champion ever.
* The Dance (commissioned for the [[Palais Garnier|Opera Garnier]])
* Jeune pêcheur à la coquille - [[Naples|Neapolitan]] Fisherboy - in the [[Louvre]], [[Paris]] [[http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/photo_ME0000034255.html]]
* Girl with Shell
* [[Antoine Watteau]] monument, [[Valenciennes]]


==Neapolitan Fisherboy==
After finding success in UPW, Joe made his way to [[Professional wrestling in Japan|Japan]], wrestling for [[Shinya Hashimoto]]'s [[Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE|ZERO ONE]] promotion, fighting in its Shingeki series of [[pay per view]]s<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.purolove.com/zero1max/results/results01.php | title = Zero One 2001 show Results | author = purolove.com | quote = (translated from German) ZERO-ONE "SHINGEKI":Samoa Joe & Keiji Sakoda defeated Yuki Ishikawa & Katsumi Usuda (16:48)}}</ref> and the annual Burning Heart tournaments<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.purolove.com/zero1max/results/01firefestival.php | title = Zero One Fire Festival Results (2001)| author = purolove.com | quote = (translated from German) Kohei Sato [2] defeated Samoa Joe [0] (8:25) with a Cross Armbreaker / Samoa Joe [2] defeated George Takano [1] (5:24) with a Lariat. / Samoa Joe [4] defeated Masato Tanaka [3] (8:00) with the Emerald Frosion }}</ref>. During this time Joe also began wrestling (and continues to do so off and on) for Southern California promotion [[Pro Wrestling Guerrilla]], where he has a standing rivalry with [[Super Dragon]].


Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of ''Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille'', the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the [[French Academy]] while a student in [[Rome]]. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for [[Napoleon III]]'s empress, [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugènie]]. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the [[National Gallery of Art]] in [[Washington D.C.]]
Joe now resides as a member of [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]'s [[Antonio Inoki|Inoki]] Dojo in [[Los Angeles, California]].


Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.
===Ring of Honor===
Back in the [[United States]] Joe joined the ranks of the East Coast-based [[Ring of Honor]] promotion in 2002. He made his debut at "''Glory by Honor''" as [[Christopher Daniels]]' "hired assassin", brought in to take out Daniels' chief enemy, [[Brandon Silvestry|Low-Ki]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = 5 October | year = 2002 | quote = Low Ki defeated Samoa Joe in Joe's debut. Joe was hired by Christopher Daniels to take out Ki, but couldn't quite get the job done}}</ref>. Originally booked for just the one match against Low Ki (due to the cost of flying him from California to Pennsylvania, which ROH had to pay), Joe impressed fans with his extremely stiff and hard-hitting style that resembled an [[mixed martial arts|MMA]] fighter more than a wrestler, which led to ROH booking him full time <ref name="JoeShootInterview">[http://www.rohwrestling.com/shoponline.asp?point=moreinfo&catid=200&id=685 ''Straight Shootin’ with Samoa Joe'']</ref>.


Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to [[Naples]].
Joe quickly rose through the ranks and became [[ROH World Championship|ROH Champion]], defeating [[John Jirus|Xavier]] for the belt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 22, 2003<ref name="RoHTitle">{{cite web| url = http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/roh/roh-h.html | title = Ring of Honor Heavyweight TItle History | author = wrestling-titles.com}}</ref>. He held that title for twenty one months before losing it to [[Austin Aries]] at "''Final Battle'' 2004", also in Philadelphia, on December 26<ref name="RoHTitle"/>. During Joe's reign, ''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'' officially elevated the ROH Championship to the status of "world title" after Joe defended it against English wrestler [[Roy Bevis|Zebra Kid]] at a joint ROH/[[Frontier Wrestling Alliance]] show, ''Frontiers of Honor'', in the [[United Kingdom]] on May 17, 2003<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = 17 May | year = 2003 | quote = Samoa Joe defeated Zebra Kid to retain the ROH World Title}}</ref>. It was also at this event that Joe developed his infamous "Olé Olé Kick" move; an idea which got after watching a commercial during the English [[FA Cup Final]] (which was being held on the same day of the Frontiers of Honor show). [[Low Ki]] challenged Joe to "get the crowd to chant Olé Olé Olé," which Joe accepted, and during his match with Zebra Kid he positioned the Kid on a chair, and performed the move thus the Olé Kick was born.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/24/14947 | title = Samoa Joe interview highlights | date = September 27 | year = 2005 | author = PWTorch}}</ref>


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With his historic ROH title reign, Joe also established himself as the face of the company and a perennial main-eventer in North America. He elevated the title from a mid-card attraction, secondary to established independent stars like [[Brandon Silvestry|Low-Ki]], Daniels, and [[A.J. Styles]], to the ultimate prize in [[Ring of Honor]]. Especially famous are his trilogy of title defenses against [[CM Punk]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = June 12 | year = 2004 | quote = Samoa Joe and CM Punk went to a Time Limit Draw after 60 minutes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = October 16 | year = 2004 | quote = Samoa Joe retained the World Title by going to a one hour draw against CM Punk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = December 4 | year = 2004 | quote = Samoa Joe defeated CM Punk}}</ref> (the second match earing "Five Stars" from [[Dave Meltzer|Dave Meltzer's]] [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]], the first American match in 7 years to do so), and his match with [[Japan]]ese wrestler [[Kenta Kobashi]].


*[http://cartelfr.louvre.fr/cartelfr/visite?srv=rs_display_res&critere=jean+baptiste+carpeaux&operator=AND&nbToDisplay=5&langue=fr A page on the official Louvre site giving access to some of Carpeaux's works (French language only)]
Soon after losing the ROH World Championship to [[Austin Aries]], Joe became the promotion's fifth [[ROH Pure Championship|Pure Champion]], defeating his ([[kayfabe]]) protegé [[Jay Lethal]] for the belt on May 7, 2005 at ''Manhattan Mayhem'' in New York City<ref name="RoHpure">{{cite web| url = http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/roh/roh-p.html | title = Ring of Honor Pure Title History | author = wrestling-titles.com}}</ref>. He held the title for over three months before losing it to [[Nigel McGuiness]] on August 27 at ''Dragon Gate Invasion'' in [[Williamsville, New York]].<ref name="RoHpure"/>
*[http://www.insecula.com/contact/A005511_oeuvre_1.html A page from insecula.com listing more views of Carpeaux's works (also in French;] it may be necessary to close an advertising window to view this page)
*[http://www.studiolo.org/MMA-Ugolino/Ugolino.htm A page analysing Carpeaux's ''Ugolino'', with numerous illustrations]


[[Category:French sculptors|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]]
In October 2005, when Japanese heavyweight superstar [[Kenta Kobashi]] made a "once-in-a-lifetime" trip to the United States, he was signed to two Ring of Honor shows. ROH officials selected Joe, ROH's top wrestler, to face him in a singles match on the first night<ref>{{cite news | last=Randazzo | first=Anthony | title=ROH in Manhattan: Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi in match of year candidate | date=1 October 2005 | publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch | url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/24/15014}}</ref> and a tag match on the second<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = October 2 | year = 2005 | quote = Kenta Kobashi & Homicide defeated Samoa Joe & Low Ki}}</ref>. The first show was in New York City at the [[New Yorker Hotel]]. Joe proved to be a formidable opponent for Kobashi, and, after a back and forth match, which Dave Meltzer again gave "Five Stars", Kobashi walked away with the win.
[[Category:1827 births|Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste]]

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In 2006, Joe principal wrestlers representing Ring of Honor in their war against rival Philadelphia promotion [[Combat Zone Wrestling]]. The war culminated in a five-on-five [[Cage of Death]] match at ''Death before Dishonor IV''. Joe helped ROH dominate in the match, until, after picking up CZW wrestler [[Chris Hero]] for a Muscle Buster, he was attacked by fellow ROH wrestler [[Bryan Danielson]]. Danielson repeatedly hit Joe's bad knee with a steel chair, forcing him to quit the match. Joe was later replaced in the match by [[Nelson Erazo|Homicide]], who went on to win the match for ROH.<ref>{{cite news | last=Vetter | first=Chris | title=ROH, "Death Before Dishonor IV" | date=10 September 2006 | publisher=Pro Wrestling Torch | url=http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/25/17824}}</ref> Joe later teamed with Homicide to fight against the Briscoes, and, like Homicide, found himself back in the ROH world title hunt. Joe, however, came up short against champion Bryan Danielson in several matches, the final one being a cage match on December 8<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = December 8 | year = 2006 | quote = Bryan Danielson defeated Samoa Joe in a ROH World Title Steel Cage Match}}</ref>.

At the December 9 show, Samoa Joe called out the [[Pro Wrestling NOAH]] promotion, claiming "Ring of Honor is right here!" This was not Joe's first encounter with NOAH; at the September 16, 2006 ROH show, after a speech by wrestling legend [[Bruno Sammartino]], Joe got into an argument and pull-apart brawl with NOAH star [[Takeshi Morishima]]. Subsequently a match was signed for February pitting Joe against Morishima which Joe won<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = February 16 | year = 2007 | quote = Samoa Joe defeated Takeshi Morishima}}</ref>.

On January 31, Joe announced on the ROH Video Wire that he would no longer be a full time performer in ROH after March 4<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/Article.aspx?id=1118 | title = RoH Wrestling news | author = rohwrestling.com | date = March 3 | year = 2007 | quote = February 2nd: The huge story of the week is that Samoa Joe announced his farewell tour to ROH in a very emotional promo in the new ROH Video Wire.}}</ref>. All shows that led up to that date would be billed as the "Samoa Joe Farewell Tour". On March 4, he beat long time rival Homicide in his final ROH match with a Muscle Buster from the second rope<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.rohwrestling.com/pastresults/ | title = Ring of Honor Official results | author = rohwrestling.com | date = March 3 | year = 2007 | quote = Samoa Joe defeated Homicide}}</ref>.

===Total Nonstop Action Wrestling===
====2005====
On [[June 14]], [[2005]] Joe was announced as having signed a contract with [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Waldman | first=Jon | title=Samoa Joe signs with TNA | date=14 June 2005 | publisher=Slam! Sports | url=http://www.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/06/14/1088529.html}}</ref> He made his official debut five days later at the [[TNA Slammiversary (2005)|Slammiversary 2005]] [[pay-per-view]], defeating [[Sonjay Dutt]] in a match that saw him dubbed "The Samoan Submission Machine" by announcer [[Mike Tenay]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Full TNA "Slammiversary" Results | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=115}}</ref> Joe was a participant in the [[Christopher Daniels]] Invitational ''[[TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|Super X Cup]]'', defeating Sonjay Dutt and [[Patrick Martin|Alex Shelley]] to advance to the tournament finals at [[TNA Sacrifice#2005|Sacrifice]]. Joe won the tournament by defeating [[A.J. Styles]], despite interference from Daniels.<ref>{{cite web | title=Official Results From Sunday's "Sacrifice" on Pay-Per-View | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=178}}</ref> As a result of Daniels' interference, however, [[List of authority figures in professional wrestling|TNA Director of Authority]] [[Larry Zbyszko]] made the title defence, scheduled for [[TNA Unbreakable|Unbreakable]] on [[September 11]], a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|three way dance]], placing Styles in the match.

Joe proved his worth against Styles and Daniels in the match. However, Styles pinned Daniels to win the title. Though he did not win the match, this finish allowed Joe's undefeated streak in TNA to remain intact.<ref>{{cite news | last=Schultz | first=Chris | title=Official TNA "Unbreakable" Results - AJ New X Champion! | date=11 September 2005 | publisher= TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=200}}</ref> At ''[[TNA Bound for Glory (2005)|Bound for Glory 2005]]'' on [[October 23]], Joe defeated the veteran [[Japan]]ese junior heavyweight [[Jushin Liger|Jushin "Thunder" Liger]] with the rear-naked choke.<ref>{{cite news | last=Schultz | first=Chris | title=Results From "Bound For Glory" - Rhino New NWA World Champ! | date=23 October 2005 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=275}}</ref> At ''[[TNA Genesis#2005|Genesis 2005]]'' on [[November 13]], he teamed with Daniels, Alex Shelley, and [[Roderick Strong]] (a team that Daniels called "the Ministry") against Sonjay Dutt, [[Chris Sabin]], [[Matt Bentley]], and [[Austin Aries]] in an eight man elimination match. Following the victory by Daniels and Joe (Shelley and Strong were eliminated earlier in the match), Joe viciously attacked Daniels, beating Daniels around the ringside area until he had busted him open. He then threw Daniels into the ring, and delivered a Musclebuster. Joe then went out to grab a steel chair from ringside and brought it into the ring, after which he gave Daniels a second Musclebuster, this time onto the chair, supposedly giving Daniels a level-3 [[concussion]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Results From Sunday's "Genesis" Pay-Per-View | date=13 November 2005 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=310}}</ref>

In response to these actions, A.J. Styles called Joe out on an episode of ''iMPACT!'', saying his attack of Daniels violated an unwritten code of respect in the X Division. Prior to [[TNA Turning Point#2005|Turning Point 2005]], Joe attacked Styles, saying he did not respect the X Division code (a vast departure from his [[Ring of Honor]] persona, who is a stalwart defender of their written Code of Honor). Joe defeated Styles at [[TNA Turning Point#2005|Turning Point]] and won the [[TNA X Division Championship|X Division Championship]]. Before Joe could injure A.J., however, Christopher Daniels came out and stopped him<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Turning Point 2005" Pay-Per-View Results | date=16 January 2005 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=360}}</ref>.

====2006====
Daniels was later slated to face Joe at [[TNA Final Resolution#2006|Final Resolution 2006]] for the X Division Championship. During the build-up to the match, Joe stated that he intended to end Daniels' career. During the match, Styles came down to the ring to cheer Daniels on. Not long after making Daniels bleed from his head, Samoa Joe stopped going for the pin, instead dropping knee after knee on Daniels' head. Styles, concerned about Daniels' health, signaled for the match to be stopped by throwing in the towel, allowing Joe to retain the X Division title<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Final Resolution 2005" Pay-Per-View Results | date=16 January 2005 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=67}}</ref>.

Joe was then scheduled to face the next number 1 contender for the X Division Championship, A.J. Styles, at [[TNA Against All Odds#2006|Against All Odds 2006]]. Daniels, however, complained that he hadn't wanted the towel thrown in, and still wanted his unfairly aborted title shot. The match thereafter was made into a rematch of the Unbreakable three-way match, with Joe, Styles and Daniels. In the match, Joe pinned Styles after delivering a Muscle Buster, and retained the title.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Against All Odds" Pay-Per-View Results | date=12 February 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=469}}</ref> Joe continued his feud with Daniels and Styles until [[TNA Destination X#2006|Destination X 2006]], when he lost the title to Daniels in an [[Ultimate X]] match.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Destination X" Pay-Per-View Results | date=12 March 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=532}}</ref>

Joe was then taken out of the X Division, and matched with an initially unannounced opponent. On the [[March 25]] edition of ''Impact!'', it was announced that he would take on [[Sabu (wrestler)|Sabu]] at [[TNA Lockdown#2006|Lockdown 2006]]. Despite that, he still had a scheduled X-Division title match, and, on [[April 13]], 2006's ''iMPACT!'' (TNA's Thursday debut), Samoa Joe regained the X-Division title after delivering an Island Driver from the middle turnbuckle to Christopher Daniels. Joe then successfully defended his X Division title against Sabu at Lockdown.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Lockdown" Pay-Per-View Results | date=23 April 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=617}}</ref>

At [[TNA Sacrifice 2006|Sacrifice]], Joe partnered with [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] in a tag team match against [[Jeff Jarrett]] and [[Scott Steiner]]. Joe and Sting were victorious, but after the match, Joe left the ring and allowed Sting to be attacked.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Sacrifice" Pay-Per-View Results | date=14 May 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=654}}</ref> Joe explained this by stating that he agreed to only watch Sting's back "from bell to bell" (implying that once the second bell rang, his duties were over), but still had issues with Steiner. Joe added Scott Steiner to his undefeated streak, at [[TNA Slammiversary (2006)|Slammiversary 2006]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Slammiversary" Pay-Per-View Results | date=18 June 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=712}}</ref>

During the [[May 11]], episode of iMPACT!, it was revealed that Joe was a former [[mortgage broker]] when [[Sting (wrestler)|Sting]] gave details about his past life in a wrestling variation of [[Let's Make a Deal]] to choose his partner for a tag match against Jarrett and [[Scott Steiner]]. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/fullnews.php?home=203 |title=An Exclusive Interview With Samoa Joe |accessdate=2007-04-23 |author=Banks, Bill |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-09-13 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=TNAwrestilng.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }} </ref>

During the ''iMPACT!'' tapings on [[May 15]], Joe was injured as he performed a kick, and it was reported that he tore every [[knee]] [[ligament]] except the [[Anterior Cruciate Ligament]]. He suffered a first degree tear to the [[Posterior Cruciate Ligament]] and a second degree tear to the [[medial collateral ligament|Medial Collateral Ligament]]. Joe would remain out of action for two weeks.

On the [[June 22]] episode of [[TNA Impact!|TNA iMPACT!]] Samoa Joe lost his X Division Championship in a triple threat match with [[Sonjay Dutt]] and [[Brandon Silvestry|Senshi]]. Senshi pinned Dutt to win the championship after Scott Steiner laid out Joe with a steel chair. Joe would have his chance at revenge when he participated in a Four-Way #1 Contender Match for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] along with Sting, [[Jason Reso|Christian Cage]], and Scott Steiner at [[TNA Victory Road#2006|Victory Road 2006]] on [[July 16]]. Joe lost this match when Sting pinned Steiner.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Victory Road" Pay-Per-View Results | date=16 July 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=753}}</ref>

On the following edition on iMPACT!, Joe answered an open challenge made by [[Terry Gerin|Rhino]]. A match between the two was set but was interrupted by [[Monty Brown]], who was very vocal about the issues he had with both men. Joe defeated Brown and Rhino in a Falls Count Anywhere Match at Hard Justice when he pinned Monty Brown following an STO through a table from the stage ramp.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Hard Justice" Pay-Per-View Results | date=13 August 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=792}}</ref>

Joe beat Jeff Jarrett at [[TNA No Surrender#2006|No Surrender 2006]] in a "Fan's Revenge Lumberjack Match". After the match, he took Jarrett's World Title belt with him, telling [[Jim Cornette]] that if Jarrett or Sting (Jarrett's scheduled opponent at [[TNA Bound For Glory|Bound For Glory]]) want the belt, they can take it from him.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "No Surrender" Pay-Per-View Results | date=24 September 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=850}}</ref> On the October 12 episode, Joe agreed to return the belt to the Jarrett-Sting winner under one condition &ndash; the winner had to agree to give him a title shot. This offer was turned down, and finally Joe was given the choice of giving back the title or being removed from the TNA roster. [[Kurt Angle]] would make his debut and get into a brawl with Joe after Joe refused to give back the belt, and during the brawl, Jarrett took the belt back.

At [[TNA Bound for Glory (2006)|Bound for Glory 2006]] on [[October 22]], Samoa Joe defeated [[Scott Levy|Raven]], [[Matt Hyson|Brother Runt]] and [[Chris Parks|Abyss]] in a [[Monster's Ball match]]. The match ended when special referee [[Jake Roberts]] [[DDT (professional wrestling)|DDTed]] Raven, allowing Joe to deliver the Muscle Buster to Raven for the pinfall. Later in the night, Joe was involved in a pull-apart brawl with [[Kurt Angle]] after Jim Cornette announced that Joe would be removed from the TNA roster if he interfered in the main event match that involved Angle as special enforcer.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Bound For Glory" Pay-Per-View Results | date=22 October 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=936}}</ref>

He would get his chance at [[TNA Genesis#2006|Genesis 2006]], where he would lose to [[Kurt Angle]] after tapping out to Angle's [[Professional wrestling holds#Ankle lock|Ankle Lock]]. This would end his 18 month undefeated streak.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Results From The TNA "Genesis" Pay-Per-View Event | date=19 November 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=1014}}</ref> Throughout the rest of 2006 into 2007, Joe continued to feud with Angle picking up a victory by submission in their rematch at [[TNA Turning Point#2006|TNA Turning Point 2006]]<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Live Results From The TNA "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View | date=10 December 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=1062}}</ref> before suffering a [[Legit (professional wrestling)|legitimate]] knee injury in a tag team match that pitted Rhino and Kurt Angle against Samoa Joe and AJ Styles.

====2007====
On [[January 14]][[2007]] at [[TNA Final Resolution#2007|Final Resolution]], Joe faced Angle in a thirty minute [[Iron Man match]]. With seconds remaining, Joe had Angle in the Ankle Lock. Although Angle tapped out, he did so just after time had expired. As a result, Angle won the match three falls to two.<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Final Resolution" Pay-Per-View Results | date=14 January 2007 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=1129}}</ref>

On the [[February 14]] edition of iMPACT!, Joe won a gauntlet match, last eliminating [[Tomko]] via pinfall, to become the number one contender to Christian Cage's [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]] at [[Destination X]]. Joe lost to Cage after Cage reversed the Coquina Clutch into a pinning combination and used the ropes for leverage<ref>{{cite news | last=Cygy | first=Marcus | title=Official Live TNA "Destination-X 2007" Pay-Per-View Results | date=12 February 2006 | publisher=TNA Wrestling | url= http://www.tnawrestling.com/results/ppv/full.php?ppvres=1233}}</ref>.
Joe was a member of the victorious Team Angle in a [[Lethal Lockdown|Lethal Lockdown match]] at [[TNA Lockdown#2007|Lockdown 2007]].

Coming out of Lockdown, Joe would decline slightly on the card. He would form a one-time alliance with Rhino to face [[Team 3D (wrestling)|Team 3D]] in a non-title encounter (this ended in a no-contest after Daniels intervened), as well as teased an angle with AJ Styles. Joe would beat Styles at Sacrifice with a Millennium Suplex. On the May 24, 2007 edition of TNA Impact Joe defeated Sting with a [[Professional wrestling throws#Samoan drop|Samoan drop]] to qualify for the King of the Mountain Match, after Christopher Daniels had hit Sting with a baseball bat. <!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD WEEK BY WEEK EVENTS, RUMORS OR SPECULATION. THIS INCLUDES ANNOUNCED MATCHES THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED. WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A NEWS SITE BUT AN ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Please see the articles "Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not" and "Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles" for more information. -->

==Wrestling facts==
* '''Finishing moves'''
[[Image:Coquina Clutch.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Samoa Joe performs the [[Rear naked choke|Coquina Clutch]] on [[Christopher Daniels]] at [[TNA Final Resolution#2006|TNA Final Resolution]]]]
:*'''''The Choke''''' ([[Ring of Honor|ROH]]) / '''''Coquina Clutch''''' ([[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]]) ([[Rear naked choke]])
:*'''[[Professional wrestling throws#Muscle Buster|Muscle Buster]]'''
:*'''[[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Super|Super]] [[Professional wrestling throws#Muscle Buster|Muscle Buster]]'''
:*'''''Millennium Suplex''''' ([[Suplex#Sleeper suplex|Sleeper suplex]])
:*'''''Island Driver''''' ([[Powerslam#Emerald Frosion|Sitout side powerslam]] or [[Piledriver (professional wrestling)#Reverse piledriver|side reverse piledriver]])
:*'''''Super Island Driver''''' ([[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Super|Second rope]] [[Powerslam#Emerald Frosion|sitout side powerslam]])
:*'''''Chimera-Plex''''' ([[Suplex#German suplex|German suplex]] followed by a [[Suplex#Full nelson suplex|Dragon suplex]] and finished with an [[Suplex#X-plex|X-plex]])

*'''Signature moves'''
:*''Coquina-Plex'' ([[Suplex#Sleeper suplex|Rear naked choke suplex]])
:*''C.C.S. Enzuigiri'' ([[Jumping]] [[Professional wrestling attacks#Enzuigiri|enzuigiri]])
:*''S.T.Joe (STO)'' ([[Professional wrestling throws#Side slam|Standing one arm side slam]], as a counter to a running attack most often in the corner)
:*''Olé Kick'' ([[Professional wrestling attacks#Big boot|Running arched big boot]] to the face of an opponent seated on a chair next to a guardrail)
:*''Samoan Elbow'' ([[Professional wrestling attacks#Elbow drop|Feint leg drop to elbow drop]])<!--this is not his finisher so please stop putting it in the finisher section-->
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Facewash|Facewash]]
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Forearm smash|Forearm]] [[Professional wrestling aerial techniques#Suicide|suicida]]
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Lariat|Lariat]]
:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Samoan drop|Spinning samoan drop]]
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Kicks|Stiff kicks]]
:*[[Professional wrestling attacks#Backhand chop|Backhand chop]] to the back of a sitting opponent, followed by a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Football kick|football kick]] to the chest knocking the opponent down, then bouncing off the ropes and landing on the opponent with a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Knee drop|running knee drop]]
:*[[Professional wrestling throws#Inverted atomic drop|Inverted atomic drop]], then bounces off ropes and leaps up to hit a [[Dropkick#Single leg running dropkick|single leg running front dropkick]] to down the opponent, followed by performing a [[Professional wrestling attacks#Senton|running senton]] on the downed opponent
:*[[Powerbomb]] with [[Pinfall (professional wrestling)#Prawn hold|prawn hold pin]], using the opponent's kickout to turn over into an [[Professional wrestling holds#STF|STF]], then often converted to a [[Professional wrestling holds#Crossface|crossface hold]]
:*Repeated [[Professional wrestling attacks#Slap|open hand slaps]] and [[Professional wrestling attacks#Palm strike|palm strikes]] to the face of an opponent followed by continuous [[Professional wrestling attacks#Knee lift|knee lifts]]
:*[[Powerslam#Scoop powerslam|Snap scoop powerslam]], often into a [[Pinfall (professional wrestling)#Cover|pin]], sometimes using the opponent's kickout to turn it into a [[Professional wrestling holds#Crucifix armbar|crucifix armbar]]
:*Thigh hold [[Boston crab]]

* '''Nicknames'''
:*"The Samoan Submission Machine"
* '''Quotes'''
:*"I am Samoa Joe, and I am pro wrestling."
:*"I'm the baddest motherfucker on the planet."
:*"With me, it's not about who's next... but who's left."
:*"Joe's gonna kill you."
:*"I am Samoa Joe; I love pro wrestling; and I'll leave it all here, in Ring of Honor." &ndash; on leaving Ring of Honor
:*"You will be broken."

==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''Ballpark Brawl'''
:*Natural Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)<ref>{{cite web | title=Ballpark Brawl results | url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/ballparkbrawl.html}}</ref>
*'''Extreme Wrestling Federation'''
:*EWF Xtreme 8 Tournament winner in 2006
*'''[[Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South|Independent Wrestling Association: Mid-South]]'''
:*Revolution Strong Style Tournament winner in 2004
*'''[[National Wrestling Alliance]]'''
*'''National'''
:*[[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship]] ([[NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship#Title History|1 time]]) - with [[Ryan Sakoda|Keiji Sakoda]]<ref>{{cite web | title=ZERO-1 MAX Intercontinental Tag Team Championship history | url=http://www.zerooneusa.com/title_ictag.shtml}}</ref>
*'''Pure Wrestling Association'''
:*PWA Pure Wrestling Championship (1 time)
:<small>After being stripped of the title his reign was stricken from their records and the title returned to the man Joe defeated, Eddie Osbourne.</small><ref>{{cite news | last=Ingram | first=William | title=Samoa Joe Stripped of Title, Jim Ross & More | date=14 February 2007 | publisher=Wrestle Talk Radio | url=http://www.wrestletalkradio.com/readnews.php?id=5763}}</ref>
*'''[[Ring of Honor]]'''
:*[[ROH World Championship]] ([[ROH World Championship#Title History|1 time]])<ref name="ROHtitle">[http://www.rohwrestling.com/titlehistory/ Ring of Honor title history]</ref>
:*[[ROH Pure Championship]] ([[ROH Pure Championship#Title History|1 time]])<ref name="ROHtitle" />
*'''[[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]]'''
:*[[TNA X Division Championship]] ([[TNA X Division Championship#Title History|2 times]])<ref>{{cite web | title=TNA X Division Championship History | url=http://www.tnawrestling.com/info/history/xdiv.html}}</ref>
:*[[X Cup|Super X Cup]] ([[TNA 2005 Super X Cup Tournament|winner in 2005]])
:*"Feud of the Year" award in 2006&ndash; vs. Kurt Angle
:*"Mr. TNA" award in 2006<ref name="TNAprofile" />
:*"X Division Wrestler of the Year" award in 2006
*'''Twin Wrestling Entertainment'''
:*TWE Heavyweight Championship (1 time, current)
*'''[[Ultimate Pro Wrestling]]'''
:*UPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)<ref name="UPWtitle">[http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/other/upwtit.htm UPW title history]</ref>
:*UPW No Hold Barred Championship (2 times)<ref name="UPWtitle" />
*'''United Independent Wrestling Alliance'''
:*UIWA Tag Team Championship (1 time)
*'''[[Fighting Spirit magazine|FIGHTING SPIRIT magazine]]
:*The Franchise 2006
*'''[[Pro Wrestling Illustrated]]'''
:*[[PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year]] award in 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwimpoty.htm |title=PWI Most Popular Wrestler of the Year |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive}}</ref>
:*PWI ranked him # '''4''' in the PWI 500 in 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/pwi/pwi50006.htm |title=PWI Top 500 - 2006 |accessdate=2007-04-26 |publisher=Wrestling Information Archive}}</ref>
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter|Wrestling Observer]]'''
:*5 Star Match: vs. [[CM Punk]] (ROH &ndash; ''Joe vs. Punk II'' &ndash; October 16, 2004)
:*5 Star Match: vs. [[Christopher Daniels]] vs. [[A.J. Styles]] (TNA &ndash; ''[[TNA Unbreakable|Unbreakable]]'' &ndash; September 11, 2005)
:*5 Star Match: vs. [[Kenta Kobashi]] (ROH &ndash; ''Joe vs. Kobashi'' &ndash; October 1, 2005)
:*[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Bruiser Brody Memorial Award - Best Brawler|Best Brawler]] award in 2005
:*[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards#Most Outstanding Wrestler|Most Outstanding Wrestler]] award in 2005
:*Best Brawler award in 2006

==Media==
*<u> World Champion: The Best of Samoa Joe. </u> Perf. Samoa Joe. DVD. Ring of Honor, 2003.
*<u> The Champ is Here: The Best of Samoa Joe Vol. 2 </u> Perf. Samoa Joe. DVD. Ring of Honor, 2004.
*<u> ROH Legend: The Best of Samoa Joe Vol. 3. </u> Perf. Samoa Joe. DVD. Ring of Honor, 2005.
*<u> [[Unstoppable: The Best of Samoa Joe]]. </u> Perf. Samoa Joe. DVD. TNA Wrestling, 2006.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.forum.samoajoe.com The Official Forum of Samoa Joe]
* [http://www.tnawrestling.com/roster/samoajoe/index.html TNA Profile]
* [http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/Bios/samoa_joe.html SLAM! Wrestling: Samoa Joe]
* [http://media.www.thewhitonline.com/media/storage/paper291/news/2007/02/22/Sports/Ring-Of.Honor.Legend.On.His.Farewell.Tour-2736419-page2.shtml The Whit Online: Ring of Honor legend on his farewell tour] by Neil Borenstein
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's marble sculpture 'Ugolino and his Sons', Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse (The Dance), Opera Garnier in Paris
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (May 11, 1827, Valenciennes –October 12, 1875, Courbevoie) was a French sculptor and painter. His early studies were under François Rude. Carpeaux won the Prix de Rome in 1854, and moving to Rome to find inspiration, he there studied the works of Michelangelo, Donatello and Verrocchio. Staying in Rome from 1854 to 1861, he obtained a taste for movement and spontaneity, which he joined with the great principles of baroque art. In 1861 he made a bust of Princess Mathilde, and this later brought him several commissions from Napoleon III. He worked at the pavilion of Flora, and the Opéra Garnier. His group La Danse (the Dance, 1869), situated on the right side of the façade, was criticised as an offence to common decency.

He never managed to finish his last work, the famous Fountain of the Four Parts of the Earth, on the Place Camille Jullian. He did finish the terrestrial globe, supported by the four figures of Asia, Europe, America and Africa, and it was Emmanuel Frémiet who completed the work by adding the eight leaping horses, the tortoises and the dolphins of the basin.

Sculptures by Carpeaux

Neapolitan Fisherboy

Carpeaux submitted a plaster version of Pêcheur napolitain à la coquille, the Neapolitan Fisherboy, to the French Academy while a student in Rome. He carved the marble version several years later, showing it in the Salon exhibition of 1863. It was purchased for Napoleon III's empress, Eugènie. The statue of the young smiling boy was very popular, and Carpeaux created a number of reproductions and variations in marble and bronze. There is a copy, for instance, in the Samuel H. Kress Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Some years later, he carved the Girl with a Shell, a very similar study.

Carpeaux sought real life subjects in the streets and broke with the classical tradition. The Neapolitan Fisherboy's body is carved in intimate detail and shows an intricately balanced pose. Carpeaux claimed that he based the Neapolitan Fisherboy on a boy he had seen during a trip to Naples.

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