The Samoa Joe Storyline

[Krimzon]

I can't make heads or tails of this Samoa Joe angle. The man was shown to be kidnapped 3 weeks ago. Since then, it's like all of TNA forgot about it, except Taz, who has gone above & beyond the call of duty to see to the matter. He called Joe and left messages on his cell phone. What more can a man do? You'd think there would be a follow-up the following week. One of the main stars of your company is abducted. You'd think that maybe somebody would go "You seen Joe around? Huh? He was kidnapped!? We've got to help him! Call the cops!" However, it appears to be "You seen Joe around? Huh? He was kidnapped? Anybody call the cops? No? Okay. Whatever. You hear about us moving to Mondays!? AWESOME!"

How do they handle it? Bischoff sends Mick Foley to Etiquette School & Hogan gives Abyss a promise ring. Aren't those 2 supposed to be in charge? Do they not know Joe was taken? Dixie's off meeting with guys in rafters while Joe is at the mercy of his kidnappers. Is Joe dead? Is he being tortured? Are they force-feeding him salad? We need answers!

TV cameras were rolling. Couldn't they have at least gotten the license plate number from a screen cap and sent it to the cops? Maybe call CSI: Orlando? I hear that Macatio Taycaine, his Justice Hat, and epic one-liners can solve almost anything. Just DO SOMETHING.

Somewhere, Jim Cornette's eyes are about to pop out of his head.

[Sajoa Moe]

Samoa Joe is not Hulk Hogan.

[SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts]

It would be better if Tazz would say he called Joe's house and talked to his wife. She'd say everything is fine but Joe doesn't want to talk to anyone.

[mysterydriver]

Joe was kidnapped by Ninjas and they don't have any Dudes that are Bad enough to save him.

With that joke out of the way...I'm guessing Joe is being brainwashed/trained for something that will be revealed on the monday show.

[jobsquad]

They could have hired some mock investigator to go out looking for him, only to end up not finding anything. I just don't think it can be done in a convincing way and not look like Lost in Cleveland.

[Dave at the Movies]

It is pretty stupid how unrealistic they made it. If it has a horrible payoff I will be so pissed off.

[hajimenoippo]

When he returns he better have either gained weight in fat, or gained mass in muscle.

But they have to reveal the super stealthy ninjas who kidnapped the guy.

Does the Nation of Violence have a police department?

[BlackoutCreature]

Here's what I'd do -

Give it a few more weeks with Joe off TV (hopefully hitting a gym and losing some weight while this is happening). Then one week have the van with the ninjas pull back up to the Impact Zone. It stops and just starts rocking and shaking like its in the middle of an earthquake. Then a ninja flies out of the back doors landing on his ass. Then Samoa Joe pops out of the van, slightly beaten up, his hands all bloody. A camera glances inside the van and we see nothing but bloody, out-cold (possibly dead) ninjas. Joe then walks to the ring, says "ok, I've been out of the loop for a little bit. Whos the World Champ? Because I want a match TONIGHT!". Then nobody ever speaks of the ninjas and there van again.

[Deleted]

I hope he returns just like Rey did after all the horrible things Kane did to him. The Is he alive or is he dead storyline was voted best angle of the last 6 years.

[Deleted]

It's funny how TNA has managed to make this lame photoshop I did for the Straight Edge thing actually relevant:

[Jimmy]

I've always felt promotions should say that the authorities have washed their hands of wrestling and that the guys in their promotion know what they're getting into. And then do whatever batshit crazy angles about murder/rape/kidnapping/assault you want without the question of police coming up.

[primetime110]

It was funny when TAZ mentioned he left Joe messeges and guess noone has called the cops. Guess it never crossed Taz's mind to, I don't know, CALL THE COPS HIMSELF.

It would be badass to see Joe with Sting in the rafters as Sting had set it up to take out Flair and Styles.

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Mar 7, 2010 3:25:59 GMT -5 primetime110 said:

It was funny when TAZ mentioned he left Joe messeges and guess noone has called the cops. Guess it never crossed Taz's mind to, I don't know, CALL THE COPS HIMSELF.

It would be badass to see Joe with Sting in the rafters as Sting had set it up to take out Flair and Styles.

So a Flair / Styles, Sting / Joe, and Hogan / Abyss three-way? Throw in, say, Roddy Piper mentoring Burke and I'm game.

[Bram wants to 'urt you]

On Monday night Joe is returned, safe and well in van marked "Haitian Rescue Team". The officers in said van also take away Bubba sponge. Neither Bubba nor the angle are ever spoken of again.

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Mar 7, 2010 3:58:20 GMT -5 Bram wants to 'urt you said:

On Monday night Joe is returned, safe and well in van marked "Haitian Rescue Team". The officers in said van also take away Bubba sponge. Neither Bubba nor the angle are ever spoken of again.

Nah, see, for the abbreviation needs to be Haitian Emergency Action Rescue Team.

[thwak is T.hawk]

Bischoff was originally going to send val venis to find joe, but when val quit he caused this entire angle to end up in shambles.

Really I have no idea what the hell is happening with this story line. The fact that no one cares about him getting abducted besides tazz makes this storyline seem worse than who ran over austin.

[Natalya's Ass Fanboy]

My guess is that it was Bischoff's doings, and that the plan is to try and make Joe vs. Bischoff the new Austin vs. McMahon.

[Mozenrath]

Mar 7, 2010 3:25:45 GMT -5 Jimmy said:

I've always felt promotions should say that the authorities have washed their hands of wrestling and that the guys in their promotion know what they're getting into. And then do whatever bats*** crazy angles about murder/rape/kidnapping/assault you want without the question of police coming up.

It'd be pretty much the only way to do these. The sad thing is, it'd be less silly than the alternative, just acting like the cops don't exist.

[moonlight]

I remember when Mick Foley came up missing years ago on WCW. They forgot about him for a while also. Maybe Foley is in on this storyline, because it wasn't that long ago that he went on the hunt for Jeff Jarrett. Joe's probably at IHOP trying to make that never-ending pile of pancakes disappear.

[Bub (BLM)]

I'm hoping that on tomorrow's Impact, Joe gets thrown out of the back of the van sporting his old haircut and trunks, and just comes to the ring and starts kicking the shit out of people.

Nation of Violence Joe sucks.