Editorials

The Top 10 Wrestlers In The History Of TNA Wrestling

April 17, 2016

By Nick Paglino

Samoa Joe

Height: 6’2″

Weight: 280 pounds

From: American Samoa

Finishing Moves: The Muscle Buster, The Clutch

For a man of his size, Samoa Joe is impressively fast. It might be because Joe trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, and Muay Thai. How much that helped him shows in the fact that he has held the ROH World Championship and the ROH Pure Championship once each, the TNA World Heavyweight Championship once, the TNA X Division Championship five times, the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice. Not bad for a big guy.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.
Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.
Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.
Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.