10 Wrestlers That Told You They Were Pissed

6. Samoa Joe

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A somewhat infamous shoot promo ("somewhat" because TNA has unfairly failed to leave that many lasting fingerprints on wrestling history) with the added spice of being targeted at somebody mere metres away, Samoa Joe's raging Turning Point 2007 speech echoed with many of the criticism levied at the once-beloved WWE alternative.

Coming ahead of a six-man tag main event against The Angle Alliance, Joe went off on old-timers taking up space in TNA in a rant brought on by Scott Hall no-showing the event on the day.

Breathing and spitting fire, 'The Samoan Submission Machine' only had to introduce Eric Young as the replacement, but he took the opportunity to lay out the bigger picture for those unaware. And he braved every possible opponent in the process.

He looked down the lens as he got several years of pent up aggression off his chest. He looked at Kevin Nash directly as he spoke of legends that were only there to "pad their pensions", and doubled down by staring straight at him as screamed the phrase "old man". And he looked at Dixie Carter - sat front row off camera - and casually stated "...are you mad? Fire me, I don't care."

He didn't. But she didn't.

 
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