On RAW, fans just witnessed a small glimpse of what both Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe could do inside the ring. While the two talents have never faced each other in a WWE ring, Joe and Angle feuded with one another back in TNA/IMPACT Wrestling.
It all began in 2006, Samoa Joe was on a massive unbeaten streak as the ‘Samoan Submission Machine’ was booked as an ass-kicker during his early days in the company. The feud began with a simple headbutt from Angle in his first night with the company and the intensity of the rivalry escalated from there.
At Genesis, the former WWE champion officially make his in-ring pay-per-view debut for then named TNA against Samoa Joe and the two competitors had arguably one of the greatest wrestling matches in the company’s history. Who won? Well, find out below as TNA has released the full match-up between Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe: