#3 Scott Hall no-shows TNA Turning Point 2007 & Samoa Joe’s shoot promo
At Turning Point 2007, Samoa Joe was supposed to team with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall against the team of Kurt Angle, Tomko and A.J. Styles. However, Scott Hall no-showed the event, which the prevailing report being that he was suffering from food poisoning and thus couldn’t wrestle.
Joe wasn’t happy with this and was given clearance by TNA’s backstage office to announce this live, on-air during the PPV. But Joe’s promo went longer than expected, turning into a five-minute shoot about certain people in pro wrestling. In particular, Joe lambasted the ‘superstars’ that were coming to TNA to fill their own pockets at the expense of the TNA die-hards that were trying to change the wrestling business.
Though the promo itself was fantastic, Joe was criticised by many people for going too long, including then-TNA president Dixie Carter. Kevin Nash, Joe’s other partner for the match that night, was also a target of Joe’s unscripted comments due to his age and presumed lack of passion for wrestling.
Ironically, this promo led to Joe winning the TNA World Heavyweight Championship within the following year.
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