After making a name for himself in Ring of Honor and catapulting to superstardom in TNA, Samoa Joe has quickly become one of modern day wrestling’s greatest talents. Armed with a myriad of different suplexes, strikes and submission holds, Joe’s matches are one of a kind and have garnered worldwide attention.
Despite his ability in the ring, TNA has never been able to show fans the personal side of the superstar, that is, until his new best-of DVD, “The Best Of Samoa Joe: Unstoppable†was released.
Chronicling his career in TNA from his debut match against Sonjay Dutt on June 19, 2005, “Unstoppable” even manages to sprinkle in commentary from Joe himself where he addresses everything from his troubled childhood to his long road to wrestling superstardom. Fans will be amazed at just how intelligent Joe is and how forthcoming he was in telling the story of not only his wrestling career, but his life as well.
Featuring matches against Christopher Daniels, A.J. Styles, Jushin Lyger and Chris Sabin, “Unstoppable†has all the great matches in Joe’s first year in TNA that you’d ever want to see…in their entirety. It seems that TNA has finally learned from the mistakes they made in various other best-of DVD compilations and has left everything in for the fans to enjoy this time around.
While the matches are great, getting an inside look at a candid and articulate wrestler that just so happens to choke people out for a living makes this a must-own DVD for anyone that finds themselves salivating when they hear the name of Samoa Joe.
Fans of the Samoan Submission Machine will love “Unstoppable†for the amount of matches TNA has managed to squeeze in, but non-wrestling fans will appreciate the commentary and inside look at Joe’s personal life that set it apart from any other TNA DVD out right now.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
After making a name for himself in Ring of Honor and catapulting to superstardom in TNA, Samoa Joe has quickly become one of modern day wrestling’s greatest talents. Armed with a myriad of different suplexes, strikes and submission holds, Joe’s matches are one of a kind and have garnered worldwide attention.
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