Samoa Joe and CM Punk is an iconic rivalry that dates back two decades. Starting in Ring of Honor, their trilogy of matches in 2004 revolutionised professional wrestling and put Ring of Honor on the map.
Not only did their trilogy of matches save the company, but their performances and the intrigue surrounding the matches elevated Ring of Honor to a completely new level, generating fanfare and attracting new fans.
The Joe vs. Punk trilogy is universally acclaimed and widely considered to be the best trilogy of indie matches ever produced.
This video showcases these three matches in a compact format and adds the additional context of their AEW feud in 2023. I wouldn’t call this a documentary as much as I would call it a necessary footnote to the rivalry itself.
*NOTE FROM EDITOR: Gaff*
Personally, these three matches are core memories of mine due to these being aired on the Wrestling Channel/Challenge TV in the UK/Ireland for free.
I made the creative decision to exclude Joe & Punk talking about this trilogy in interviews, such as Starrcast, podcasts or ROH Straight Shootin’, because while it’s additional context - it hampered the flow of the story and didn’t add anything in terms of story to the match.
If there’s enough interest, I can rework this video as a Patreon exclusive and add the additional context, but I don’t think it really adds much to the video in any positive way.
Much love, Gaff xo
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CHAPTERS/TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
03:26 ROH - Match 1
29:22 ROH - Match 2
01:04:11 ROH - Match 3
01:31:50 AEW Reunion
01:36:53 AEW - Match 4
01:43:00 AEW - Match 5
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can you do a cody rhodes' aew run video?
Punk and Joe will be known as the greatest rivalry in ROH and they are a big reason they took off
It was the 00s version of flair vs steamboat , rock and austin of the Indies I love this!
@@vampirascoffin870 i agree
The smirk when he came out after beating Perry's ass.😂
Can't even begin to tell you how excited I am to watch this. The best wrestling channel on KZhead!
Don't be sad because it has ended, be happy because it happened.
Never stop making these excellent documentaries.
I cant believe I have to leave for work in half an hour and now this is out 😢
Brother you're going to have millions of subs soon. In all honesty after that. Once everyone knows who you are, I could see someone offering you a job doing this professionally
That 3rd match might be the best professional wrestling match I’ve ever seen. Every little detail makes sense and is a direct callback but a natural progression from the previous matches. Plus they just hit each other really hard
It's mad how all these years later these two are still relevant
Waiting for this from past 3 days excited
Incredible as always. Thanks for this, you're easily in the top 5 of wrestling channels
Best wrestling channel on youtube .. with another great video ❤❤🔥
This just happened to drop on CM Punk’s Birthday also !
Punk and Joe make people feel man. We don't have many wrestlers like that left.
Thanks for making this vid *HAPPY BIRTHDAY CM PUNK*
Excited for every upload you do. Excellent workmanship
Thank you so much for making these videos.
I loved ROH since day one and bought the DVDs from the first one on for a long while and they always had great matches . But this feud put them and ROH on the map for a ton of people . And rightfully so !
Didn't watch a second of it yet but I know its going to be an awesome Doc. Thanks again for the great Work!
Dude, one of these promotions need to hire you to make docs for them. These are all so good. 🔥
this rules. You deserve way more eyes on your channel, friend
Those Ref counts are way too fast holy crap
this feud/rivalry has gotten the whole world's attention as you know.
Looking forward to this a lot. Love your work
You've nailed it again with another great documentary. Keep up the good work.
This is the most beautiful video I have ever seen since! Been a fan of these guys for 20 years🤙🏼
When you upload, I get too excited lol I already love it!
Dude I love your videos! You add much more context and depth into these matches/rivalries that’s fascinating and makes me appreciate wrestling a little more. Keep it up! 👊🏽
You're killing it man❤ Proud to be with you since day 1
Bro youve been absolutely killing it! Loved all your videos. Nobody is making longform content like this rn, thankyou.
I swear i just dropped all my shit on my desk jumping in joy. fuck it im joining your discord. worth it
Can’t wait for your channel to blow up I’m honored to say I’ve been here since the beginning no pun intended
your videos quite literally prove that quality is over quantity, thank you for these amazing videos!!
I say this with all sincerity, I ❤ you for all you do! Keep up the good work brother!
Honestly you’ve gotten me back into doccos and wrestling bro, shit is wickedly done!! Do you think you’ll do any vids on any nxt trilogy matches at all? Keep up the wicked stuff bro!
Great video, thank you so much for the video, never understood this historic feud till today. I would appreciate it if you did a Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuiness.
Bro is dropping bombs 💣!! This is dope !
I don't often recommend KZhead channels to people but had to tell my brother about your brilliant channel, keep it up 👍
This that good shit
These AEW documentaries are very good
You make great videos
Who thought that the match in ALL IN would be his last moment with wrestling. If the fans knew it, they would have treated him better. As a fan of Punk as long as I remember, I always love him regardless of anything happened. People like Danielson, Joe, Chris Daniels, AJ Styles, Raven, Nigel, Punk, Omega and all the people from ROH and independent wrestling promotions paved the way for the younger wrestlers to have their moments today and everyone should be forever grateful for them for doing such a job.
Boy you were wrong, CM Punk has come back home
Amazing doc as always. We need Claudio vs Eddie
It’s too bad we had to wait until both were in AEW (years later) to get the final SJ/CM Punk match…
Hi. I'm new to wrestling. I wasn't quite sure what it was so I asked Siri... Apparently, it is to make a soft, muffled crackling sound like that caused by the movement of dry leaves or paper. You didn't cover anything like that in your video.
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this channel needs to be protected shoutout to the creators
That is what you call, Long Term Story Telling
A great rivalry
Got my snacks at the ready 🥨 🍵 🍩 let's go
Please do the ROH & CZW Rivalry
Punk is one of the best to ever do it. The in ring work, mic work nothing short of legendary. His AEW run was awesome it came full circle his last match with Joe. Say what you want but his return to pro wrestling at the UC in Chicago felt like we just won the cup again. Im glad WWE is different now and HHH has given life and freedom to the wrestlers. They arnt afraid of that word anymore.
Here after CM punk returned last night
Someone please explain how punk got the belt to hand over to Joe in the match that homicide spit on Joe and looked like he took it. Thnx
Honestly the next documentary I'd like to see is the year of Ospreay cause hes been killing it Tanahashi Okada Omega Jericho Sabre Jr Bailey To name a few stand outs Also the year of MJF would be amazing as well World Champion Better Than You Bay Bay ROH Tag Titles Main Eventing the Highest grossing wrestling PPV of all time Becoming a tweener His match with Joe He just beat Omega Now hes doing a thing with Jay White
I still remember most of that second match. The reason why at one point the commentary is gone is the commentators just say the match is to good and speaks for itself, so they want to go in the crowd and watch it with the fans. I really suggest people go and watch that second match in its entirity, it is lightning in a bottle. If the first one dragged in places, the second one is paced incredibly well and flies by despite being 60 minutes.
Modern day Flair/Steamboat for me. The 2 best to ever do it
Which belt CM Punk Hold first Scene?
You mean in the promo? It was the old ROH Tag Team Title belt, which he old, funny enough, with Colt Cabana at that time.
@@BlackWind-rx5il thx dude. Can ı ask u something too? Why Punk gear have 3 X. I know x mean straight edge but why 3 times?
Could you do a Bryan Danielson and Nigel McGuinness video?
Pizza just came, documentary time
Damn ROH was so good in those years.
I'm guessing CM Punk was supposed to dethrone Samoa Joe as ROH Television Champion after All In and then Samoa Joe could move on to win MJF's AEW World Championship then CM Punk and Samoa Joe could have a unification match that CM Punk would win. Either that or Samoa Joe would beat Eddie Kingston for the ROH World Championship and have a dual championship match with CM Punk who would finally beat Samoa Joe for the ROH World Championship.
Suprised this video hasn't gotten hit with a copyright claim from AEW
So that's how he Got is clobbering from. That Is his gimmick from Ring of Honor.
I’m subscribed for ‘All’ but I didn’t get a notification for this. 😭 It probably doesn’t matter but I’m gonna unsub then resub all and hopefully it fixes my issue. Thanks, DM.
Last time he was actually any good.
what way to end a career.
lol
The only thing that sucks about this was the way it ended and somewhat hurt the legacy of these two, AEW sucks on handling the situations
Excellent documentation