Editing Samoa Joe (section)

==== Dual champion; alliance with Kevin Nash (2007–2008) ====
[[File:Samoa Joe in 2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Joe in May 2007.]]

In February 2007, Joe won a [[Gauntlet for the Gold]] match to become the number one contender for the [[NWA World Heavyweight Championship]]; the following month at [[Destination X (2007)|Destination X]] he unsuccessfully challenged champion [[Christian Cage]].<ref name="Martin2007B"/><ref name="Cygy2007B"/> On the July 12 episode of ''Impact'', Joe defeated [[Jay Lethal]] and [[Chris Sabin]] to win the X Division Championship.<ref name=TNA/> His victory entitled him to take part in the "Match of Champions" at [[Victory Road (2007)|Victory Road]] later that month; during the Match of Champions, Joe pinned [[Bubba Ray Dudley|Brother Ray]] to win the [[TNA World Tag Team Championship]], making him the first wrestler in TNA to simultaneously hold multiple TNA championships.<ref name=TNA/> He opted to hold the Championship by himself rather than choosing a tag team partner. At [[Hard Justice (2007)|Hard Justice]] in August 2007, Joe put up the X Division Championship the TNA World Tag Team Championship against Kurt Angle's TNA World Heavyweight Championship and [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship (IGF)|IWGP Heavyweight Championship]], losing the match (and both his titles) thanks to interference by [[Karen Angle]].<ref name="Kreikenbohm2007"/>

At [[No Surrender (2007)|No Surrender]] in September 2007, Joe lost to Christian Cage. The following month at [[Bound For Glory (2007)|Bound For Glory]], Joe defeated Cage in a rematch. At [[Genesis (2007)|Genesis]] in November 2007, Joe defeated [[Robert Roode]].<ref name="Kreikenbohm2007"/> That same month, Joe won the inaugural [[TNA Turkey Bowl]].<ref name="Martin2007"/>

At [[Turning Point (2007)|Turning Point]] in December 2007, Joe was scheduled to team with [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]] to face the [[Angle Alliance]]. However, Hall, [[List of professional wrestling terms#N|no-showed]] the event. Before the match, Joe was asked to cut a [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Promo|promo]] introducing [[Eric Young (wrestler)|Eric Young]] as Hall's replacement. Joe went five minutes overtime and criticized Hall, Nash and several other wrestlers, legitimately angering Nash and TNA president [[Dixie Carter (wrestling)|Dixie Carter]], The match saw Joe, Nash, and Young defeat the Angle Alliance when Joe pinned [[Tomko (wrestler)|Tomko]]. After the match, Joe and Nash briefly argued and shoved one another backstage, with Joe apologizing at a talent meeting the following day.<ref name="Keller2007"/> The incident was parlayed into a storyline where Joe directed his frustrations towards TNA management, After complaining to TNA Management Director [[Jim Cornette]] that he did not have a match at [[Final Resolution (January 2008)|Final Resolution]] in January 2008, Cornette scheduled a match pitting Joe and Nash against TNA World Tag Team Champions [[AJ Styles and Tomko]]. The match saw Nash refuse to tag himself in, leading to Styles and Tomko defeating Joe.<ref name="Kreikenbohm2007"/>