TNA Genesis: Robert Roode vs. Samoa Joe

The match starts with Samoa Joe chasing Roode around the ring. Joe actually slips and falls as he runs, but recovers and continues chasing. They make it in to the ring quickly and Joe hits a back body drop on Roode followed by a big knife-edge chop. Joe sends Roode outside the ring and then goes coast to coast and flies through the ropes onto Roode.

Joe goes and grabs a chair, sits Roode in it then chops him. Joe backs up and charges for a fasewash, but Roode catches it and then slams it into the railing with authority. Roode in command now, beating on Joe up the aisle. Roode tries to suplex Joe but cannot. He punches him a bit and then tries again, and this time suplexes him onto the ramp.

Roode tries to whip Joe into the steel steps, but it’s reversed and Joe sends Roode headfirst into the steps. Back inside the ring now and Joe whips Roode into the corner, charges and hits a Pelle kick to the head. Two count for Joe.

Joe places Roode on the top rope, in a seated position, but Roode rakes the eyes and hits a leaping Buff Blockbuster. Roode puts Joe in the corner and chops him. Roode then has Joe seated in the middle of the ring and hits the Blockbuster from the mat. Joe makes it to his feet, Roode to the ropes and bounces back off, ducks a clothesline and hits a back Neckbreaker.

Roode applies a neck wrench submission, Joe battles to his feet, then hits the ropes to counter. On the rebound, Roode hits a lariat and gets a two count. Roode now applies a rear chinlock and a rake of the eyes. Joe is placed across the middle ropes throat first. Roode delivers a jab, Joe fights back with one of his own. Roode then rakes the back and follows up with a rear chinlock.

Joe battles to a vertical base and elbows Roode to the gut, he goes to the ropes but Roode slaps on a Sleeper Hold. Roode releases and climbs the ropes quickly. He leaps but Joe counters by hitting a Diamond Cutter as he flew toward him. Both men are down.

Joe now delivers jabs, sends Roode to the ropes and hits a leg lariat, followed by a big clothesline, and then a Samoan Drop. Two count for Joe. Joe hits a snap slam, then a powerbomb, and holds on. He turn turns it over into a Walls of Jericho, and then transitions into an STF submission hold. Roode slides to the ropes somehow and grabs it for the break.

Roode hits a low blow on Joe and follows up with a DDT. Two count for Roode. Roode sends Joe to the corner and gets Rock Bottomed by Joe as he charged. Joe tries to set up the Muscle Buster, but Roode blocks it and grabs the arm, then falls down to the floor with it in his hands, sending it across the top rope. Two count for Roode.

Roode hits a piledriver in the ring and a two count. Joe back up and delivers some punches, sends Roode to the corner. Roode gets the boot up and goes for the Payoff, but Joe reverses by placing him on the top rope, hits a kick to the head and then hits the Muscle Buster for the pinfall land the victory.

Your Winner: Samoa Joe