"I'll be the man to lead a new era"

Samoa Joe: "You're right, Lauren: I'm here to make a difference. You see, since winning this heavyweight championship, I've realized one thing. My sport, it suffers from an affliction. A sickness. And I plan to be the cure for this. You see, at one time, a man walked down to that ring. He looked across his opponent and he knew who he had to defeat. He knew who he had to best to be great on that day. But it's notlike that anymore. You see now, we don't reward the warrior, no no no no. We reward the opportunist. The man who bleeds, who sacrifices, who sweats, who hurts to get what he wants - you see, he isn't put on the top of the order, no no no no no. It's the politician. It's the man who's your best friend and then turns out to be your worst enemy.

But you see, tonight at the King Of The Mountain, we change all that. When I won this belt, I guaranteed the fans at home we change all that. You see, TNA fans at home, they are sick and tired of the norm, of the usual, of the politician. They want a man who's gonna walk in there, look across his opponent and beat him into the ground to keep this belt. And I'm that man,Lauren. So tonight, at the King Of The Mountain, I face some of the most dangerous individuals in the history of professional wrestling. And you know what? When the history books are written, will they say I'm the fastest? No. Will they say I'm the strongest? Probably not. But what they will say is that nobody, NOBODY, has ever wanted this belt more and nobody fought harder to keep it. You see, Lauren: Tonight, not only will I walk out King Of The Mountain, not only will I be the first man to retain his championship at Slammiversary, but I'll be the man to lead a new era. A new band of warriors. A new band of professional wrestlers to a new horizon. I am Samoa Joe, I am the TNA World Champion and by God, I am pro wrestling."