"I become the teacher, Joe becomes the student"

Taz: "History lesson! Many years ago, I wrestled for a little promotion called ECW. [Fans jubeln] And during my time in ECW, unfortunately for me, I sustained some career-shortening neck and spinal cord injuries, which prevented me to compete and do what I love best, is perform in front of you all and wrestle. So the bottom line is, that was cut short for me. And as you all know, I spent some time and called hundreds upon hundreds of matches for the WWE as a color commentator. [Fans buhen] But, but, hold on, but as cool as that was, I felt like, there was a little bit more I could do. So one night, I'm sitting home, and I flick on TNA Wrestling. [kurzer Jubel] So I'm watching TNA and I see this raw, this untapped, this, this force, this barbaric energy loaded with credibility and potential. And I swear to God, I swear to God, it took me back a decade. What I saw was the second coming of Taz. What I saw was Samoa Joe. [Jubel und 'Joe'-Chants]

So I'm watching Samoa Joe and I'm saying, you know what, even though Samoa Joe and myself have a lot in common, I'm thinking, you know what, this is one difference between you and I, and that is, Joe at times would show remorse for his opponents, where I was not capable of that. I never showed remorse. So I reached out to Samoa Joe. I had a conversation with Samoa Joe and I said, you know what, my man, I can bring you to that next level. I'm the one that's gonna teach you, as cool as you might think is to be over with the boys "in the back", that doesn't make you money. That doesn't give you championships. You wanna hurt people. You wanna win championships. You wanna be on top. Not the Mr. Popular. [Jubel]

So next thing you know, I become the teacher, Joe becomes the student and Joe is on everybody's radar. And the one man, the one man that pursued the most aggressive to obtain Samoa Joe's services was the thirteenth time World Heavyweight Champion, named Kurt Angle. [gemischte Reaktion] So, for that, for that, Samoa Joe and myself are forever indebted to Kurt Angle and the prestigious Main Event Mafia. So here's the deal. Let me lay this out for you right now, what's gonna happen tonight. Tonight, Joe brings some more gold to the Mafia. Tonight, Joe will become the next TNA X-Division Champion. I got a message for you, Homicide. Listen up, amigo. Beat Joe if you can, brother, but survive, if he lets you!"