TNA News Dot Net Exclusive Notes: Samoa Joe unsigned, Fairplay won’t be welcomed back with open arms Feb 11, 2008 - 01:22 PM Email This Article | Printer Friendly Page Send Us News & Results | Back to Main Listing -Samoa Joe’s contract with TNA is set to expire in June. He signed a three-year contract with the company in June 2005 and rejected at a renewal offer earlier this year. There’s always a chance that he has privately agreed to a new deal, but there is talk that the current story line regarding his contract is based on reality. Nevertheless, there is still talk of putting the TNA Title on Joe sooner rather than later. However, a friend of Joe’s speculates that he would jump to WWE if they made him a comparable offer and presented him with a quality gimmick. -The buzz regarding Jonny Fairplay returning to TNA is hardly positive with some members of the locker room. “He’s a bona fide pain in the ass,” one wrestler told Prowrestling.net. The wrestler went on to say that there was even serious talk of turning out the lights in the locker room and shaving his head at one show, but cooler heads prevailed. Powell's POV: It's hard to believe that TNA would push Joe so hard and turn his contract situation into a story line if they didn't feel confident about re-signing him. As for Fairplay, he has some friends in the TNA locker room, including Shark Boy, but it will be interesting to hear how the bulk of the locker room responds to him. It will be even more interesting to find out whether he lives up to the new babyface image he tried to create for himself on last week's "Survivor." News Usage Policy BOOKMARK DOT NET AND ADD US TO YOUR RSS • HELP DOT NET: TAKE OUR ADVERTISER DEMO SURVEY CLICK TO RETURN TO MAIN LISTING OR SELECT A LINK BELOW FROM THIS CATEGORY TNA News Latest Twelve Articles TNA Impact preview: Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe vs. Jeff Jarrett and A.J. Styles for the TNA Title (no, that's not a typo), Team 3D vs. Booker T and Scott Steiner for a TNA Tag Title shot TNA star Mick Foley named New York Yankees fan of the game Former TNA World Heavyweight Champion Mick Foley blogs about saying "I Quit" in a match with Ric Flair, his impending match with Kurt Angle Taz comments on whether he'll return to the ring, says it bothered him that WWE Tough Enough contestants got a chance to "slide into WWE," hints that his noncompete has expired TNA removes multiple wrestlers from their roster page (updated) TNA President Dixie Carter comments on whether TNA Impact will change nights, and says she wants WWE to get good television ratings VOTE IN OUR LATEST POLL Are you more likely to watch WWE Smackdown because Vince McMahon is advertised? Yes. Big things tend to happen when Vince is on the show. No. Advertising Vince won't change my viewing habits. I'm actually less likely to watch the show because Vince is advertised.