10 Bizarre Ways Wrestlers Have Been Written Off TV

6. Kidnapped by Ninjas

Samoa Joe wasn’t injured, or in the middle of contract talks when TNA decided to write him off television in March of 2010. The new management – Hogan, Bischoff and the lads – simply wanted him to take a vacation so that he could come back repackaged as a vicious, psychopathic heel.

The great idea they had to take him away from the IMPACT Zone was by having him lose a match to Orlando Jordan (great start) and then have him be attacked and kidnapped by a mysterious group of ‘ninjas’ (even better ending).

In the grand scheme of things, being attacked and bundled into a white van by ninjas isn’t the weirdest thing TNA had ever done (or would ever do), but bear in mind this was one of their top stars and a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion. 

The brainchild of Bischoff or Vince Russo or whoever you want to blame – personally we just blame both, because it’s easier and they’re both guilty as sin as far as we’re concerned – the kidnapping wasn’t explained or even really referenced again when the Samoan Submission Machine simply returned due to the roster being thin on the babyface front.