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On the November 13, 1999 episode of WWF Metal as Rikishi Fatu, beating Julio Fantastico. Rikishi is the general Japanese term for a sumo wrestler, similar to his cousin's ring name "Yokozuna". "Fatu" soon became "Phatu", until he dropped the last name entirely after he started teaming with Too Cool. No mention was made of his WWF past.
In March 1992 with his brother Fatu returned to the WWF as the Samoan Swat Team they wrestled in two house shows against Barry Horowitz and the Brooklyn Brawler and Beverly Brothers. In July 1992, his brother Fatu, Great Kokina and Samu all went to the WWF. Fatu instead did not return nor got a contract from WWF and would go on his own.
Trinity Fatu, known in WWE as Naomi, married into the family by marrying Jimmy Uso. Jimmy Snuka is related by marriage, having been married to Sharon Georgi, the daughter of a Samoan chief who was also blood brothers with Peter Maivia and Reverend Anoaʻi, effectively making her their niece. [ 2 ]
Fatu is part of the Anoaʻi family of professional wrestlers. He is the son of Sam Fatu and the nephew of both Rikishi and Umaga. Fatu was trained by his uncle Rikishi and wrestled for various promotions on the independent circuit between 2012 and 2019 before signing with MLW. He left MLW in early 2024 and signed with WWE that April, making his ...
Rico and Rikishi: May 19, 2002: Judgment Day: Nashville, TN: 1 (1, 2) 16 Rikishi was previously known as Fatu. [104] 131 Billy and Chuck (Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo) June 4, 2002: SmackDown! Oklahoma City, OK: 2 (10, 2) 28 This was an elimination match, aired June 6, 2002. [105] 132 Edge and Hollywood Hulk Hogan: July 2, 2002: SmackDown ...
Samula "Samu" Anoa'i is the son of Wild Samoan Afa Anoa'i and Solofa Fatu is the nephew of Afa as well as both of them being the nephews of Sika Anoa'i and part of the Anoaʻi family. In 1985, Samu joined Gino Brito and Dino Bravo's Montreal-based Lutte Internationale promotion, which was the first time he worked in the same territory as his ...
The original members, Joe Anoa'i, better known as Roman Reigns, was born in Pensacola, Florida as the son of Sika Anoa'i of The Wild Samoans and twin brothers Jonathan Fatu and Joshua Fatu, also known as Jimmy and Jey Uso respectively as part of The Usos and sons of Solofa Fatu (better known as Rikishi), were born in San Francisco; as the trio ...
In 1996, Matt and Eddie were brought into the World Wrestling Federation (WWF)’s Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) "farm league". There they used the individual names Ekmo Fatu (Eddie) and Kimo (Matt), with the team name Island Boyz. They held the HWA Tag Team Championship once, [5] and for a time Haku served as their manager.