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Solofa Fatu Jr. [1] (born October 11, 1965) is an American professional wrestler, best known under the ring names Rikishi and Fatu with the WWE and also competed under the variety of names in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Ata married wrestler Rocky Johnson, and the couple became the parents of Dwayne Johnson, who wrestled as Rocky Maivia and The Rock before establishing himself as an actor. Dwayne's daughter, Simone Johnson, performs in WWE as Ava. Peter's first cousin, Joseph Fanene, was the father of Savelina Fanene, who is known in WWE as Nia Jax.
Rikishi at Tribute to the Troops in 2003. Rikishi would eventually become a face again and reunited with Scotty 2 Hotty, who returned after an 18 month absence from a neck injury to compete on the SmackDown! brand in October 2003. Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty won the WWE Tag Team Championship on February 5, 2004 after defeating the Basham ...
Rey Sr., born Miguel Ángel López Díaz, is the uncle of Dominik's father Óscar Gutiérrez, best known as Rey Mysterio (Jr.). Rey Sr. was born, raised, and spent his entire wrestling career in Mexico; Dominik, born and raised in the U.S., made his wrestling debut in 2020 in WWE.
In June 2003, the WWE released Jamal from his contract, following his involvement in a bar fight. [ 6 ] [ 4 ] Shortly after, Rosey then went to form a superhero tag-team with The Hurricane , winning the World Tag Team Championship in the process, while Jamal did a short stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his "Ekmo Fatu" name ...
Fatu was born into the Anoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers, which includes his father Rikishi, his older brothers Jonathan and Joshua. [2] He is named after his uncle's in-ring name, Yokozuna. [ 3 ] He played American football at American River College in Sacramento and Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota.
Linda M. Miles (born August 28, 1978) is an American former professional wrestler and professional wrestling manager. She worked under the ring name Shaniqua for World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) SmackDown brand between 2002 and 2004. She won the second season of WWE Tough Enough alongside Jackie Gayda, receiving a one-year contract with WWE.
Fatu debuted as a professional wrestler in 1983, [1] after being trained by the Wild Samoans. [4] Shortly after debuting he joined the World Wrestling Federation as "Samoan No. 4," in May 1983 wrestling at untelevised house shows before making his television debut in the fall of 1983 as the Tonga Kid.