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Pola’ivao Leati Sika Amituana'i Anoa'i (April 5, 1945 – June 25, 2024), better known by the ring name Sika, was a Samoan-American professional wrestler.He is best known as one-half of the tag team the Wild Samoans with his older brother Afa, holding the WWF World Tag Team Championship three times.
Gataivasā Afa Amituanaʻi Anoaʻi [4] [5] was born in Leone, American Samoa, on November 21, 1943, to Reverend Amituana'i Anoa'i and Tovaleomanaia Ripley-Anoa'i. [6] When he was young, his family relocated to San Francisco, California, in the United States, where his father established the First Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa. [6]
Sika -- who retired from professional wrestling in 1988 -- was also the father to late pro wrestler Matt Anoa'i, who wrestled under the stage name Rosey. He died in 2017 at the age of 47 due to ...
The Samoan Warriors The Wild Samoans The Islanders: ... Kamala and Sika's biggest match as a tag team was a loss to the Can-Am Connection on Superstars of Wrestling.
Anoa'i was a member of the Anoaʻi family, a renowned Samoan wrestling family. Anoa'i, along with his late cousins Eddie Fatu and Matt Fatu, was trained at the Wild Samoan Training Facility headed by his uncle, Afa Anoaʻi. Following his training, he competed in Afa's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW) promotion.
PWI ranked him #5 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1993 [10] PWI ranked him #145 of the 500 best singles wrestlers during the "PWI Years" in 2003 [54] Universal Wrestling Association. UWA World Trios Championship – with Fatu and Samoan Savage [55] World Wrestling Federation / WWE. WWF Championship [56]
On the day of his death, his nephews The Usos (Jonathan and Joshua) signed their developmental contracts with the company through Florida Championship Wrestling. [52] His other nephew, Joseph (better known as Solo Sikoa) uses the Samoan Spike as his finisher in tribute. His son, Zilla, also uses the Samoan Spike as his finisher. [53]
Samoan Gangstas was a tag team in the independent promotion World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW). [24] The tag team consisted of members from the Anoaʻi family. [22] [23] Samoan Gangstas was a tag team made up of brothers from another mothers Matt E. Smalls and Sweet Sammy Silk (Matt and Samu Anoaʻi). [25]