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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.
Vale's husband wrestles for World Xtreme Wrestling as Vertigo "The Cure" Rivera. [15] Journey Fatu, son of Sam Fatu, wrestles primarily in deathmatches. [16] [17] Thamiko T. Fatu, son of Rikishi, wrestles on the independent circuit. [18] Sean Maluta, Afa's nephew, was a participant in WWE's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. [19]
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 ...
Former professional wrestler and WWE legend Sika Anoa'i has died. He was 79.Anoa'i -- best known to fans as Sika and as part of the famed tag team The Wild Samoans -- is the father of current WWE ...
As the son of WWE Hall of Famer Solofa Fatu Jr. (Rikishi), the twin brother of Jon Fatu (Jimmy Uso) and the brother of Sefa Fatu (Solo Sikoa), he is also part of the Anoaʻi family; he is first cousins once-removed from current and former WWE performers Afa Anoaʻi Jr. (Manu), Samula Anoaʻi (Samu), the late Matt Anoaʻi (Rosey), Joe Anoaʻi ...
Alberto Del Rio, also known as Alberto el Patrón and born José Alberto Rodríguez Chucuan, was the first wrestler to perform as El Hijo de Dos Caras. The current El Hijo de Dos Caras, known as Memo Montenegro during a brief stint in WWE NXT, was born Guillermo Rodríguez Chucuan. [8] Bill Alfonso: David Sierra United States [3] Amazing Red ...
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.
The gimmick continued on-and-off until the March 18 episode of SmackDown! until losing a tag team "You're Fired" match to WWE Tag Team Champions Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty for the tag team title. [49] general manager Paul Heyman, frustrated by an insult by the APA, told Faarooq that if he did not win the aforementioned match, then "You're Fired ...