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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.
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 ...
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 was born into the Anoaʻi family of Samoan wrestlers, which includes his father Rikishi, his older brothers Jonathan and Joshua. [3] He is named after his uncle's in-ring name, Yokozuna. [ 4 ] He played American football at American River College in Sacramento and Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota.
[2] [5] [6] [7] In the mid-1990s, there were discussions around turning the Bone Street Krew into an onscreen stable, but this never materialized. [6] However, four members of the Bone Street Krew teamed up as "The Darkside" at Survivor Series in 1995. The Bone Street Krew dissolved in the late 1990s when several of the members left the WWF. [2]
Anoaʻi and Fatu trained together at the Wild Samoan professional wrestling school operated by members of their family. [2] [3] When their training was completed they debuted in their uncle Afa's World Xtreme Wrestling (WXW), where Matt held the WXW Tag Team Championship as one half of the Samoan Gangstas with another cousin, Lloyd Anoaʻi.
Sam Fatu (Tama) meanwhile, wrestled in the WWF in 1983–1984 as the Tonga Kid, eventually aiding Jimmy Snuka in his feud against Rowdy Roddy Piper. [2] He disappeared shortly after the Piper feud and returned to the WWF in mid-1986, still wrestling as the Tonga Kid.