Samula Fred Anoa'i (born May 29, 1963) is an American

professional wrestler Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in boxing, and the dramatic aspects of pro wrestling may be performed both in the ring or ...

, better known by his

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, Samu. He is best known for his appearances with the

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, and

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in the 1980s and 1990s.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1981–1983)

Anoaʻi had his first professional match at age 14 under the supervision of his father Afa and his uncle Sika. He later ended up going pro in 1981 at age 17.

World Wrestling Federation (1983–1984)

In 1983, Anoa'i began appearing in the

(WWF) when Sika (part of the reigning

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) was injured on March 12, 1983. Known simply as "Samula", he helped

The Wild Samoans The Wild Samoans was the professional wrestling tag team of Afa and Sika in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). The Samoans held 21 tag team championships around the world. Gimmick The Wild Samoans rar ...

defend the tag team championship a handful of times while Sika recovered. After Sika returned, Samula remained in the WWF, backing up his father and uncle. In January 1984, he received a shot at former WWF World Heavyweight Champion

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, but ended up losing by disqualification. During the summer of 1984, Samula turned face after the Wild Samoans left the WWF. Samula twice teamed with

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during WWF's tours in Japan, both times facing Japanese legends

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and

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. These matches were among the last matches Samula wrestled in the WWF before leaving in January 1985.

Various promotions (1984–1989)

After the WWF Samula joined up with

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and

Dino Bravo Adolfo Bresciano (; August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993) was an Italian-Canadian professional wrestler and promoter, better known by the ring name Dino Bravo (). After training under Gino Brito, he started his career in Montreal in the 1970s, wo ...

’s International Wrestling territory based in

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. In Montreal, he was given the name The Great Samu and was managed by Eddie "The Brain" Creatchman, who used the Samoan to target the top

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in the territory. He eventually feuded with the top babyface in the territory, Dino Bravo, defeating him for the International Heavyweight Championship on June 30, 1986. Samu held on to the title until November 3, 1986, when he was beaten by David Schultz. When International Wrestling closed a few months later, Samu went looking for warmer weather. While working in Montreal, Samu hung out with his cousin

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, who was working in the area as the friendly babyface "Prince Alofa". When the Montreal territory closed up, the two cousins signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became The Samoan Swat Team: Samu and Fatu. The team adopted the “Samoan savage" gimmick that had made their fathers so well known and feared throughout the wrestling world, working barefeet and never spoke English on camera. The team became the first ever WWC Caribbean Tag-Team Champions on November 7, 1987, when they beat

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and Invader III. The duo held the titles for just over a month before dropping them to

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and

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before leaving the promotion. Samu and Fatu next appeared in Texas, working for

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’s

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promotion. The storyline was that

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brought the team in to fight his fights against the

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and former

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partner Michael Hayes. The SST was given a big push right away; presented as an unstoppable force the team was even allowed to beat hometown heroes

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and

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for the WCCW Tag-Team Titles on August 12, 1988. The Samoans remained undefeated in WCCW until they came up against Roberts’ former partner Michael Hayes and Hayes’ new partner, “Do It To It" Steve Cox on September 12. The duo was not without the gold for long as they recaptured the title only four days later. Hayes and Cox beat the Samoan Swat Team for the title once again on October 15, 1988 but this time they only held the gold for two days before they lost it back to the SST. On September 12, 1988, The Samoan Swat Team became double champions as they beat "Hollywood" John Tatum and

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for the

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. The Samoan Swat Team made their

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debut at AWA Superclash III, the first (and only) PPV that the

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ever presented. The Samoans successfully defended their WCCW Tag-Team titles against Michael Hayes and Steve Cox. In the beginning of 1989, the Samoans left WCCW, forcing both tag-team titles to be vacated due to the sudden departure.

World Championship Wrestling (1989–1990)

The Samoan Swat Team signed with

and was brought in as manager Paul E. Dangerously's replacements for the "Original" Midnight Express who had left the promotion. The Samoans also took over the "Original" Midnight Express’ feud with the Midnight Express beating the team at

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on April 2, 1989. At The 1989 Great American Bash the Samoans teamed with former rival Michael Hayes,

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and

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losing a War Games Match to

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, the Midnight Express and Steve Williams. In the fall of 1989, Paul E. Dangerously was phased out and the Samoans were given a new manager: "The Big Kahuna" Oliver Humperdink. Their ranks were also bolstered by the addition of The Samoan Savage who is Fatu's brother. The Samoans started to lose more and more matches as 1989 drew to a close, but their fortunes appeared to be changing due to the injury to

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. Because Vicious was injured

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had to pull out of the "Iron Team Tournament" at Starrcade 1989 and the Samoan Swat Team were chosen to be their replacements – Fatu and the Samoan Savage with no explanation of why the more experienced Samu was not chosen. For the remainder of the Samoan Swat Team's time in WCW Fatu and the Samoan Savage competed under the name while Samu made a few singles appearances.

Various promotions (1990–1992)

After leaving WCW in the summer of 1990 the Samoan Swat Team worked for a number of independent promotions in the US, Europe and Japan, often teaming up with family member Rodney Anoaʻi who competed as "Kokina Maximus". The family worked for the

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in 1991 with Fatu, Kokina and The Samoan Savage winning the UWA Trios Tag-Team titles and holding it for just under 2 months. They also made a headline appearance on the UWA's 16th anniversary show losing to

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and

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World Wrestling Federation (1992–1996)

In 1992, Samu and Fatu signed up with the

, managed by Samu's father Afa. The team changed their name to the Headshrinkers but their gimmick remained the same, Samoan wildmen. Rodney Anoaʻi also signed with the WWF but he was repackaged as "Yokozuna" and the family ties between him and the Samoans was not mentioned on air. The team first made their presence known when they helped Money Incorporated beat

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to win the WWF World Tag Team titles. Early in their run with the WWF, the Headshrinkers feuded with the Natural Disasters and the recently formed High Energy. Between 1992 and the early part of 1994, the Headshrinkers maintained a position in the middle of the tag-team division, occasionally challenging for the titles and making sporadic PPV appearances feuding with teams like

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and

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. The Headshrinkers assisted their relative Yokozuna in a casket match against

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at the 1994 Royal Rumble. In April 1994 the Headshrinkers turned face and challenged then tag-team champions

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, with the addition of manager

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the team won the gold on April 26, 1994. At King of the Ring 1994 on June 19 the Headshrinkers successfully defended their tag-team titles against Yokozuna and Crush. Their run with the titles came to a surprising end on an untelevised card on August 28 where they lost the titles to

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and

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. The title change happened just one day before they were scheduled to defend against Irwin R. Schyster and

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. Soon after the title change Samu left the WWF to recover from injuries and was replaced by Sione. After being away from the spotlight for a while Samu returned to the WWF in 1995. Samu along with his cousin Matt Anoaʻi were known as "The Samoan Gangster Party" with Samu being known as "Sammy the Silk" and Matt being "Big Matty Smalls". The two men did not wrestle for the WWF but watched Fatu from afar as the former Headshrinker tried to turn himself into a positive role model for kids on the street. The angle never went anywhere as the Samoan Gangster Party never got in the ring or confronted Fatu before he was repackaged and the whole angle was dropped. The tag team did wrestle a few house shows in May 1996.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996)

In 1996 The Samoan Gangster Party worked for

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feuding mainly with

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in a short but intense war between the two "Gangsta" factions.

Independent circuit (1996–present)

After leaving ECW Samu worked for a number of independent organizations both as a singles wrestler and alongside Matt Anoa'i who worked under names such as ''Matty Smalls'' and ''Rosey''. winning titles in WWC and ISPW. Samu also became a regular in his father's

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Promotion and has held the WXW World title five times. Samu won the New World Wrestling Undisputed Brass Knuckles Championship on October 28, 2006 and is a part-time instructor at his father's and uncle's “Wild Samoan Training Facility" On March 31, 2007, Samu and Rosey inducted The Wild Samoans, Afa and Sika into the

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. On November 29, 2014 Samu and his son

Lance Anoaʻi Lance Anoa'i is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Major League Wrestling (MLW) under his real name, and is the current MLW World Tag Team Champion, in his first reign. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family. Early life His fat ...

teamed with former RAGE partner Quinn Magnum in a six-man tag match against Payton Graham, Stryder and Jack Pollock. Samu was also inducted into PWX's Circle Of Respect, its version of a hall of fame. On February 10, 2022, Samu signed a "nostalgia contract" with WWE.

Personal life

Anoa'i is a member of the Samoa American Anoa'i family. He is married to Melissa Fritz. Their children include Vanessa Rodriguez, Samantha Anoa'i, Leila Anoa'i, Zaraina Anoa'i and

Lance Anoa'i Lance Anoa'i is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Major League Wrestling (MLW) under his real name, and is the current MLW World Tag Team Champion, in his first reign. He is a member of the Anoaʻi family. Early life His fath ...

, who is also a professional wrestler. On October 24, 2018 he announced that he had stage 4 liver cancer and was waiting for a transplant.

Championships and accomplishments

*Cleveland Wrestling Alliance **CWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *Eastern Wrestling Federation **EWF Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with LA Smooth *Independent Superstars of Pro-Wrestling **ISPW Heavyweight Championship (2 times) **ISPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with LA Smooth *

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( 1 time) – with Mack Daddy Kane *

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( 1 time) *National Wrestling League **

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( 6 times) **

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(

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) – with John Rambo **Neil Superior Memorial Cup (2007) *

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**Class of 2011 *New World Wrestling **NWW Undisputed Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time) *Northern States Wrestling Alliance **NSWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Fatu *Pittsburgh Wrestling League **PWL Heavyweight Championship (1 time) *

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**PWX Heavyweight Championship (3 times) **PWX Circle of Respect (Hall of Fame) 2014 *Trans World Wrestling Federation **Trans World Wrestling Championship (1 time) *Ultimate Ring Wars Wrestling **Undisputed World Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time) *

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( 1 time) – with Fatu **

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( 3 times) – with Fatu *

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( 1 time) – with Fatu **

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( 1 time) – with

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( 1 time) – with Fatu **

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(1 time) ***Best Etiquette (

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) – *World Xtreme Wrestling C4 **Samoan Legacy Cup (2018) *

** WXW Heavyweight Championship ( 7 times) **Hall of Fame (2013) *

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** Worst Worked Match of the Year (1993) with Fatu,

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and

vs.

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and

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Professional wrestling career

Early career (1981–1983)

World Wrestling Federation (1983–1984)

Various promotions (1984–1989)

World Championship Wrestling (1989–1990)

Various promotions (1990–1992)

World Wrestling Federation (1992–1996)

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1996)

Independent circuit (1996–present)

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

See also

References

External links