Lloyd Anoa'i (born May 7, 1971) is an American

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and

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. He is best known for his appearances with the

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(WWF) under the

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s Tahitian Savage, Fred Williams, and Lloyd Lanui and for his appearances with

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(ECW) under the ring name L.A. Smooth. Making his acting debut in the movie The Wrestler and on the trailer commercial for Brisk Tea for his cousin Dwayne Johnson's movie Hobbs & Shaw and other movies. He is one of the three sons of professional wrestling patriarch

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and a member of the

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Professional wrestling career

Anoa'i trained under his father

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and his uncle Sika, making his wrestling debut in 1987. Anoa'i appeared with the

(WWF) under the ring names "Tahitian Savage", "Fred Williams", and "Lloyd Lanui" in the mid-1990s. In 1993 Anoa'i began wrestling for the Puerto Rican

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as "Tahitian Warrior". He formed a tag team with Mohammed Hussein, winning the WWC Tag Team Championship three times in 1994. He held the Championship on a fourth occasion in 2002, teaming with Tahitian Prince as "The Tahitians". In 1996 and 1997 Anoa'i appeared with

(ECW) as "L.A. Smooth", one-half of The Samoan Gangster Party. After he went on to sign with the World Wrestling Federation in 1998. He then went on to wrestle on the American

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, appearing with promotions such as World Xtreme Wrestling. While Rikishi remained with the WWF in the early 2000s, Anoa'i tagged with Samu on the independent circuit as The Headshrinkers with Anoaʻi using the ring names "Headshrinker Alofa" and "Headshrinker Ruopa". In addition to wrestling, Anoa'i acts as a trainer at his father's "Wild Samoan Training Center".

Championships and accomplishments

*European Wrestling Association **EWA Intercontinental Championship (1 time) *Eastern Wrestling Federation/Hardaway Wrestling **EWF/HW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Headshrinker Samu *Independent Superstars of Pro Wrestling **ISPW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Headshrinker Samu *New Horizon Pro Wrestling **NHPW Hybrid Championship (1 time) *Qatar Pro Wrestling **QPW Souq Waqif Championship (1 time) *

** WWC World Tag Team Championship (9 times) – with Mohammed Hussein (3 times), Islander Kuhio (1 time), Tahitian Prince (1 time), Viper (1 time) and Afa Jr. (3 times) *

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** WWP World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Afa Jr. *

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** WXW Tag Team Championship (

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) – with Matt E. Smalls (3 times) and Afa Jr. (1 time)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anoa'i, Lloyd 1970 births American male professional wrestlers American professional wrestlers of Samoan descent Anoa'i family Living people Sportspeople from Allentown, Pennsylvania Professional wrestlers from Pennsylvania

Professional wrestling career

Championships and accomplishments

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