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On a recent episode of
The Wrestling Inc. Daily, Wrestling Inc. Managing Editor Nick Hausman sat down with current and longest-reigning MLW World Heavyweight Champion “The Samoan Werewolf” Jacob Fatu. Fatu is part of the legendary Anao’i family.
His father is Sam Fatu a.k.a. Tonga Kid and his uncles are WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi and the late Umaga. Hausman asked Fatu what it was like for him to grow up in a pro wrestling family.
“Well, I’ve always been a fan, and I was a fan through that era being young [and] being around the wrestling business. This was when my uncle Yoko was there, when he was the champion throughout the ‘90s,” Fatu recalled. “I was also there at
The Untold Truth Of The Wild Samoans
The Untold Truth Of The Wild Samoans
By Miles Schneiderman/March 12, 2021 8:47 am EDT
NBC s
Young Rock is a show about the life of actor and suspected future presidential candidate Dwayne Johnson. It s also a show about professional wrestling not only because Johnson first became a celebrity in the wrestling ring as the Rock, but because his family had roots in the wrestling industry before he was even born. Many of the characters who surround Johnson in
Young Rock are wrestlers popular (and notorious) stars from the 1980s like the Junkyard Dog, the Iron Sheik, and Andre the Giant appear in the show, as does Johnson s pro wrestler father, Rocky Johnson. But perhaps most interesting for wrestling aficionados is Johnson s maternal bloodline, which links him to the famous Anoa i family, represented in
Rikishi Says He Said Goodbye On An IPad To His Father Who Passed Away Due To COVID
Rikishi is a WWE Hall of Famer and spent a dozen years in WWE under various gimmicks. His last gimmick as Rikishi was one that got him into the HOF, but he also wrestled for years before ever getting noticed by Vince McMahon.
Prior to WWE, Rikishi teamed with his brother, Samu, to form the Samoan Swat Team. The tag team’s gimmick was similar to The Wild Samoans gimmick that Rikishi’s relatives had, and during this time, he and Samu wrestled all over the world. Rikishi was asked what the biggest run the Samoan Swat Team had when he joined Table Talk w/ DVon.