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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.
Peter Maivia Jr., son of Peter Maivia, wrestled for NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling. [6] [7] Hollywood stuntman Tanoai Reed (known as Toa on the American Gladiators) is the great nephew of Peter's wife Lia Maivia, [8] [9] while professional wrestler Lina Fanene (Nia Jax) is Dwayne Johnson's second cousin once removed. [10]
This is a list of foreign-born professional sumo wrestlers by country and/or ethnicity of origin, along with original name, years active in sumo wrestling, and highest rank attained. Names in bold indicate a still-active wrestler. There are 186 wrestlers who have listed a foreign country as their place of birth on the banzuke or official ...
Aoiyama Kōsuke (Japanese: 碧山 亘右, born 19 June 1986 as Daniel Ivanov (Bulgarian: Даниел Иванов)) is a Japanese former professional sumo wrestler or rikishi from Elhovo, Bulgaria. He made his professional debut in 2009, reaching the top division two years later, debuting in the November 2011 tournament.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. Samoan-American professional wrestling tag team This article is about the professional wrestling tag team. For other uses, see Usos. Professional wrestling tag team The Usos Tag team Members Jey Uso Jimmy Uso Name(s) The Fatu Brothers The Samoan Soldiers The Usos The Uso Brothers Billed ...
A rikishi (力士), sumōtori (相撲取り) or, more colloquially, osumōsan (お相撲さん), is a sumo wrestler. Although used to define all wrestlers participating in sumo wrestling matches, the term is more commonly used to refer to professional wrestlers, employed by the Japan Sumo Association, who participate in professional sumo tournaments (called honbasho) in Japan, the only country ...
Trained since childhood by his father, WWE Hall of Famer Rikishi, Fatu debuted in 2008, before joining WWE's then-developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) in 2010, and wrestled as Jimmy Uso alongside his twin brother, Jey as The Uso Brothers where they became FCW Florida Tag Team Champions. He and Jey were moved to the main ...
Anoaʻi's father was Samoan professional wrestler Sika Anoa‘i and his mother was Patricia Hooker. [7] He was the brother of Joe Anoaʻi, better known in the WWE as Roman Reigns. Anoaʻi was half-Samoan and half-Italian. [61] His ex-wife, Amanda Vandeberg Schall, current wife of former MMA fighter Kerry Schall, is from Mason, Ohio. They had ...