Afa Anoa'i

Afa Anoa'i

  • Birthday: 1942-11-21
  • Place of birth: Western Samoa Trust Territory
  • Also know as: Afa

Biography

Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i is a retired Samoan professional wrestler and manager, who appeared as one of Kenneth Togaru's henchmen that killed Charles Symington and Ali Ferrand in the episode "By Hooker by Crook" of the series Miami Vice. Anoai got into professional wrestling in the early 1970s, trained by Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia (father and grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), then made his debut in 1971, and brought in his brother Sika Anoa'i (born 1945) and formed The Wild Samoans, a tag team that won three WWWF (precursor to today's WWE) Tag Team Championships (twice in 1980 and once in 1983), managed by Capt. Lou Albano for all of their reigns. They also held the NWA National Tag Team titles in 1982 and several other regional titles during their career. In 1983 Sika was injured and Afa brought in his son Samu, and would remain a team until 1984. The Wild Samoans broke up soon after, but Afa returned to the WWF as manager of Samu and Afa's nephew Fatu and they formed The Samoan Swat Team (in World Class—WCCW, and the NWA) before moving to the WWF and becoming The Headshrinkers, which won the WWF Tag Team Titles once before Afa retired in 1994. He then trained new pro wrestlers at the Wild Samoans Academy, and in 2007 he and Sika were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Anoa'i's only acting credits besides Vice was in the movies Body Slam and Mr. Nanny. Anoa'i married his wife Lynn in 1970, and have five children; their three sons, Samula "Samu", Afa, Jr. "Manu", and Lloyd "L.A. Smooth", all became pro wrestlers, and two daughters, Monica and Lynn.

Filmography

Tag Team Champions

1986

As Afa

WWE The Brawl to End it All

1984

As Wild Samoan Afa

WWE Survivor Series 1992

1992

As Afa (Manager)

WWE WrestleMania IX

1993

As Afa (Manager)

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993

1993

As Afa (Manager)

WWE King of the Ring 1993

1993

As Afa (Manager)

WWE SummerSlam 1993

1993

As Himself (Manager)

WWE The Countdown to The Crowning

1994

As Himself (Manager)

WWE King of the Ring 1994

1994

As Afa (Manager)

WWE SummerSlam 1994

1994

As Himself (Manager)

WWE Survivor Series 1994

1994

As Himself (Manager)

WWE Hell in a Cell 2020

2020

As Himself

Mr. Nanny

1993

As Afa 'Alfa' Anoai

Body Slam

1986

As The Samoans

WWE Global Warfare

1993

As Afa (Manager)

PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands

1985

As Wild Samoan Afa

WWE Showdown at Shea '80

1980

As Wild Samoan Afa

Andre the Giant

1985

As Afa (archive footage)

The Best of the WWF: volume 15

1988

As Wild Samoan Afa

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