Америка Самоасының күресшісінің өмір жолы

American Samoan retired professional wrestler

Anoaʻi was born in the village of Leone on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa on April 5, 1945; one of thirteen children born to Amituana and Tovale Anoaʻi. In 1959, at the age of 14, Anoaʻi moved with his family to San Francisco, California in the United States. Shortly after the move, Anoaʻi enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine, working on ships sailing to the Philippines and Japan. Anoaʻi left the Merchant Marine in 1969, working as a stevedore before deciding to become a professional wrestler like his older brother Afa.

Anoaʻi was trained as a wrestler by his brother Afa and Kurt Von Steiger, debuting in 1973 in Stampede Wrestling as "Sika". Calling themselves "The Wild Samoans", the brothers and gained notoriety due to their large, wild afros, sarongs, and habit of wrestling barefoot and eating raw fish in the ring. Throughout the 1970s, The Wild Samoans appeared with promotions including Big Time Wrestling, the Continental Wrestling Association, Gulf Coast Championship Wrestling, NWA All Star Wrestling, NWA Mid America, Stampede Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, winning multiple tag team championships. From 1977 to 1979, the Samoans made repeated tours of Japan with International Wrestling Enterprise; in January 1978, they briefly held the IWA World Tag Team Championship.

In January 1980, The Wild Samoans debuted in the World Wrestling Federation with Lou Albano as their manager, quickly establishing themselves as a force in the tag team division through a series of decisive victories. In addition to competing in the tag division, the brothers wrestled as singles, with Anoaʻi unsuccessfully challenging Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship in March 1980.

The Wild Samoans appeared with multiple different promotions in 1985 and 1986, among them the American Wrestling Association, Jim Crockett Promotions, and International Championship Wrestling.

With Afa now semi retired, Anoaʻi returned to the WWF in August 1986 as a singles wrestler. Managed by The Wizard, he spent several weeks undefeated before losing to Pedro Morales in November 1986. In March 1987, Anoaʻi formed a tag team with Kamala, aligning himself with Kamala's manager, Mr. Fuji, and "handler", Kim Chee. The duo wrestled a series of matches against The Can Am Connection and took part in several tournaments. The team was dissolved in August 1987 when Kamala left the WWF. In September 1987, Anoaʻi competed in the King of the Ring tournament, losing in the first round to S. D. Jones. On the October 3, 1987 Saturday Night's Main Event XII (recorded September 23, 1987), Anoaʻi unsuccessfully challenged WWF Champion Hulk Hogan in the main event. He went on to wrestle a series of matches against Bam Bam Bigelow and then against Jake Roberts. At the Slammy Awards ceremony on December 16, 1987, the "Song of the Year" category ended with no winner after Anoaʻi ate the envelope containing the winner's name. In early 1988, Anoaʻi's regular opponents included Lanny Poffo, George Steele, and Hillbilly Jim. On March 27, 1988, he appeared on his first pay per view, competing in a battle royal at WrestleMania IV. Anoaʻi left the WWF once more following the bout.

After leaving the WWF, Anoaʻi wrestled a handful of matches on the independent circuit. He formed a short lived tag team with his nephew Kokina in Continental Wrestling Federation, where they were managed by Alan Martin. As part of the Wild Samoans, he made two appearances in the Trans World Wrestling Federation in 1989 and 1991. He retired later in 1991.

Following his retirement, Anoaʻi remained active in wrestling. He trained wrestlers at the Wild Samoan Training Center, a professional wrestling school run by Afa in Minneola, Florida. On August 15, 1997, both men reunited for one night teaming with Disco Inferno, Gene Ligon and the Big Cheese as they defeated Ken Timbs, George Love, Jay Love, Gary Royal and Kane Adams at IWA Night Of The Legends in Kannapolis, North Carolina. In 1999, he founded XW 2000, an independent wrestling promotion based in Pensacola, Florida. On March 31, 2007, The Wild Samoans were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Sika's son Matt and Afa's son Samu.

Anoaʻi is married to Patricia Hooker but they are currently separated.