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.
Movie | WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 | Afa (Appearance) | 2020-10-25 |
Series | WWE 24 | Himself | 2015-01-30 |
Movie | Legends of Mid-South Wrestling | Afa | 2013-09-10 |
Movie | WWE Hall of Fame 2007 | Afa | 2007-03-31 |
Movie | Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 | Wild Samoan Afa | 2007-07-31 |
Movie | WWE King of the Ring 1994 | Afa (Manager) | 1994-06-19 |
Movie | WWE The Countdown to The Crowning | Himself (Manager) | 1994-06-13 |
Movie | WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams | Afa | 1994-06-29 |
Movie | German Fan Favorites 2 | Afa | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1994 | Himself (Manager) | 1994-08-29 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1994 | Himself (Manager) | 1994-11-23 |
Movie | WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt | Afa (Manager) | 1994-12-14 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania IX | Afa (Manager) | 1993-04-04 |
Series | WWE Raw | Afa | 1993-01-11 |
Movie | WWE King of the Ring 1993 | Afa (Manager) | 1993-06-13 |
Movie | Mr. Nanny | Afa 'Alfa' Anoai | 1993-04-02 |
Movie | WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 | Afa (Manager) | 1993-04-11 |
Movie | Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches | Samoa | 1993-07-05 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1993 | Afa (Manager) | 1993-11-24 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 1993 | Himself (Manager) | 1993-08-30 |
Movie | WWE Global Warfare | Afa (Manager) | 1993-08-11 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 | Manager | 1992-11-22 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 1992 | Afa (Manager) | 1992-11-25 |
Movie | WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón | Wild Samoan Afa | 1988-09-10 |
Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 15 | Wild Samoan Afa | 1988-04-13 |
Movie | The Best of the WWF: volume 5 | Afa | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | Tag Team Champions | Afa | 1986-03-01 |
Movie | Body Slam | The Samoans | 1986-11-21 |
Movie | Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! | Afa | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | The WWF's Most Unusual Matches | Afa | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands | Wild Samoan Afa | 1985-04-19 |
Movie | Andre the Giant | Afa (archive footage) | 1985-12-02 |
Movie | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 | Wild Samoan Afa | 1984-07-15 |
Movie | WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 | Wild Samoan Afa | 1984-10-14 |
Movie | WWE The Brawl to End it All | Wild Samoan Afa | 1984-07-23 |
Movie | WWE Showdown at Shea '80 | Wild Samoan Afa | 1980-08-09 |