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Afa Anoa'i

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.


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Born:
Nov 21, 1942 In Western Samoa Trust Territory
Movie/TV Credits:
36
First Appeared:
In the movie WWE Showdown at Shea '80 1980-08-09
Latest Project:
Movie WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 2020-10-25
Known For
Poster of Bret
Poster of The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Poster of The WWF's Most Unusual Matches
Poster of WWE Showdown at Shea '80
Filmography
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