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person_profile-Afa Anoa'i

Afa Anoa'i Age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Afa Anoa'i

Date of Birth:

Nov 21, 1942

Country of birth:

Western Samoa Trust Territory

Biography of

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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Afa Anoa'i

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Filmography of

Afa Anoa'i

Found 28 Movies in total

WWE Hell in a Cell 2020

Himself ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2013

... 2007

... 2007

... 1994

WWE Survivor Series 1994

Himself (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

WWE SummerSlam 1994

Himself (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

WWE King of the Ring 1994

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1994

WWF Countdown to The Crowning

Himself (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1993

WWE SummerSlam 1993

Himself (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Global Warfare

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1993

... 1993

WWE King of the Ring 1993

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE U.K. Rampage 1993

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE WrestleMania IX

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1993

Mr. Nanny

Afa 'Alfa' Anoai ( Actor )

... 1993

WWE Survivor Series 1992

Afa (Manager) ( Actor )

... 1992

The Best of the WWF: volume 15

Wild Samoan Afa ( Actor )

... 1988

Body Slam

The Samoans ( Actor )

... 1986

Tag Team Champions

Afa ( Actor )

... 1986

... 1986

Andre the Giant

Afa (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

... 1985

WWE The Brawl to End it All

Wild Samoan Afa ( Actor )

... 1984