About

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Birthday:
1942-11-21
Place of birth:
Western Samoa Trust Territory
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Afa Anoa'i

Overview

Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i was 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.

Known for

Acting

2020 WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 Actor Afa (Appearance) 60
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2013 Legends of Mid-South Wrestling Actor Afa 59
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2007 Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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2007 WWE Hall of Fame 2007 Actor Afa 59
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1994 WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt Actor Afa (Manager) N/A
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1994 WWE Survivor Series 1994 Actor Himself (Manager) 59
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1994 German Fan Favorites 2 Actor Afa N/A
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1994 WWE SummerSlam 1994 Actor Himself (Manager) 59
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1994 WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams Actor Afa 59
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1994 WWE King of the Ring 1994 Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1994 WWE The Countdown to The Crowning Actor Himself (Manager) N/A
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1993 WWE Survivor Series 1993 Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1993 WWE SummerSlam 1993 Actor Himself (Manager) 59
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1993 WWE Global Warfare Actor Afa (Manager) N/A
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1993 Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches Actor Samoa N/A
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1993 WWE King of the Ring 1993 Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1993 WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1993 WWE WrestleMania IX Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1993 Mr. Nanny Actor Afa 'Alfa' Anoai 56
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1992 WWE Survivor Series 1992 Actor Afa (Manager) 59
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1992 WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 Actor Manager N/A
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1988 WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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1988 The Best of the WWF: volume 15 Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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1986 Body Slam Actor The Samoans 58
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1986 Tag Team Champions Actor Afa N/A
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1986 The Best of the WWF: volume 5 Actor Afa N/A
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1985 Andre the Giant Actor Afa (archive footage) 59
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1985 PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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1985 Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! Actor Afa 59
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1985 The WWF's Most Unusual Matches Actor Afa N/A
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1984 WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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1984 WWE The Brawl to End it All Actor Wild Samoan Afa 59
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1984 WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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1980 WWE Showdown at Shea '80 Actor Wild Samoan Afa N/A
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