Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1966-10-02
Day of Death
2000-10-23
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Rodney Anoaʻi
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoaʻi to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag). In the WWF, Anoaʻi was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. Anoa'i was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania. He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive pay-per-view victories at WrestleMania IX and the1993 King of the Ring, to win his two WWF Championships. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
Filmography (69)
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
2018
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
2016
WWE: True Giants
2014
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
2012
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
2012
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
2009
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
2009
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
2006
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
2005
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
2004
Heroes of Wrestling
1999
WWF Summer Flashback!
1997
