Afa Anoa'i
Biography
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
Raw
Raw
Miami Vice
WWE Pay Per View
Mid-South Wrestling
WWE Old School
WWE Old School
WWF All-Star Wrestling
All Movies (38)
- WWE Hell in a Cell 20202020 · as Afa (Appearance)
- Legends of Mid-South Wrestling2013 · as Afa
- Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 12007 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- WWE Hall of Fame 20072007 · as Afa
- Beyond the Mat1999 · as Self
- WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt1994 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE Survivor Series 19941994 · as Himself (Manager)
- German Fan Favorites1994 · as Afa
- WWE SummerSlam 19941994 · as Himself (Manager)
- WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams1994 · as Afa
- WWE King of the Ring 19941994 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWF Countdown to The Crowning1994 · as Himself (Manager)
- WWE Survivor Series 19931993 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE SummerSlam 19931993 · as Himself (Manager)
- WWE Global Warfare1993 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE UK Fan Favorites 19931993 · as Afa
- WWE King of the Ring 19931993 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE U.K. Rampage 19931993 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE WrestleMania IX1993 · as Afa (Manager)
- Mr. Nanny1993 · as Afa 'Alfa' Anoai
- WWE Survivor Series 19921992 · as Afa (Manager)
- WWE Survivor Series Showdown 19921992 · as Manager
- WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón1988 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- The Best of the WWF: volume 151988 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- Body Slam1986 · as The Samoans
- The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano1986 · as Afa
- Tag Team Champions1986 · as Afa
- The Best of the WWF: volume 51986 · as Afa
- The WWF's Amazing Managers1985 · as Afa
- Andre the Giant1985 · as Afa (Archive footage)
- PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands1985 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams1985 · as Afa
- Most Unusual Matches1985 · as Afa
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '841984 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- WWE The Brawl to End it All1984 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '841984 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 19831983 · as Wild Samoan Afa
- WWE Showdown at Shea '801980 · as Wild Samoan Afa
All TV Shows (12)
- WWE 242015 · as Himself
- Raw1993 · as Afa
- Raw1993 · as Afa Anoai
- AWA Championship Wrestling1986 · as Destroyer Samoan
- WWE Pay Per View1985
- Miami Vice1984 · as Henchman #2
- Tuesday Night Titans1984 · as Afa
- Mid-South Wrestling1981 · as Afa
- WWF Championship Wrestling1980 · as Afa
- WWF All-Star Wrestling1975 · as Afa
- WWE Old School1973 · as Afa
- WWE Old School1973 · as Samoan #1