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<b>Solofa Fatu Jr. </b>(born October 11, 1965) is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samoan">Samoan</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="United States">American</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling">professional wrestler</a>, best known under the ring name <b>Rikishi</b> with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Entertainment</a> (WWE), where he was a one time <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Champion" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Intercontinental Champion">Intercontinental Champion</a> and two time <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">Tag Team Champion</a>.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Professional_wrestling_career">Professional wrestling career</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="The_Samoan_Swat_Team_.281985-1992.29">The Samoan Swat Team (1985-1992)</span></h3>
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Solofa Fatu, Jr. first got the fans attention in 1985 as he worked for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Brito" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Gino Brito">Gino Brito</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Bravo" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dino Bravo">Dino Bravo</a>’s “International Wrestling" territory based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>. While in Montreal, Fatu worked as Prince Alofa, a high flying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Face (professional wrestling)">babyface</a> often working as a team with the territory’s top faces. While working in Montreal, Solofa hung out with his cousin <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samula_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samula Anoa'i">Samula Anoa'i</a> who was working in the area as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a> "The Great Samu". When the Montreal territory closed up, the two cousins signed with the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico and became The Samoan Swat Team (Samu & Fatu). The team adopted the “Samoan savage" <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#G" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of professional wrestling terms">gimmick</a> that had made their fathers so well known and feared throughout the wrestling world, working barefoot and never speaking English on camera. The team became the first ever <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWC_Caribbean_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship">WWC Caribbean Tag Team Champions</a> on November 7, 1987 when they beat <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Gonzalez_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jose Gonzalez (wrestler)">Invader I</a> and Invader III.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Titles_4-0" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-Titles-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> The duo held the title for just over a month before dropping them to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Youngblood" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mark Youngblood">Mark</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Romero" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Romero">Chris Youngblood</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Titles_4-1" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-Titles-4" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[5]</a></sup> before leaving the promotion.</div>
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Samu and Fatu next appeared in Texas, working for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Von_Erich" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Fritz Von Erich">Fritz Von Erich</a>’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Class Championship Wrestling">World Class Championship Wrestling</a> promotion. The storyline was that <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hey" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dale Hey">Buddy Roberts</a> brought the team in to fight his fights against the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Erich_family" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Von Erich family">Von Erich family</a> and former <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabulous_Freebirds" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Fabulous Freebirds">Fabulous Freebirds</a> partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Hayes_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Michael Hayes (wrestler)">Michael Hayes</a>. The SST was given a big push right away; presented as an unstoppable force, the team was even allowed to beat hometown heroes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Von_Erich" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kerry Von Erich">Kerry</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Von_Erich" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kevin Von Erich">Kevin Von Erich</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA World Tag Team Championship">WCCW Tag Team Titles</a> on August 12, 1988. The Samoans remained undefeated in WCCW until they came up against Roberts’ former partner Michael Hayes and Hayes new partner, “Do It To It" Steve Cox on September 12.The duo was not without the gold for long as they recaptured the titles only four days later.<sup> </sup>Hayes and Cox beat the Samoan Swat Team for the titles once again on October 15, but this time they only held the gold for two days before they lost it back to the SST. On September 12, 1988, The Samoan Swat Team become double champions as they beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tatum_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="John Tatum (wrestler)">"Hollywood" John Tatum</a> and<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrin_Barr_Jr." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ferrin Barr Jr.">Jimmy Jack Funk</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_Texas_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship">WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship</a>. The Samoan Swat Team made their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-per-view" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pay-per-view">pay-per-view</a> debut at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperClash#SuperClash_III" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="SuperClash">AWA SuperClash III</a>, the first (and only) PPV that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Wrestling_Association" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="American Wrestling Association">American Wrestling Association</a> ever presented. The Samoans successfully defended their WCCW Tag-Team titles against Michael Hayes and Steve Cox. In the beginning of 1989, the Samoans left WCCW, forcing both tag team titles to be vacated due to the sudden departure.</div>
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The Samoan Swat Team signed with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crockett_Promotions" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jim Crockett Promotions">Jim Crockett Promotions</a> and was brought in as manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paul Heyman">Paul E. Dangerously’s</a> replacements for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)">"Original" Midnight Express</a> who had left the promotion. The Samoans also took over the "Original" Midnight Express’ feud with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Midnight_Express_(professional_wrestling)#Bobby_Eaton_and_Stan_Lane" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Midnight Express (professional wrestling)">the Midnight Express</a>, winning at<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Champions#Clash_of_the_Champions_VI:_Ragin.27_Cajun" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Clash of the Champions">Clash of the Champions VI</a> on April 2, 1989. The Samoans teamed with former rival Michael Hayes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gordy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Terry Gordy">Terry Gordy</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Garvin" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jimmy Garvin">Jimmy Garvin</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_American_Bash#1989" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Great American Bash">1989 Great American Bash</a>, losing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames_match" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WarGames match">WarGames match</a> to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_Warriors" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Road Warriors">Road Warriors</a>, the Midnight Express, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Dr._Death%22_Steve_Williams" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title=""Dr. Death" Steve Williams">Steve Williams</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-8" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[9]</a></sup> In the fall of 1989, Paul E. Dangerously was phased out and the Samoans were given a new manager: "The Big Kahuna" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Humperdink" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Oliver Humperdink">Oliver Humperdink</a>. Their ranks were also bolstered by the addition of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Fatu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sam Fatu">The Samoan Savage</a>, who is Fatu’s brother. The Samoans started to lose more and more matches as 1989 drew to a close, but their fortunes appeared to be changing due to the injury to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Eudy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sid Eudy">Sid Vicious</a>. Because Vicious was injured, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscrapers_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Skyscrapers (professional wrestling)">Skyscrapers</a> had to pull out of the "Iron Team Tournament" at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starrcade_(1989)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Starrcade (1989)">Starrcade 1989</a> and the Samoan Swat Team were chosen to be their replacements. Fatu and the Samoan Savage participated while no explanation was given as to why the more experienced Samu was not chosen. For the remainder of the Samoan Swat Team’s time in WCW, Fatu and the Samoan Savage competed under the name while Samu made a few singles appearances.</div>
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After leaving WCW in the summer of 1990, the Samoan Swat Team worked for a number of independent promotions in the US, Europe, and Japan, often teaming up with family member <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rodney Anoa'i">Rodney Anoa'i</a> who competed as "Kokina Maximus". The family worked for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Association" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Universal Wrestling Association">Universal Wrestling Association</a> in 1991 with Fatu, Kokina, and The Samoan Savage winning the UWA Trios Tag-Team titles<sup> </sup>and holding it for just under two months. They also made a headline appearance on the UWA’s 16th anniversary show losing to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dos_Caras" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dos Caras">Dos Caras</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Canek" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="El Canek">El Canek</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_M%C3%A1scaras" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mil Máscaras">Mil Máscaras</a>.</div>
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In 1992, Samu and Fatu signed with the company, managed by Samu’s father Afa. The team changed their name to the Headshrinkers, but their gimmick of Samoan wildmen remained the same. Rodney Anoa'i also signed with the WWF but he was repackaged as "Yokozuna" and the family ties between him and the Samoans were not mentioned on air. The team first made their presence known when they helped <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Inc." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Money Inc.">Money Inc.</a> beat <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_Disasters" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Natural Disasters">the Natural Disasters</a> to win the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">World Tag Team Championship</a>. Early in their run with the WWF, the Headshrinkers feuded with the Natural Disasters and the recently formed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Hart#1991.E2.80.931993" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Owen Hart">High Energy</a>.</div>
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Between 1992 and the early parts of 1994, the Headshrinkers maintained a position in the middle of the tag team division. They occasionally challenged for the titles and made sporadic PPV appearances feuding with teams like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Smoking_Gunns" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Smoking Gunns">The Smoking Gunns</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_on_a_Mission" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Men on a Mission">Men on a Mission</a>. The Headshrinkers assisted their relative Yokozuna in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Container-based_variations" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling match types">casket match</a> against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undertaker" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Undertaker">The Undertaker</a> at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1994)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (1994)">Royal Rumble</a>. In April, the Headshrinkers turned face and challenged then tag team champions <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quebecers" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Quebecers">The Quebecers</a>; with the addition of manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lou Albano">Lou Albano</a> the team won the gold on April 26. At <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(1994)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="King of the Ring (1994)">King of the Ring</a> on June 19, the Headshrinkers successfully defended their tag team titles against Yokozuna and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Adams_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Adams (wrestler)">Crush</a>.<sup> </sup>Their run with the titles came to an end on an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_show" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="House show">untelevised card</a> on August 28 where they lost the titles to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Michaels" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Shawn Michaels">Shawn Michaels</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Nash" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kevin Nash">Diesel</a>. The title change happened just one day before they were scheduled to defend against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Rotunda" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mike Rotunda">Irwin R. Schyster</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bam Bam Bigelow">Bam Bam Bigelow</a>. Soon after the title change, Samu left the WWF to recover from injuries and was replaced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sione_Vailahi" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sione Vailahi">Sionne</a>, who formed the "New Headshrinkers" with Fatu.</div>
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The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kayfabe">storyline</a> reason given for Samu’s departure was that he was not coping well with manager Lou Albano’s attempts to civilize the Headshrinkers, especially wearing boots. For the first time ever, one half of the Samoan Swat Team/Headshrinkers was not a member of the Anoa'i family nor a Samoan, as Sionne was from the island of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tonga">Tonga</a>. The New Headshrinkers made only one PPV appearance as a team which was at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1994)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Survivor Series (1994)">Survivor Series</a> where they were quickly eliminated.<sup> </sup>They were also both participants in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(1995)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (1995)">Royal Rumble</a>. The only other notable appearance of the New Headshrinkers was as part of the tournament to crown new WWF tag team champions in late 1994/early 1995. The New Headshrinkers lost to Bam Bam Bigelow and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Chavis" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Chavis">Tatanka</a> in the Semi-Finals.<sup> </sup>By July, the New Headshrinkers ended as Sionne signed with WCW. By the time Sionne left the WWF, the team was used to put over new teams such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Brothers" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Harris Brothers">Jacob & Eli Blu</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-25" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[26]</a></sup></div>
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Fatu became a singles wrestler in 1995; the WWF repackaged Fatu by dropping the “savage" gimmick and revealing that Fatu could speak English and was raised in the US. Fatu became a "man of the streets" who spoke about growing up in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghetto" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ghetto">hood</a> and being shot during a real-life drive-by. During this time he was referred to as “Make a Difference" Fatu. After a short while, two men started to show up whenever Fatu was in the ring: Samu and his brother <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lloyd Anoa'i">Lloyd Anoa'i</a>, also known as "The Samoan Gangster Party".<sup> </sup>The Samoan Gangster Party, however, never got in the ring or confronted Fatu before he was repackaged and the whole angle was dropped.</div>
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The WWF then decided to give Fatu a total change, as he became a stereotypical “Middle Eastern" known as The Sultan, complete with a face mask to hide who was playing the gimmick. In storyline The Sultan's tongue was removed thus he never spoke in promos. He was managed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Iron Sheik">Iron Sheik</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a>. He was given a shot at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dwayne Johnson">Rocky Maivia’s</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">Intercontinental Title</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_13" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WrestleMania 13">WrestleMania 13</a> but failed to win the gold. Fatu left the spotlight when the Sultan gimmick was dropped in early 1998 as Dory Funk Jr's. DOJO to get better training.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-WrestleCrap_26-5" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-WrestleCrap-26" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[27]</a></sup></div>
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Rikishi at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="King of the Ring (2000)">King of the Ring</a> in 2000.</div>
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Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Cool" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Too Cool">Too Cool</a></div>
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He returned on the November 13, 1999 episode of <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Metal" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWF Metal">WWF Metal</a></i> as Rikishi Fatu beating Julio Fantastico, the Rikishi name being a sumo wrestling term similar to his cousin <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokozuna_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Yokozuna (wrestler)">Yokozuna</a>'s professional wrestling name. Then the name would become Rikishi Phatu, but was eventually shortened to Rikishi when he started teaming with Too Cool. He had gained a great deal of weight, bleached his hair <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Blond">blonde</a>, and exchanged his long trousers for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-string" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="G-string">thong</a>. Rikishi had a brief <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feud_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Feud (professional wrestling)">feud</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Frazier,_Jr." style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nelson Frazier, Jr.">Viscera</a> before aligning with Too Cool, which consisted of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Lawler" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Brian Lawler">Grand Master Sexay</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Garland_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Garland (wrestler)">Scotty 2 Hotty</a>. It was at this point that Rikishi's popularity began to soar as their post-match dance routine became popular with fans. During the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (2000)">2000 Royal Rumble</a>, Rikishi eliminated seven opponents in the Royal Rumble match; he was eliminated by six wrestlers working together. Two of those seven were Too Cool themselves, whom Rikishi eliminated after they performed their dance routine in the middle of the match.</div>
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Rikishi became famous for giving wrestlers the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Stink_Face" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Stink Face</a>, as his butt was rubbed in the face of an opposing wrestler. This move became very popular with the fans. In May 2000, Rikishi and Too Cool feuded with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Edge (wrestler)">Edge</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Christian (wrestler)">Christian</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Angle" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Kurt Angle">Kurt Angle</a>, culminating in a victory at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment_Day_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Judgment Day (2000)">Judgment Day</a>. After winning the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">Intercontinental Championship</a> on the June 22 episode of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_SmackDown" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE SmackDown">SmackDown!</a></i> from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Benoit">Chris Benoit</a>,<sup> </sup>Rikishi qualified for the 2000 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the_Ring_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="King of the Ring (2000)">King of the Ring</a> tournament. On June 25 he defeated Benoit and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Morley" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sean Morley">Val Venis</a> in the quarter and semi-finals respectively, but both his opponents hit him with a steel chair after losing, weakening his shoulder and helping Kurt Angle defeat him in the finals.<sup> </sup>Stemming from Venis's attack at King of the Ring, Rikishi faced Venis on July 6 and lost his title after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tazz" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tazz">Tazz</a> hit him with a television camera.<sup> </sup>Rikishi faced Venis in a<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#Cages" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling match types">Steel Cage</a> rematch at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Fully_Loaded" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWF Fully Loaded">Fully Loaded</a>. In the course of the match, Rikishi ascended the cage and, in a move reminiscent of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Jimmy Snuka">Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka</a>, leapt from the top, splashing Venis. Rikishi was defeated by Venis shortly after when Tazz once again hit him with a television camera.</div>
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On October 9, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_authority_figures#Commissioners" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling authority figures">Commissioner</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> used a slip of the tongue from Scotty 2 Hotty to implicate Rikishi as the person who had run over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Cold_Steve_Austin" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Stone Cold Steve Austin">Stone Cold Steve Austin</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1999)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Survivor Series (1999)">Survivor Series</a>, as Scotty stated that he had been hanging out that night with Grand Master Sexay and Rikishi. However, Foley stated later that night in the ring that Rikishi at that point had not debuted yet. In actuality, this is not true, as Rikishi had debuted on the Saturday night before the '99 Survivor Series on <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWF_Jakked/Metal" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWF Jakked/Metal">WWF Jakked</a></i>. Rikishi admitted injuring Austin, claiming that he had done so in order to allow his cousin<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dwayne Johnson">The Rock</a> to achieve stardom, insisting that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Rogers_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Buddy Rogers (wrestler)">Buddy Rogers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Sammartino" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bruno Sammartino">Bruno Sammartino</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hulk Hogan">Hulk Hogan</a>, and Austin - "The Great White Hope" - had always been <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Push (professional wrestling)">pushed</a> over Samoan performers such as High Chief <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Maivia" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Peter Maivia">Peter Maivia</a> and Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, who he believed had been held back, this <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#T" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of professional wrestling terms">turned</a> Rikishi <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heel_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heel (professional wrestling)">heel</a> in the coming weeks. Austin immediately set out to obtain revenge, facing Rikishi in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types#No_Disqualification_match" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling match types">No Holds Barred match</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_No_Mercy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE No Mercy">No Mercy</a>. The match went to a no contest when Austin dragged Rikishi to the parking lot and attempted to run him over, but a police car drove in front of Austin's car, saving Rikishi. Though Austin was arrested, he had badly injured Rikishi, inflicting numerous cuts and bruises to his face. Later that night, Rikishi attempted to help The Rock retain the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Championship">WWF Championship</a> in a match against Kurt Angle, but "accidentally" kicked and crushed The Rock, allowing Angle to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Olympic_slam" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling throws">Angle Slam</a> both men and win the title. After a number of instances where Austin was attacked backstage by an unseen assailant, it became clear that Rikishi had an accomplice. During a handicap match pitting Rikishi and Kurt Angle against Austin, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_H" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Triple H">Triple H</a> came to the ring, seemingly to aid Austin, but <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_wrestling_terms#S" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of professional wrestling terms">swerved</a> the audience by attacking Austin with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledgehammer" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sledgehammer">sledgehammer</a>. 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Rikishi lost to The Rock at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Survivor Series (2000)">Survivor Series</a>.<sup> </sup>He then participated in the six-man <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_in_a_Cell" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Hell in a Cell">Hell in a Cell</a> match at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(2000)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Armageddon (2000)">Armageddon</a> for the WWF Championship, during which Vince McMahon drove a flatbed truck to ringside in an effort to dismantle the cage and stop the match. However, Rikishi was chokeslammed from the top of the cell into the truck bed by the Undertaker.<sup> </sup>He won a match entitling him to enter the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2001)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (2001)">2001 Royal Rumble</a> at number 30. He even eliminated the Undertaker but he did not last long in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2001)#Royal_Rumble_entrances_and_eliminations" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (2001)">Rumble match</a> before being eliminated by The Rock. After the return of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga_Fifita" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Tonga Fifita">Haku</a> at the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Rumble_(2001)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Royal Rumble (2001)">same event</a>, Rikishi and Haku formed a tag team, and feuded with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_of_Destruction" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Brothers of Destruction">Kane and The Undertaker</a> and The Hardy Boys. The team split when Rikishi was sidelined with an eardrum injury in May, and Haku was later released. Rikishi returned from injury on May 7, 2001 and was urged by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Foley" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mick Foley">Mick Foley</a> to become a face again before delivering the Stink Face to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_McMahon" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Stephanie McMahon">Stephanie McMahon</a>. He wrestled for several weeks before suffering a shoulder injury in May 2001 which caused him to miss much of the year.</div>
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Rikishi returned on December 6, 2001, delivering a Stink Face to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_McMahon" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Vince McMahon">Vince McMahon</a> and solidifying his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Face (professional wrestling)">face</a> status. Upon the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Brand_Extension#March_2002_.28Brand_Extension:_Raw_and_Smackdown.21.29" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Brand Extension">WWE Brand Extension</a>, Rikishi was drafted to SmackDown!. At <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Judgment_Day#2002" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Judgment Day">Judgment Day</a>, he faced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_and_Chuck" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Billy and Chuck">Billy and Chuck</a> in a "secret partner" match. His partner turned out to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Constantino" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rico Constantino">Rico</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Sopp" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Monty Sopp">Billy</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palumbo" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chuck Palumbo">Chuck</a>'s stylist. Despite Rico's best efforts to unfairly help Billy and Chuck, Rikishi and he won the match and became the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">Tag Team Champions</a>.<sup> </sup>Rico would later cost his partner to lose the titles in a rematch.</div>
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Rikishi was not featured much in late 2002 and early-2003. He feuded with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cena" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="John Cena">John Cena</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_DeMott" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bill DeMott">Bill DeMott</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Blooded_Italians" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Full Blooded Italians">Full Blooded Italians</a> on <i>SmackDown!</i>. The return of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddy_Piper" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Roddy Piper">"Rowdy" Roddy Piper</a> led Rikishi to challenge him as Piper had hit Jimmy Snuka with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Coconut">coconut</a> years ago on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper%27s_Pit" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Piper's Pit">Piper's Pit</a>. At <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlash_(2003)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Backlash (2003)">Backlash 2003</a>, Piper's protege <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_O%27Haire" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sean O'Haire">Sean O'Haire</a> defeated Rikishi after Piper got hit with a coconut by Rikishi giving O'Haire time to hit the Widowmaker on Rikishi.<sup> </sup>Rikishi eventually formed a tag team with Scotty 2 Hotty, and the duo defeated the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basham_Brothers" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Basham Brothers">Basham Brothers</a> for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Tag Team Championship">WWE Tag Team Championship</a> on February 5, 2004, holding them for two and a half months before losing them to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Haas" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Charlie Haas">Charlie Haas</a> and Rico.<sup> </sup>Fatu, however, was released by WWE on July 16, 2004, following repeated requests from WWE to lose weight.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Independent_circuit_.282005-2007.29">Independent circuit (2005-2007)</span></h3>
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Fatu continued to wrestle on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Independent circuit">independent circuit</a>. In October 2005, he shortened his ring name to Kishi after being notified by WWE legal representatives that WWE owned a trademark on the name "Rikishi". Fatu, as Kishi, would go on to operate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu-Wrestling_Evolution" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Nu-Wrestling Evolution">Nu-Wrestling Evolution</a>, a professional wrestling promotion based in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Italy">Italy</a>. On February 17, 2007, Fatu competed as SUMO RIKISHI in a tag team contest at an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a> event, as he was brought in by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Mutoh" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Keiji Mutoh">Keiji Mutoh</a> to feud with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akebono_Tar%C5%8D" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Akebono Tarō">Akebono</a>. On August 12, 2007, Fatu competed in an 8-man tag, as Rikishi, at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asistencia_Asesor%C3%ADa_y_Administraci%C3%B3n" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Asistencia Asesoría y Administración">Asistencia Asesoría y Administración</a>'s TripleMania event. On August 23, Fatu competed in a Triple Threat match against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Joe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_James_Keenan" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sterling James Keenan">Sterling James Keenan</a> at Ballpark Brawl VIII in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Buffalo, New York">Buffalo, New York</a>. On November 17, wrestling as Rikishi once again, Fatu defeated Mike Rollins at a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_on_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heavy on Wrestling">Heavy on Wrestling</a> event in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth,_Minnesota" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Duluth, Minnesota">Duluth, Minnesota</a>.</div>
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On the September 13, 2007 episode of <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNA_Impact!" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="TNA Impact!">Impact!</a></i>, Fatu debuted in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">Total Nonstop Action Wrestling</a> under the ring name Junior Fatu. Fatu faced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Christian (wrestler)">Christian Cage</a> on the September 20 episode of <i>Impact!</i>in his first match, which he lost due to a distraction by Christian's partner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Styles" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="A.J. Styles">A.J. Styles</a>. On the October 25 episode of <i>Impact!</i>, Fatu faced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Roode" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Robert Roode">Robert Roode</a> in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_for_the_Right_Tournament" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Fight for the Right Tournament">Fight for the Right Tournament</a> match, which he won due to interference by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa_Joe" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samoa Joe">Samoa Joe</a>. On October 30, however, it was reported that Fatu had been released from TNA, due to he and TNA management failing to reach an agreement about a pay raise. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Harris_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chris Harris (wrestler)">Chris Harris</a> took Fatu's spot in the Fight for the Right semifinal match.</div>
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On March 28, 2009, Fatu debuted in Revolución Lucha Libre, a Chile based promotion, under the ring name "Kishi". In his first show, he faced Ariki Toa for the Absolute International Championship, RLL's major title. Kishi defeated Toa by pinfall with a Banzai Drop to win the title. After the match, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savio_Vega" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Savio Vega">Savio Vega</a> assaulted Kishi.</div>
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Fatu now wrestles in the Territory League under his TNA alias Junior Fatu. He is a member of the Las Vegas Highrollers along with his friends Brian Christopher and Scott Garland, formerly known as<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Cool" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Too Cool">Too Cool</a>.</div>
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Rikishi made an appearance at the 2012 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Hall_of_Fame" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Hall of Fame">WWE Hall of Fame</a> ceremony.</div>
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Rikishi made an appearance on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_Night_Raw" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Monday Night Raw">Monday Night Raw</a> on July 16, 2012 and defeated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Slater" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Heath Slater">Heath Slater</a> in less than two minutes. After the match, he danced with his sons, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usos" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Usos">Jey and Jimmy Uso</a>, who are current <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE">WWE</a> wrestlers.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Personal_life">Personal life</span></h2>
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Fatu and his wife Talisua Fuavai-Fatu have five children. He rubs his nose twice en route to the ring to tell his children that he loves them.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2010">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Fatu is a member of the famous <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoa%27i_family" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Anoa'i family">Anoa'i wrestling family</a>. He is the father of the Samoan Soldiers; his twin sons Jonathan Solofa and Joshua Sammy (born August 22, 1985).<sup> </sup>The pair are currently known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Usos" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Usos">Jimmy and Jey Uso</a> on WWE's <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Smackdown" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Smackdown">SmackDown</a> brand. Fatu also has a daughter Thavana Monalisa (born June 12, 1984)<sup> </sup>and two younger sons: Jeremiah Peniata (born August 30, 1986)<sup> </sup>and Joseph (born 1994). Fatu is the nephew of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sika_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sika Anoa'i">Sika Anoa'i</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afa_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Afa Anoa'i">Afa Anoa'i</a>, known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Samoans" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wild Samoans">Wild Samoans</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-51" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[52]</a></sup> He is also the brother of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Fatu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Eddie Fatu">Eddie Fatu</a> (Umaga/Jamal) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Fatu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sam Fatu">Sam Fatu</a> (The Tonga Kid) and cousin of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwayne_Johnson" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dwayne Johnson">Dwayne Johnson</a> (The Rock) <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rodney Anoa'i">Rodney Anoa'i</a> (Yokozuna), <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samula_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samula Anoa'i">Samula Anoa'i</a> (Headshrinker Samu), and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Matt Anoa'i">Matt Anoa'i</a> (Rosey).</div>
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On April 27, 2008, Fatu's mother Vera died after a seven-year battle with cancer.</div>
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Fatu's brother Eddie "Umaga" Fatu died of a heart attack on December 4, 2009.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="In_wrestling">In wrestling</span></h2>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Finishing moves</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Banzai Drop</i> / <i>Rump Shaker</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Seated_senton" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Seated senton</a>, sometimes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Seated_senton" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling aerial techniques">second rope</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Camel_clutch" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling holds">Camel clutch</a>– as The Sultan</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Pele Hold</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Camel_clutch" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling holds">Camel clutch with a sleeperhold</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Rikishi Driver</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OWW_0-15" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-OWW-0" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup> (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">WWF/E</a>) / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piledriver_(professional_wrestling)#Reverse_piledriver" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Piledriver (professional wrestling)">Over the shoulder reverse piledriver</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_circuit" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Independent circuit">independent circuit</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_throws#Samoan_drop" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling throws">Samoan drop, sometimes to an oncoming opponent</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-OWW_0-16" style="line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi_(wrestler)#cite_note-OWW-0" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Samoan Splash</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Splash" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling aerial techniques">Diving splash</a>) – as Fatu</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Samoan Spike</i> (High speed thumb thrust to an opponent's throat) - as a tribute his brother, Eddie "Umaga" Fatu</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Signature moves</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokeslam" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chokeslam">Chokeslam</a> – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Nonstop_Action_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Total Nonstop Action Wrestling">TNA</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Headbutt" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Headbutt</a>, sometimes to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Headbutt_drop" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">grounded opponent</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i>Kish Leash</i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_holds#Arm_trap_crossface" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling holds">Standing arm trap crossface</a>)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Savate_kick" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Savate kick</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex#Belly_to_belly_suplex" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Suplex">Side belly to belly suplex</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Stink_Face" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">Stink Face</a></i>,<sup> </sup>usually preceded by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_attacks#Hip_attack" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Professional wrestling attacks">butt bump</a> to an opponent in the corner</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manager_(professional_wrestling)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Manager (professional wrestling)">Managers</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Heyman" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paul Heyman">Paul E. Dangerously</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Humperdink" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Oliver Humperdink">Oliver Humperdink</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afa_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Afa Anoa'i">Afa</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Albano" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Lou Albano">Captain Lou Albano</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Sheik" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Iron Sheik">The Iron Sheik</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Backlund" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bob Backlund">Bob Backlund</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Hey" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dale Hey">Buddy Roberts</a></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_in_professional_wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Music in professional wrestling">Entrance Themes</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"You Look Fly Today" by Jim Johnston (1999–2000, 2001–2004, 2012)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Bad Man" by Jim Johnston (2000–2001)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"At Beach" by Joe Bradson (1996)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">"Cool Dude" by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Oliver" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Dale Oliver">Dale Oliver</a> (2007)</li>
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<span class="editsection" style="-webkit-user-select: none; float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;">[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rikishi_(wrestler)&action=edit&section=14&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Edit section: Championships and accomplishments">edit</a>]</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Championships_and_accomplishments">Championships and accomplishments</span></h2>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Portland Wrestling</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Portland Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship (1 time)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Power Pro Wrestling (Memphis)</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">PPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">Pro Wrestling Illustrated</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">PWI ranked him #<b>27</b> of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_Wrestling_Illustrated#PWI_500" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pro Wrestling Illustrated">PWI 500</a> in 2000</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">PWI ranked him #<b>347</b> of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWI_Years" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="PWI Years">PWI Years</a>" in 2003</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWI_Comeback_of_the_Year" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="PWI Comeback of the Year">PWI Comeback of the Year</a> (2000)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Revolución Lucha Libre</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Campeonato Internacional Absoluto (1 time, current)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Wrestling_Association" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Universal Wrestling Association">Universal Wrestling Association</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UWA_World_Trios_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="UWA World Trios Championship">UWA World Trios Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UWA_World_Trios_Championship#Title_history" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="UWA World Trios Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rodney Anoa'i">Kokina Maximus</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Fatu" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sam Fatu">The Samoan Savage</a></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Class_Championship_Wrestling" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Class Championship Wrestling">World Class Wrestling Association</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_Texas_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship">WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_Texas_Tag_Team_Championship#WCCW" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samula_Anoa%27i" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Samula Anoa'i">Samu</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA World Tag Team Championship">WCWA World Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCWA_World_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WCWA World Tag Team Championship">3 times</a>) – with Samu</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Council" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Wrestling Council">World Wrestling Council</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWC_Caribbean_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship">WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWC_Caribbean_Tag_Team_Championship#Title_history" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWC Caribbean Tag Team Championship">1 time</a>) – with Samu</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wrestling_Entertainment" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Wrestling Entertainment">World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment</a></b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Tag_Team_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Tag Team Championship">WWE Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Tag_Team_Champions" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of WWE Tag Team Champions">1 time</a>) – with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Garland_(wrestler)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scott Garland (wrestler)">Scotty 2 Hotty</a></li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tag_Team_Championship_(WWE)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="World Tag Team Championship (WWE)">World Tag Team Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Tag_Team_Champions_(WWE)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of World Tag Team Champions (WWE)">2 times</a>) – with Samu (1) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rico_Constantino" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Rico Constantino">Rico</a> (1)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE_Intercontinental_Championship" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="WWE Intercontinental Championship">WWF Intercontinental Championship</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WWE_Intercontinental_Champions" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="List of WWE Intercontinental Champions">1 time</a>)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><b>Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards</b><ul style="line-height: 1.5em;">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_Observer_Newsletter_awards#Worst_Worked_Match_of_the_Year" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards">Worst Worked Match of the Year</a> (1993) <small>with Samu, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Shaw" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mike Shaw">Bastion Booger</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Bam_Bigelow" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Bam Bam Bigelow">Bam Bam Bigelow</a> vs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bushwhackers" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Bushwhackers">The Bushwhackers</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_on_a_Mission" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Men on a Mission">Men on a Mission</a> at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Series_(1993)" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Survivor Series (1993)">Survivor Series</a></small></li>
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