History Wrestling / JimmySnuka

* RunningGag: There was a [[https://www.cagematch.net//?id=2&nr=5152&view=&page=4&gimmick=&year=&promotion=&region=&location=&arena=&showtype=&constellationType=&worker=Jimmy+Snuka long stretch]] during the 1990s of him defeating The Metal Maniac every single time they faced each other in a variety of promotions.

* WrestlingFamily: His [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino son]] and [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka daughter]] are wrestlers as well. Their mother (his second wife) is the daughter of a Samoan tribal chief who, like Peter Maivia, had become {{blood brothers}} with Wrestling/TheWildSamoans' father. Due to this, Afa, the patriarch of the [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty Samoan Anoa'i wrestling family]], counts the Snukas as members of the family as well.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: In RealLife as well

* UnPerson: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. After the case was dropped in January 2017, and he passed away shortly after, WWE.com posted an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Re-Personing him posthumously.

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. After the case was dropped in January 2017, and he passed away shortly after, WWE.com posted an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Repersoning him posthumously.

* DeathFromAbove: The Superfly Splash - especially considering that, for a guy that used a [[IHaveTheHighGround top-rope move]] as a [[FinishingMove finisher]], Snuka was ''not'' a small guy.

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Snuka The Other Wiki]] has a good writeup about his career.

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[[caption-width-right:268: Giving the "I Love You" sign to the fans right before his famous leap off the top of the cage onto Don [=Muraco=] at Madison Square Garden, October 17, 1983.[[note]]Not shown: a young Wrestling/MickFoley in the crowd below, deciding right then and there what he's going to do with the rest of his life.[[/note]]]]

* WrestlingFamily: His [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino son]] and [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka daughter]] are wrestlers as well. [[Wrestling/TheWildSamoans Afa]], the patriarch of the Samoan Anoa'i wrestling family, counts the Snukas as members of the family as well.

* BadassGrandpa

* WrestlingFamily: His [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino son]] and [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka daughter]] are wrestlers as well. [[Wrestling/TheWildSamoans Afa]], the patriarch of the Samoan wrestling family, counts the Snukas as members of the family as well.

* {{Loincloth}}
* NobleSavage

* BashBrothers: Had several tag team partners of note throughout his career, most notable probably being future enemy "Mr Wonderful" Paul Orndorff whom he held the NWA Tag Team Titles with in the late 70s, and the infamous Wrestling/BruiserBrody with whom he won the 1981 All Japan World Tag League, one of the most prestigious wrestling tournaments in the world.

* WrestlingFamily: His [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino son]] and [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka daughter]] are wrestlers as well. [[http://www.wswrestlingschool.com Afa]], the patriarch of the Samoan wrestling family, counts the Snukas as members of the family as well.

* WrestlingFamily: His son and [[Wrestling/TaminaSnuka daughter]] are wrestlers as well. [[http://www.wswrestlingschool.com Afa]], the patriarch of the Samoan wrestling family, counts the Snukas as members of the family as well.

* RedBaron: "[[EarWorm Super-Super-Superfly]]"

James William "Jimmy" Reiher (May 18, 1943 - January 15, 2017) was a Fijian professional wrestler and actor, better known by his ring name Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}, Snuka wrestled for several promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. Snuka was the first [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/ecw/ecw-h.html NWA ECW Heavyweight Champion]] and held the title on two occasions. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the early to mid-1980s and is credited with introducing the high-flyer style of wrestling to the WWF. His children Jimmy Reiher, Jr. (Deuce of Deuce N Domino) and Sarona Reiher (Wrestling/TaminaSnuka) are also wrestlers. He has competed for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{ECW}}, various Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance territories, the [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation AWA]], Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{AAA}}, Wrestling/{{FMW}}, Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling, and MANY, MANY independents and other promotions around the world.

!!! "Brudda, these are tropes associated with the Superfly, brudda!":

* ArchEnemy: Wrestling/DonMuraco, [[{{Wrestling/RoddyPiper}} "Rowdy" Roddy Piper]], [[{{Wrestling/JesseVentura}} Jesse "The Body" Ventura]] (in [[http://www.portland-wrestling.com the Pacific Northwest Wrestling promotion in Portland]])
* [[{{Biography}} Autobiography]]: ''Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story''

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. After the case was dropped in January 2017, and he he passed away shortly after, WWE.com posted an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Repersoning him posthumously.

* RingOldies: '''70''' and still wrestling.

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. The case against Snuka was dismissed in 2017, however, due to Snuka's mental incompetence to stand trial. When he passed away in mid-January of the same year, WWE.com posted an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Repersoning him posthumously.

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. The case against Snuka was dismissed in 2017, however, due to Snuka's mental incompetence to stand trial. When he passed away in mid-January of the same year, WWE.com posted an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Repersoning him.

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015[[note]]She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime.[[/note]] and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. The case against Snuka was dismissed in 2017, however, due to Snuka's mental incompetence to stand trial, and he passed away in mid-January of the same year, so it remains to be seen if WWE reconsiders.

* WildSamoan: Not in the traditional eat raw fish, speak in nothing but grunts, kill everything with my forehead kind of way but he was billed a pacific island and acted as a strange speaking savage nonetheless.

* {{Unperson}}: He was arrested for the death of his girlfriend in September 2015 (She died in 1983, and Jimmy Snuka was the prime suspect in her death, but no charges were filed. However, the case was never closed, and 32 years later, Snuka was finally arrested for the crime) and, much like Wrestling/HulkHogan, the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was quick to terminate his contract and remove any references to him from their website. The case against Snuka was dismissed in 2017, however, due to Snuka's mental incompetence to stand trial, and he passed away in mid-January of the same year, so it remains to be seen if WWE reconsiders.

* LegacyCharacter: Has several currently in WWE - not only his daughter, Tamina, but the Wrestling/TheUsos, who are the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} but actually look and wrestle a lot more like Snuka.