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3 | Samuel "Sam" Larry Anoa'i Fatu (born October 11, 1965) is a Samoan-American retired {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er known for his work in the 1980s as The Tonga Kid, Islander Tama or The Samoan Savage. He debuted in 1983 after being trained by Wrestling/TheWildSamoans and wrestled for Wrestling/{{WWE}}, Wrestling/{{WCW}}, the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, Wrestling/ProWrestlingZERO1 and numerous other promotions. |
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5 | Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former 3x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/al/secw/se-t.html#80 NWA Southeastern Tag Team Champion]] with Johnny Rich as the R.A.T. Patrol, a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/us/pr/wwc/wwc-t.html WWC (Puerto Rico) World Tag Team Champion]] as Tama with Dan Kroffat (better known as Phil [=LaFon=]) and a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/mexico/uwa/uwa-6.html UWA (Mexico) World Trios Champion]] as The Samoan Savage with [[Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} Fatu [Rikishi]]] and [[Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} Kokina [Yokozuna]]] as The Hawaiian Beasts. |
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7 | He is part of the big WildSamoan WrestlingFamily. |
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9 | !! "The Tonga Tropes": |
10 | * ArchEnemy: (as a face): Wrestling/RoddyPiper; (as a heel) The [[Wrestling/DynamiteKid British]] [[Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith Bulldogs]]. |
11 | * AsHimself: In the wrestling match at the beginning of ''Film/{{Highlander}}''. |
12 | * FaceHeelTurn: During The Islanders' match with The Can-Am Connection (Wrestling/RickMartel and Wrestling/TomZenk) on the May 30 (taped May 12), 1987 ''WWF Superstars''. |
13 | * PowerStable: [[Wrestling/BobbyHeenan The Heenan Family]] |
14 | * TagTeam: |
15 | ** (in WWE): The Islanders, with [[Wrestling/{{Meng}} Haku]] |
16 | ** (in WCW): The New Wild Samoans, with Fatu (Rikishi) |
17 | *** (in SWS in Japan): The Great Samoans |
18 | ** (in Mexico): The Samoan Swat Team, with Samu |
19 | * WildSamoan: You have to ask? |
20 | * WrestlingFamily: Fraternal twin brother to Rikishi, older brother to the late Wrestling/{{Umaga}}, father to Wrestling/JacobFatu, uncle to Wrestling/TheUsos and Solo Sikoa, cousin to Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}, Samu, Rosey, Wrestling/RomanReigns, etc. Best way to sum it up? Wrestling/SamoanDynasty. |
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