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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.

He was inducted into the Wrestling/WWEHallOfFame in 1996, but he was removed from it when legal troubles cropped up (See {{Unperson}} below). After the charges were dropped and he passed away, he was seemingly put back in, though his bio remains removed from the WWE's Website.

Not to be confused with ''Film/SuperFly''.
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!! "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]])
* BashBrothers: Had several tag team partners of note throughout his career, most notable probably being future enemy [[Wrestling/PaulOrndorff "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.
* {{Biography}}: His autobiography, ''Superfly: The Jimmy Snuka Story''.
* CloudCuckooLander: His promos are famous for A, barely making ''any'' sense; B, having only the flimsiest connection to whatever was going on in the story; and C, sounding ''awesome''.
* DeathFromAbove: The Superfly Splash - especially considering that, for a guy that used a top-rope move as a [[FinishingMove finisher]], Snuka was ''not'' a small guy.
* LegacyCharacter: Has several currently in WWE - not only his daughter, Tamina, but Wrestling/TheUsos, who are the sons of Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} but actually look and wrestle a lot more like Snuka.
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* PowerStable:
** Rogers' Army in Mid-Atlantic, led by Wrestling/BuddyRogers, who was replaced by Gene Anderson, who renamed it Anderson's Army.
** Hot Stuff International in Wrestling/{{ECW}}, led by Wrestling/EddieGilbert, which was renamed the Dangerous Alliance after [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman Paul E. Dangerously]] joined forces with Gilbert.
** Devastation Inc. in USA Pro.
* RedBaron: "[=Superfly=]"
* RingOldies: He had his final wrestling match at age '''71'''.
* RunningGag: There was a [[https://www.cagematch.net//?id=2&nr=5152&view=&page=4&gimmick=&year=&promotion=®ion=&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.
* TagTeam: Several, as noted above with Paul Orndorff and Bruiser Brody, but also with Fabulous Freebird Terry Gordy, and Ray Stevens.
** The South Pacific Connection, with Wrestling/RickySteamboat.
* 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 was dropped in January 2017 because he was diagnosed with dementia and declared unfit for trial, and he passed away shortly after. WWE.com would post an article about it, "WWE Hall Of Famer Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka passes away," effectively Re-Personing him posthumously.
* UnrelatedBrothers: Bookers in the states would often bill Sivi Afi with some kind of relation to him.
* 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 as a Pacific islander and acted as a strange speaking savage nonetheless.
* 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 companions 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.