History Wrestling / Rikishi

** BadassGrandpa: [[TheUsos Two of his sons]] have children.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Rikishi had become so used to opponents fearing [[AssKicksYou the offense of his tremendous backside]] that when [[RicoConstantino Rico]] would actually ''spank'' him or ''beg'' for the Stinkface, it ''completely'' threw Rikishi off his game, forcing him to tag Scotty in and eventually lose their tag titles to Rico and Charlie Haas.

** With one of [[Wrestling/TheUsos his sons]] now married, pretty soon he'll be a BadassGrandpa.

* ForeignWrestlingHeel: Attempted in Wrestling/{{AAA}} by making him part of La Legion Extranjera, but it didn't really work out.

** Low Down

* TagTeam: The Samoan Swat Team[=/=]The Headshrinkers

** Too Cool, with Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty

* {{Acrofatic}}: As Rikishi, he's a 400+ lbs. fat guy who could fly off the top of cages.

'''Solofa Fatu Jr.''' (b. 1965) is a UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}}n-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} in the 1990s and early 2000s as '''Fatu''', '''The Sultan''' and, especially, as '''Rikishi.''' He debuted in 1985 in the International Wrestling territory in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} as '''Alofa the Polynesian Prince.''' He switched to the Fatu name when he and his cousin Samu started teaming in the World Wrestling Council promotion in Puerto Rico as the Samoan Swat Team. They would go on to compete in World Class, [[Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation the AWA]], Wrestling/{{WCW}} and many other promotions. In 1992, they arrived in WWE and were renamed the Headshrinkers. This lasted until Samu left in 1994 and was replaced by [[Wrestling/TheBarbarian Sionne (The Barbarian)]], who left in 1995. Fatu was repackaged with a gimmick based on his own life, as a street-smart, tough Samoan who had survived getting shot and wanted to use that to send an anti-drugs/anti-violence message. He was billed as "Make a Difference" Fatu. In late 1996, [[Wrestling/BobBacklund Mr. Bob Backlund]] brought back Wrestling/TheIronSheik as the co-manager for Sheiky's new discovery, the Sultan. This gimmick had Fatu wearing a mask and not speaking. He jobbed a lot in this gimmick and he disappeared in early 1998. He returned in late 1999 as Rikishi, doing a dancing sumo gimmick, which got over far more than anything he had done before. He had a brief heel run from late 2000-mid 2001 after he claimed to have been the one who had run over Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 1999''. He suffered an injury that put him on the shelf for a while and when he came back he was a face and his previous heel run was never acknowledged. He left WWE in 2004 and would go on to compete in Wrestling/{{TNA}} as Junior Fatu and for numerous independent promotions. Among his in-ring achievements, he is a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion]], a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Champion]] (1x w[=/=]Samu and 1x w[=/=]Wrestling/{{Rico|Constantino}}), a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-t.html WWE [=SmackDown!=] Tag Team Champion]] w[=/=]Scotty 2 Hotty, and in 2000 ''Pro Wrestling Illustrated'' gave him their "Comeback of the Year" Award.

* CoolShades: As Rikishi Fatu.

* {{Expy}}: After his massive weight gain, of his cousin Rodney "Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}" Anoa'i. ''Rikishi'' means "wrestler" in Japanese. See ItIsPronouncedTroPAY below..

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i family through his mother's side. Nearly every Anoa'i and their father (quite literally) has been part of WWE at some point in the last 20 years. More directly, though, his twin sons wrestle for WWE as the Usos.

* TooGoodToLast: His short-lived tag team with [[TheBigShow "Showkishi"]] After all, who could realistically expect Rikishi (tipping the scales at 400+) to play the RickyMorton on a team that weighed nearly ''half a ton''.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the massive Samoan family with Wrestling/TheUsos as his sons.

* {{Acrofatic}}

* BigGuyLittleGuy: With Scotty 2 Hotty

* {{Expy}}: After his massive weight gain, of his cousin Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoa'i. ''Rikishi'' means "wrestler" in Japanese. See ItIsPronouncedTroPAY below..

* {{Expy}}: After his massive weight gain, of his cousin Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoa'i. ''Rikishi'' means "wrestler" in Japanese. See ItIsPronouncedTroPAY below.
* FakeNationality: As the stereotypical “Middle Eastern" Sultan.
* FatBastard: As a heel.

* IHaveManyNames: Fatu, The Sultan, Rikishi Fatu, Alofa the Polynesian Prince, Junior Fatu, JR Smooth...