History Wrestling / TaminaSnuka

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamina_Snuka The Other Wiki]].

!! "[=Tropina=] Snuka":

Sarona Moana-Marie Reiher Snuka-Polamalu (born January 10, 1978) is a UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}an-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Vancouver, WA currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Tamina Snuka. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka]]. She debuted in 2009 after training at the Wild Samoan Training Center with her first matches taking place on cards held by their World Xtreme Wrestling promotion. She arrived in WWE's developmental program FCW in 2010 and made her WWE TV debut on the May 24, 2010 ''[=SmackDown!=]''. Her original role was as the manager for Wrestling/TheUsos, as a counter to Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} in their feud with the Hart Dynasty. She went on to a storyline relationship with Wrestling/SantinoMarella and has bounced around the midcard ever since. She has yet to win a title.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and her maternal grandfather is a {{blood brother|s}} of Reverend Amituana'i Anoa'i; her brother James wrestled as [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"]]; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of Wrestling/TheWildSamoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, whose own maternal grandfather is also a {{blood brother|s}} of Reverend Anoa'i. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.'' And with Wrestling/NiaJax being a blood cousin of The Rock, they consider each other family and naturally teamed up.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and her maternal grandfather is a {{blood brother|s}} of Reverend Anoa'i; her brother James wrestled as [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"]]; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of Wrestling/TheWildSamoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, whose own maternal grandfather is also a {{blood brother|s}} of Reverend Anoa'i. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.'' And with Wrestling/NiaJax being a blood cousin of The Rock, they consider each other family and naturally teamed up.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; her brother James wrestled as [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"]]; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of Wrestling/TheWildSamoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, despite there not being an official blood connection; they view each other as family anyway. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.'' And with Wrestling/NiaJax being a blood cousin of The Rock, they consider each other family and naturally teamed up.

* WomanInWhite: Wore all white at the 2018 Royal Rumble.

* VillainTeamUp: She returned to WWE after her ACL injury to team with the newly heel Wrestling/{{Naomi}}; when Wrestling/SashaBanks was called up from NXT, they formed a PowerStable called Team B.A.D. ([[FunWithAcronyms Beautiful and Dangerous]]). Later she was part of the Welcoming Committee with Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/{{Carmella}}. Then she teamed up with Wrestling/RusevAndLana, although she did the heavy lifting in the team. Most recently, she and Nia Jax have been working as a heel tag team.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; her brother James wrestled as [[Wrestling/DeuceNDomino "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"]]; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of the Wild Samoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, despite there not being an official blood connection; they view each other as family anyway. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.'' And with Wrestling/NiaJax being a blood cousin of The Rock, they consider each other family and naturally teamed up.

* TheArtifact: After WWE quietly distanced themselves from Jimmy Snuka after was put on trial for a historic murder charge in September 2015, Tamina lost her surname from her ring name and the last vestiges of her WildSamoan gimmick... except the tribal entrance music which somehow persisted until late 2017 before being replaced with "What You Think".

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Going hand in hand with MusclesAreMeaningful, she was able to avoid the smark hatred that fell on other Divas such as Wrestling/KellyKelly and Wrestling/BellaTwins despite being around the same skill level as them. The reason? She doesn't look like a supermodel.
* TheRival: To Natalya, due to them being the first daughters of WWE legends to both be in the company at the same time.

* VillainTeamUp: She returned to WWE after her ACL injury to team with the newly heel Naomi. The Welcoming Committee with Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/{{Carmella}}. Then she teamed up with Wrestling/RusevAndLana, although she does the heavy lifting in the team.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; her brother James wrestled as "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of the Wild Samoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, despite there not being an official blood connection; they view each other as family anyway. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.'' And with Wrestling/NiaJax being a blood cousin of The Rock, they consider each other family and naturally teamed up.

* VillainTeamUp: She returned to WWE after her ACL injury to team with the newly heel Naomi. The Welcoming Committee with Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/{{Carmella}}. Then she teamed up with [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana]], although she does the heavy lifting in the team.

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!!! "[=Tropina=] Snuka":

Sarona Reiher (b. January 10th 1978) is a UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}an-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Vancouver, WA currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Tamina Snuka. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka]]. She debuted in 2009 after training at the Wild Samoan Training Center with her first matches taking place on cards held by their World Xtreme Wrestling promotion. She arrived in WWE's developmental program FCW in 2010 and made her WWE TV debut on the May 24, 2010 ''[=SmackDown!=]''. Her original role was as the manager for Wrestling/TheUsos, as a counter to Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} in their feud with the Hart Dynasty. She went on to a storyline relationship with Wrestling/SantinoMarella and has bounced around the midcard ever since. She has yet to win a title.

* TheBrute: Since 2012 she does tend to get promoted as this.
* ButNotTooForeign: Inverted. She's born in Washington but billed from 'The Pacific Islands' to play up the Snuka family gimmick.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the Anoa'i wrestling family. Her father is Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; her brother James wrestled as "Deuce" and "Sim Snuka"; her uncles are the original {{Wild Samoan}}s and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}; by extension, this means she is cousins with Wrestling/TheUsos (twin sons of Rikishi, whom Tamina managed in her early career), Wrestling/RomanReigns and Rosey (sons of Sika, one of the Wild Samoans). This makes Naomi, who married Jimmy Uso in 2014, Tamina's cousin by marriage. She's also considered as a cousin to The Rock, despite there not being an official blood connection; they view each other as family anyway. And this isn't even a comprehensive list of the people that have ever signed contracts with WWE. The Anoa'i family is ''massive.''

* {{Kuudere}}: Has shades of it. Isn't often seen with the other Divas and a WWE Exclusive interview has her eating lunch alone in what looks like a warehouse. When the interview starts, Tamina is very terse with her interviewer and spends most of it silent with an expression that says clearly "get that camera out of my face." And yet, she fell for Santino at one point. She later breaks out of it after forming Team BAD.

* BeautyIsBad: Going hand in hand with MusclesAreMeaningful, she was able to avoid the smark hatred that fell on other Divas such as Wrestling/KellyKelly and Wrestling/BellaTwins despite being around the same skill level as them. The reason? She doesn't look like a supermodel.

Sarona Reiher (b. 1978) is a UsefulNotes/{{Fiji}}an-[[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er from Vancouver, WA currently signed to Wrestling/{{WWE}} as Tamina Snuka. She is the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka]]. She debuted in 2009 after training at the Wild Samoan Training Center with her first matches taking place on cards held by their World Xtreme Wrestling promotion. She arrived in WWE's developmental program FCW in 2010 and made her WWE TV debut on the May 24, 2010 ''[=SmackDown!=]''. Her original role was as the manager for Wrestling/TheUsos, as a counter to Wrestling/{{Natalya|Neidhart}} in their feud with the Hart Dynasty. She went on to a storyline relationship with Wrestling/SantinoMarella and has bounced around the midcard ever since. She has yet to win a title.

* LesserStar: Both when she was in The Usos (as she was just their valet) and in Team BAD - as she was the only member to not get any wins. When she's on her own however she'll get the occasional title shot.

* VillainTeamUp: She returned to WWE after her ACL injury to team with the newly heel Naomi. The Welcoming Committee with Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/{{Carmella}}

* EvilWearsBlack: She's been heel for most (if not all) of her career on the WWE main card, and if she's ever worn any attire that's not primarily black, the instances have been few and far between. At best, she'll wear either black as her outfits main color, with non-black designs, or something leopard-printed, in honor of her [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka late father]].

* EvilWearsBlack: She's been heel for most (if not all) of her career on the WWE main card, and if she's even worn any attire that's not primarily black, the instances have been few and far between. At best, she'll wear either black with non-black designs or something leopard-printed, in honor of her [[Wrestling/JimmySnuka late father]].

** With her cousin-in-law Wrestling/{{Naomi}}, starting in May 2015. Their association continued past that, but Wrestling/SashaBanks came into the equation on July 13th and made it a PowerTrio. The Welcoming Committee with Wrestling/NatalyaNeidhart and Wrestling/{{Carmella}}

* VillainTeamUp: She returned to WWE after her ACL injury to team with the newly heel Naomi.

** With her cousin-in-law Wrestling/{{Naomi}}, starting in May 2015. Their association continued past that, but Wrestling/SashaBanks came into the equation on July 13th and made it a PowerTrio.

* PowerTrio: [[FunWithAcronyms Beautiful And Dangerous]] with Wrestling/SashaBanks and Wrestling/{{Naomi}}.

* CanonName: "Tamina Snuka" was originally simply a FanNickname and initially her Twitter handle. She was just called Tamina at first. But when got a push against Beth Phoenix, they gave her the last name officially.
** Her surname was dropped again when Jimmy was arrested on historic murder charges and became an {{Unperson}}. Time will tell if she gains it back after her return from injury, as he is now undergoing DeadArtistsAreBetter.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower

* TheDreaded: Initially portrayed as something scary alongside the Usos, until their feud with the Hart Dynasty was done and they went to jobbing. Then she started to become so again after breaking up with Santino, divas champion Kaitlyn admitted to dreading her defense against Tamina without shame.

* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: And without any solid reason as to why either. She's more suited to playing a face ringwise and plays it well. But being built the way she is makes it easier to book her as a powerhouse heel, especially after Wrestling/BethPhoenix left the company.

* {{Kuudere}}: Has shades of it. Isn't often seen with the other Divas and a WWE Exclusive interview has her eating lunch alone in what looks like a warehouse. When the interview starts, Tamina is very terse with her interviewer and spends most of it silent with an expression that says clearly "get that camera out of my face." And yet, she fell for Santino at one point.
** She later breaks out of it after forming Team BAD.

** ShakingHerHairLoose: Has sometimes just done it right in front of the opponent. Once also pulled her hair out of its pigtails before hitting the Superfly Splash.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: With Santino Marella, in a reprise of Beth Phoenix's original gimmick.