History Wrestling / Umaga

Edward Smith Fatu[3] (March 28, 1973-December 5, 2009) was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}} Samoan]]-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Jamal''' and '''Umaga.''' He debuted in 1995 and competed in various independents and for Wrestling/{{FMW}} before he and his cousin Matt Anoai caught on with WWE and were assigned to the developmental leagues as the Island Boys, billed respectively as Ekmo and Kimo. Renamed Jamal and Rosey, they debuted in 2002 as [[HiredGuns enforcers]] for ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' [[CorruptCorporateExecutive General Manager]] Wrestling/EricBischoff as the team Three Minute Warning, with manager Wrestling/{{Rico|Constantino}}. The team lasted until Fatu was released in 2003. He would go on to compete for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{MLW}} and other promotions before returning to WWE in late 2005. He was reintroduced in 2006 as Umaga, a character closer to the WildSamoan tradition originated by his uncles. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] twice before leaving in 2009. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 36 from a heart attack brought on by combining drugs.

'''Edward Fatu''' (1973-2009) was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}} Samoan]]-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Jamal''' and '''Umaga.''' He debuted in 1995 and competed in various independents and for Wrestling/{{FMW}} before he and his cousin Matt Anoai caught on with WWE and were assigned to the developmental leagues as the Island Boys, billed respectively as Ekmo and Kimo. Renamed Jamal and Rosey, they debuted in 2002 as [[HiredGuns enforcers]] for ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' [[CorruptCorporateExecutive General Manager]] Wrestling/EricBischoff as the team Three Minute Warning, with manager Wrestling/{{Rico|Constantino}}. The team lasted until Fatu was released in 2003. He would go on to compete for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]], Wrestling/{{MLW}} and other promotions before returning to WWE in late 2005. He was reintroduced in 2006 as Umaga, a character closer to the WildSamoan tradition originated by his uncles. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] twice before leaving in 2009. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 36 from a heart attack brought on by combining drugs.

'''Edward Fatu''' (1973-2009) was a [[UsefulNotes/{{Samoa}} Samoan]]-American {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er best known for his work in Wrestling/{{WWE}} as '''Jamal''' and '''Umaga.''' He debuted in 1995 and competed in various independents and for Wrestling/{{FMW}} before he and his cousin Matt Anoai caught on with WWE and were assigned to the developmental leagues as the Island Boys, billed respectively as Ekmo and Kimo. Renamed Jamal and Rosey, they debuted in 2002 as [[HiredGuns enforcers]] for ''[[Wrestling/{{WWERaw}} Raw]]'' [[CorruptCorporateExecutive General Manager]] Wrestling/EricBischoff as the team Three Minute Warning, with manager Wrestling/{{Rico|Constantino}}. The team lasted until Fatu was released in 2003. He would go on to compete for Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, Wrestling/{{TNA}}, Wrestling/{{MLW}} and other promotions before returning to WWE in late 2005. He was reintroduced in 2006 as Umaga, a character closer to the WildSamoan tradition originated by his uncles. He would hold the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship]] twice before leaving in 2009. Sadly, he passed away at the age of 36 from a heart attack brought on by combining drugs.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the big Samoan, Anoa'i/Fatu/Maivia Family.

* KickTheDog[=/=]BreakTheCutie[=/=]WouldHitAGirl: Bischoff forced [[Characters/WWEDivas Maria]] to face him, leading to Wrestling/JohnCena having to make the save.

* WrestlingFamily: Part of the big Samoan, Anoa'i Family.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: As Umaga, he wrestled wearing footwraps.

* AssKicksYou: One of his regular spots as Umaga was running to the corner and smashing his butt against his opponent's head.

!!! "Bulldozing Tropes":

* TheVoiceless: Most of the time as Umaga, except for when he challenged Wrestling/CMPunk to a Samoan Strap Match. [[EloquentInMyNativeTongue He was implied to be fluent in Samoan prior to that though]].
** Implied? He was going on HotBlooded rants in angry Samoan for years!

* PsychoForHire: He was Wrestling/{{Vince McMahon}}'s representative against Creator/DonaldTrump's choice of Wrestling/BobbyLashley for the Hair vs. Hair "Battle of the Billionaires" at ''[=WrestleMania=] XXIII'', which Umaga lost. This led to Vince and Shane looking for revenge against Lashley, with Umaga as the muscle, culminating in Vince defeating Lashley for the WWE ECW Heavyweight Title.

* FinishingMove: Samoan Drop, top rope splash, Samoan Spike

* ItRunsInTheFamily: His brothers are Wrestling/{{Rikishi}} and Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}}. His former tag team partner Kimo/Rosey and his little brother [[Wrestling/TheShield Roman Reigns]] are among his cousins. Also his nephews Wrestling/TheUsos.

* SignatureMove: He greatly popularized the running turnbuckle butt smash, especially after he died and many wrestlers started doing it in tribute. He was also known for setting up the tree of woe for a jumping headbutt.

* SquashMatch: Many during Umaga's initial buildup in 2006. These included not only wins over {{Jobber}}s or developmental wrestlers, but he also defeated Wrestling/HacksawJimDuggan in a mere '''1:32''' on the June 12, 2006 ''Raw''. Even more impressive than that, he defeated the 500 lbs. Viscera on the May 29th show in only '''30 seconds!'''

** He also beat the crap out Wrestling/MariaKanellis once.

* WouldHitAGirl: Infamously, he and Rosey beat up the two lesbians from the "HLA segment." Worse, he worked as stiff with the girls as he did with his usual male opponents and legitimately injured one of them.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For the Umaga gimmick, it was [[Characters/WWEManagers manager Armando Alejandro Estrada]] making his surprise debut on the April 3, 2006 ''Raw'' and introducing Umaga by having him attack Flair.

* DownerEnding: His death at 36.
** He could have been saved. He was fired for refusing to go to rehab and died of a drug intoxication just 6 months later.

* ThreeMonthRule: His previous run was Jamal was ignored.