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3 | Nikora Mana Tuhakaraina (born April 7, 1978) is a Māori {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and promoter from UsefulNotes/NewZealand who has competed in New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. as Mana. He debuted in 2000 after a chance meeting with Wrestling/TheBarbarian, who recommended that he contact the Wild Samoan Wrestling School. He competed for Afa's WXW promotion for years, becoming a 2x [[http://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=692 WXW Heavyweight Champion]]. He has also competed for the Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance, Wrestling/{{MLW}}, Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}, Wrestling/{{CZW}} and many other promotions. |
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5 | Not to be confused with {{Mana}} or with ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana''. |
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7 | !! "Polynesian Tropes": |
8 | * TheBigGuy: He's 6'4 and over 300 lbs. |
9 | * TheBrute: For Wrestling/LarrySweeney in CHIKARA in 2005-2006, after Larry had fired Sweet 'n' Sour International (Crossbones, Rorschach and Mano Metallico) at ''Aniversario Orange.'' |
10 | * FinishingMove: Polynesian Plunge, Anahera Driver |
11 | * PerkyFemaleMinion: Alere Little Feather |
12 | * PopularityPower: In WXW at least. He debuted as a heel but the fans' reaction was enough to turn him into a face. |
13 | * PowerStable: |
14 | ** (in WXW): Team Dean |
15 | ** (in the [=Cyberspace=] Wrestling Federation[[note]]Later NWA [=Cyberspace=], then NWA Shockwave[[/note]]): The Foreign Exchange |
16 | * PutOnABus: He left after Sweeney defeated him at ''Aniversario Delta'', May 26, 2006. |
17 | * RedBaron: "The Polynesian Warrior" |
18 | * ScreamingWarrior |
19 | * StartMyOwn: [[http://www.nhpw.com.au/ New Horizons Pro Wrestling]] in Perth, Australia, which he established in 2007. |
20 | * TagTeam: |
21 | ** (in MLW): The Samoan Island Tribe, with Samu and [[Wrestling/{{Umaga}} Ekmo [[=Umaga=]]]] |
22 | ** (in NHPW): [[AlliterativeName Killswitch Krew]], with Tapu |
23 | * TribalFacepaint |
24 | * WildSamoan: As stated, he's Māori, but he plays the gimmick very straight otherwise. He was trained by the [[Wrestling/TheWildSamoans Trope Namers]], after all. |
25 | * WrestlingMonster: Booked this way in MLW. |
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