Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i was a retired Samoan professional wrestler and manager, who appeared as one of Kenneth Togaru's henchmen that killed Charles Symington and Ali Ferrand in the episode "By Hooker by Crook" of the series Miami Vice.
Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i was a retired Samoan professional wrestler and manager, who appeared as one of Kenneth Togaru's henchmen that killed Charles Symington and Ali Ferrand in the episode "By Hooker by Crook" of the series Miami Vice.
Anoai got into professional wrestling in the early 1970s, trained by Rocky Johnson and Peter Maivia (father and grandfather of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), then made his debut in 1971, and brought in his brother Sika Anoa'i (born 1945) and formed The Wild Samoans, a tag team that won three WWWF (precursor to today's WWE) Tag Team Championships (twice in 1980 and once in 1983), managed by Capt. Lou Albano for all of their reigns. They also held the NWA National Tag Team titles in 1982 and several other regional titles during their career. In 1983 Sika was injured and Afa brought in his son Samu, and would remain a team until 1984. The Wild Samoans broke up soon after, but Afa returned to the WWF as manager of Samu and Afa's nephew Fatu and they formed The Samoan Swat Team (in World Class—WCCW, and the NWA) before moving to the WWF and becoming The Headshrinkers, which won the WWF Tag Team Titles once before Afa retired in 1994. He then trained new pro wrestlers at the Wild Samoans Academy, and in 2007 he and Sika were inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Anoa'i's only acting credits besides Vice was in the movies Body Slam and Mr. Nanny.
Anoa'i married his wife Lynn in 1970, and have five children; their three sons, Samula "Samu", Afa, Jr. "Manu", and Lloyd "L.A. Smooth", all became pro wrestlers, and two daughters, Monica and Lynn.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0962102
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358774
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Filmography (Movies)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
Character:Afa (Appearance)
Release Date:25/10/2020
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Character:Afa
Release Date:10/09/2013
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:31/07/2007
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
Character:Afa
Release Date:31/03/2007
Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:14/12/1994
WWE Survivor Series 1994
Character:Himself (Manager)
Release Date:23/11/1994
German Fan Favorites
Character:Afa
Release Date:24/10/1994
WWE SummerSlam 1994
Character:Himself (Manager)
Release Date:29/08/1994
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
Character:Afa
Release Date:29/06/1994
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:19/06/1994
WWF Countdown to The Crowning
Character:Himself (Manager)
Release Date:13/06/1994
WWE Survivor Series 1993
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:24/11/1993
WWE SummerSlam 1993
Character:Himself (Manager)
Release Date:30/08/1993
WWE Global Warfare
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:11/08/1993
WWE UK Fan Favorites 1993
Character:Afa
Release Date:09/08/1993
WWE King of the Ring 1993
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:13/06/1993
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:11/04/1993
WWE WrestleMania IX
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:04/04/1993
Mr. Nanny
Character:Afa 'Alfa' Anoai
Release Date:02/04/1993
WWE Survivor Series 1992
Character:Afa (Manager)
Release Date:25/11/1992
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
Character:Manager
Release Date:22/11/1992
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:10/09/1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 15
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:13/04/1988
Body Slam
Character:The Samoans
Release Date:21/11/1986
The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
Character:Afa
Release Date:08/03/1986
Tag Team Champions
Character:Afa
Release Date:01/03/1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5
Character:Afa
Release Date:01/01/1986
The WWF's Amazing Managers
Character:Afa
Release Date:31/12/1985
Andre the Giant
Character:Afa (Archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/1985
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:19/04/1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps, & Bodyslams
Character:Afa
Release Date:01/01/1985
Most Unusual Matches
Character:Afa
Release Date:01/01/1985
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:14/10/1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:23/07/1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:15/07/1984
WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:17/10/1983
WWE Showdown at Shea '80
Character:Wild Samoan Afa
Release Date:09/08/1980
Television Appearances
WWE 24
Character:Himself
Raw
Character:Afa
Raw
Character:Afa Anoai
AWA Championship Wrestling
Character:Destroyer Samoan
Miami Vice
Character:Henchman #2
Tuesday Night Titans
Character:Afa
Mid-South Wrestling
Character:Afa
WWF Championship Wrestling
Character:Afa
WWF All-Star Wrestling
Character:Afa
WWE Old School
Character:Afa
WWE Old School
Character:Samoan #1
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