Afa Anoa'i

Afa Amituana'i Anoa'i is 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.

Known For

Birth Location Western Samoa Trust Territory
Born 1942-11-21

Movies

2020
2007
WWE Survivor Series 1994 as Himself (Manager)
1994
WWE SummerSlam 1994 as Himself (Manager)
1994
WWE King of the Ring 1994 as Afa (Manager)
1994
WWE The Countdown to The Crowning as Himself (Manager)
1994
WWE SummerSlam 1993 as Himself (Manager)
1993
WWE Global Warfare as Afa (Manager)
1993
WWE King of the Ring 1993 as Afa (Manager)
1993
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993 as Afa (Manager)
1993
WWE WrestleMania IX as Afa (Manager)
1993
Mr. Nanny as Afa 'Alfa' Anoai
1993
WWE Survivor Series 1992 as Afa (Manager)
1992
The Best of the WWF: volume 15 as Wild Samoan Afa
1988
Body Slam as The Samoans
1986
1986
Andre the Giant as Afa (archive footage)
1985
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands as Wild Samoan Afa
1985
WWE The Brawl to End it All as Wild Samoan Afa
1984
WWE Showdown at Shea '80 as Wild Samoan Afa
1980
Afa Anoa'i hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows