Afa Anoa'i

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

38

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-11-21

Deathday

2024-08-16 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Western Samoa Trust Territory

Also Known As

  • Afa
  • Wild Samoan #1
  • Afa Anoaʻi
  • Wild Samoan 1

Afa Anoa'i

Biography

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.

Known For

Raw
6.8%

Raw

Jan 11, 1993

Raw
6.8%

Raw

Jan 11, 1993

Mr. Nanny
5.1%

Mr. Nanny

Apr 2, 1993

WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
8.1%

WWE Hell in a Cell 2020

Oct 25, 2020

WWE 24
6.6%

WWE 24

Jan 30, 2015

WWE WrestleMania IX
6.3%

WWE WrestleMania IX

Apr 4, 1993

Body Slam
5.0%

Body Slam

Nov 21, 1986

WWE Survivor Series 1992
8.4%

WWE Survivor Series 1992

Nov 25, 1992

Andre the Giant
6.2%

Andre the Giant

Dec 2, 1985

WWE Hall of Fame 2007
9.2%

WWE Hall of Fame 2007

Mar 31, 2007

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Acting

2020
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020 as Afa (Appearance)
2015
WWE 24 as Himself
2013
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling as Afa
2007
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1 as Wild Samoan Afa
2007
WWE Hall of Fame 2007 as Afa
1994
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt as Afa (Manager)
1994
WWE Survivor Series 1994 as Himself (Manager)
1994
German Fan Favorites 2 as Afa
1994
WWE SummerSlam 1994 as Himself (Manager)
1994
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams as Afa
1994
WWE King of the Ring 1994 as Afa (Manager)
1994
WWF Countdown to The Crowning as Himself (Manager)
1993
WWE Survivor Series 1993 as Afa (Manager)
1993
WWE SummerSlam 1993 as Himself (Manager)
1993
WWE Global Warfare as Afa (Manager)
1993
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches as Samoa
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
Raw as Afa
1993
Raw as Afa Anoai
1992
WWE Survivor Series 1992 as Afa (Manager)
1992
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992 as Manager
1988
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón as Wild Samoan Afa
1988
The Best of the WWF: volume 15 as Wild Samoan Afa
1986
Body Slam as The Samoans
1986
Tag Team Champions as Afa
1986
The Best of the WWF: volume 5 as Afa
1985
Andre the Giant as Afa (archive footage)
1985
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands as Wild Samoan Afa
1985
Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams! as Afa
1985
The WWF's Most Unusual Matches as Afa
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84 as Wild Samoan Afa
1984
WWE The Brawl to End it All as Wild Samoan Afa
1984
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84 as Wild Samoan Afa
1983
WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983 as Wild Samoan Afa
1980
WWE Showdown at Shea '80 as Wild Samoan Afa
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