Afa Anoa'i

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: Acting

Born: Western Samoa Trust Territory, 1942-11-21

Died: 2024-08-16

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	WWE Showdown at Shea '80	Wild Samoan Afa	0
2	1983	WWE at Madison Square Garden: October 17, 1983	Wild Samoan Afa	0
3	1984	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: July '84	Wild Samoan Afa	0
4	1984	WWE The Brawl to End it All	Wild Samoan Afa	100
5	1984	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84	Wild Samoan Afa	0
6	1985	Wrestling's Bloopers, Bleeps and Bodyslams!	Afa	100
7	1985	The WWF's Most Unusual Matches	Afa	0
8	1985	PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands	Wild Samoan Afa	0
9	1985	Andre the Giant	Afa (archive footage)	62
10	1986	The Best of the WWF: volume 5	Afa	0
11	1986	Tag Team Champions	Afa	0
12	1986	Body Slam	The Samoans	48
13	1988	The Best of the WWF: volume 15	Wild Samoan Afa	0
14	1988	WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón	Wild Samoan Afa	0
15	1992	WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992	Manager	0
16	1992	WWE Survivor Series 1992	Afa (Manager)	83
17	1993	Mr. Nanny	Afa 'Alfa' Anoai	51
18	1993	WWE WrestleMania IX	Afa (Manager)	63
19	1993	WWE U.K. Rampage 1993	Afa (Manager)	90
20	1993	WWE King of the Ring 1993	Afa (Manager)	83
21	1993	Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches	Samoa	0
22	1993	WWE Global Warfare	Afa (Manager)	0
23	1993	WWE SummerSlam 1993	Himself (Manager)	62
24	1993	WWE Survivor Series 1993	Afa (Manager)	67
25	1994	WWF Countdown to The Crowning	Himself (Manager)	0
26	1994	WWE King of the Ring 1994	Afa (Manager)	76
27	1994	WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams	Afa	100
28	1994	WWE SummerSlam 1994	Himself (Manager)	57
29	1994	German Fan Favorites 2	Afa	0
30	1994	WWE Survivor Series 1994	Himself (Manager)	82
31	1994	WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt	Afa (Manager)	0
32	2007	WWE Hall of Fame 2007	Afa	92
33	2007	Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1	Wild Samoan Afa	0
34	2013	Legends of Mid-South Wrestling	Afa	93
35	2020	WWE Hell in a Cell 2020	Afa (Appearance)	81

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Raw	Afa	68
2	1993	Raw	Afa Anoai	68
3	2015	WWE 24	Himself	66

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