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Birthday: Nov 21, 1942
Place of Birth: Western Samoa Trust Territory

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.

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