
Afa Anoa'i
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-11-21
Day of Death
2024-08-16 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Western Samoa Trust Territory
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
Acting
(2020)
WWE Hell in a Cell 2020
as Afa (Appearance)
(2013)
(2007)
WWE Hall of Fame 2007
as Afa
(2007)
Mid-South Wrestling Giants, Midgets, Heroes & Villains vol. 1
as Wild Samoan Afa
(1994)
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)
German Fan Favorites 2
as Afa
(1994)
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt
as Afa (Manager)
(1994)
(1994)
WWF Countdown to The Crowning
as Himself (Manager)
(1993)
Mr. Nanny
as Afa 'Alfa' Anoai
(1993)
WWE WrestleMania IX
as Afa (Manager)
(1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1993
as Afa (Manager)
(1993)
WWE King of the Ring 1993
as Afa (Manager)
(1993)
WWE SummerSlam 1993
as Himself (Manager)
(1993)
WWE U.K. Rampage 1993
as Afa (Manager)
(1993)
WWE Global Warfare
as Afa (Manager)
(1993)
(1992)
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as Afa (Manager)
(1992)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1992
as Manager
(1988)
The Best of the WWF: volume 15
as Wild Samoan Afa
(1988)
WWC Aniversario '88: A Hot Night in Bayamón
as Wild Samoan Afa
(1986)
Body Slam
as The Samoans
(1986)
(1986)
Tag Team Champions
as Afa
(1985)
Andre the Giant
as Afa (archive footage)
(1985)
(1985)
(1985)
PWUSA Mayhem at The Meadowlands
as Wild Samoan Afa
(1984)
WWE The Brawl to End it All
as Wild Samoan Afa
(1984)
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: October '84
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