Rodney Anoaʻi
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1966-10-02
Day of Death
2000-10-23 (34 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Rodney Anoaʻi
Biography
Rodney Agatupu Anoaʻi was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time with The World Wrestling Federation where he wrestled under the ring name Yokozuna. The termyokozuna refers to the highest rank in professional sumo wrestling in Japan. Although the "Yokozuna" character was portrayed as a champion sumo wrestler, Anoaʻi had never competed as an actual sumotori. Though Yokozuna wrestled as a representative of Japan, he was of Samoan origin and was accordingly billed as hailing from Polynesia (although he was managed by Mr. Fuji, who would follow Anoaʻi to the ring with a wooden bucket of salt, and waving a Japanese flag). In the WWF, Anoaʻi was a two-time WWF Champion and two-time Tag Team Champion (with Owen Hart), as well as the winner of the 1993 Royal Rumble. Anoa'i was the first wrestler of Samoan descent to hold the WWF Championship as well as the first Royal Rumble winner who as a result of a direct stipulation received a world title shot at WrestleMania. He defeated WWE Hall of Famers Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan, in consecutive pay-per-view victories at WrestleMania IX and the1993 King of the Ring, to win his two WWF Championships. He was posthumously inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Biography: Yokozuna
as Yokozuna / Self
(2018)
(2016)
(2014)
(2012)
(2012)
(2009)
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
as Yokozuna
(2009)
(2006)
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
as Yokozuna
(2006)
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
as Self - Yokozuna
(2005)
(2004)
WWE: Undertaker - He Buries Them Alive
as Yokozuna
(1999)
Heroes of Wrestling
as Yokozuna
(1997)
WWF Summer Flashback!
as Yokozuna
(1997)
WWF World Tour '96
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE Survivor Series 1996
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE WrestleMania XII
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE SummerSlam 1996
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
as Yokozuna
(1996)
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
as Yokozuna
(1996)
Best Of Raw • Volume One
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE WrestleMania XI
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE Survivor Series 1995
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE SlamFest
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE In Your House
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE King of the Ring 1995
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE WrestleFest '95
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
as Yokozuna
(1995)
WWF Off the Top Rope
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE WrestleMania X
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE Survivor Series 1994
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE King of the Ring 1994
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
as Yokozuna
(1994)
German Fan Favorites 2
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits from the Crypt
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
as Yokozuna
(1994)
The History Of WrestleMania
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE March to WrestleMania X
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWF WrestleFest '94
as Yokozuna
(1994)
Inside the WWF
as Yokozuna
(1994)
Razor Ramon
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
as Yokozuna
(1994)
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE WrestleMania IX
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE Royal Rumble 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE Survivor Series 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE King of the Ring 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE SummerSlam 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE March to WrestleMania IX
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWF Bashed in the USA
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE Global Warfare
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWF European Rampage 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE Invasion of the Bodyslammers
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE SummerSlam Spectacular 1993
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWE Survivor Series Showdown
as Yokozuna
(1993)
WWF Stars and Stripes Challenge
as Yokozuna
(1992)
WWE Survivor Series 1992
as Yokozuna
(1990)
(1990)
AWA SuperClash IV
as Kokina Maximus