Rodney Anoaʻi
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-10-02
- Died:
- 2000-10-23
- Place of birth:
- San Francisco, California, USA
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
Filmography
Biography: WWE Legends
Randy Savage Unreleased: The Unseen Matches of The Macho Man
WWE: Attitude Era: Vol. 3 Unreleased
WWE: True Giants
The 50 Greatest Finishing Moves in WWE History
WWE Hall Of Fame 2012
Macho Madness - The Randy Savage Ultimate Collection
WWE: Greatest Wrestling Stars of the '90s
Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
WWE: Tombstone - The History of the Undertaker
WWE Hall of Fame
Hard Knocks : The Chris Benoit Story
Heroes of Wrestling
WWF Summer Flashback!
Aar Ya Paar
WWF World Tour '96
WWE Terminators '96
Best Of Raw • Volume One
WWE Survivor Series 1996
WWE SummerSlam 1996
WWE In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
WWE WrestleMania XII
WWE In Your House 6: Rage in the Cage
WWE Royal Rumble 1996
WWF 1995: The Year In Review
WWE Survivor Series 1995
WWE In Your House 4: Great White North
WWE In Your House 3: Triple Header
WWE In Your House 2: Lumberjacks
WWE King of the Ring 1995
WWE In Your House
WWE WrestleMania XI
WWF Off the Top Rope
WWE SlamFest
WWF 1994: The Year In Review
WWE WrestleFest '95
WWE Paul Bearer's Hits From the Crypt
WWE Survivor Series 1994
WWF Sunday Night Slam • November 20th, 1994
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1994
German Fan Favorites
Razor Ramon
Undertaker: He Buries Them Alive!
WWE Sunday Night Slam
Bret "Hit Man" Hart
The Undertaker
WWE Bloopers Bleeps and Bodyslams
WWE WrestleFest '94
WWE King of the Ring 1994
Inside the WWF
WWE WrestleMania X
WWE March to WrestleMania X
The History Of WrestleMania
WWE Royal Rumble 1994
WWF 1993: The Year in Review
WWE Survivor Series 1993
WWE Survivor Series Showdown 1993
Bret "Hit Man" Hart: His Greatest Matches
WWE SummerSlam 1993